Cons
Cons:
Bad Health- Smoking is bad for your health. Smoking causes lung cancer which is one of the more prominent cancers. Also smoking causes black lung. Which basically makes it harder for you to breath. With harder breathing you come across the risks of dying as well. If you try to over exert yourself you risk the chance of dying. Many young men enjoy sports and this will just impare their abilities.
Expensive- Smoking is just a very expensive habit. With smoking starting at three dollars a pack going all the way up to ten dollars a pack in some states. Just think of the many different things you can spend that money on rather then on cigarettes. Actually think of the things you need that money for rather then spending on smoking.
Bad For Your Family- Not only is smoking bad for your health but it's also bad for your family and friends health. Second hand smoke is even worse then first hang smoke. So those black lungs your giving yourself, your giving them to your family even worse. For example, Denise a smoker and author of a personal website said, "Smoking, especially heavy can, cause serious problems for the smoker and those around her."(Denise)
Bad Lives- When i say bad lives i mean smoking complicates your life. You have to spend the money on it, the time on it, and you have to deal with how people react knowing that you smoke. Smoking just complicates you life all together. "Greg, you shouldn't be sitting in here with us smokers. Your mom would kill us if you got started smoking and it's bad for your health and it's expensive. You should never start smoking." (Workers at Wal-Mart)
Smell Bad- Smoking causes bad breath and it will also make you clothes smell like smoke. That is a turn of to most people and it will make things harder for you.
Bad Teeth- Smoking will turn your teeth yellow. Think of the money you parents spend on braces or how when you were little you had to brush your teeth every night and now your going to risk those nice white teeth on smoking?
Dependence on Cigarettes- You'll start to depend on cigarettes. When your starting to get stressed you'll feel that you need a cigarette and just have to have one to make yourself feel better. Not only will you need one when your stressed you'll just start to crave them because your addicted. Do you want to be addicted to something? "Cigarette smoking involves both a physical addiction to nicotine and a psychosocial habit, so effective interventions typically include components that address BOTH of these factors."(Seidner)
Lack of Strength- When i say a lock of strenght I'm refering to your weakness of lung and breath but also your loss of strength of will. You'll have a loss of strength in your physical ability but you'll also loss that strength you have to deal with tough situations. Instead you'll just turn to the cigarette to solve your problems and it only fixes them temporarily but not forever. "You will have to make sure that you have a constant supply of cigarettes or suffer the consequences of withdrawal. You will have to periodically take time to supply your body with nicotine, time that you may be already using for other things. Your priorities will change. You'll have to be ready for that."(Denise)
Weak- That's just it, smoking makes you will. Weak physically and weak minded. " Smoking causes changes in your body and in the way you act."(Kelly)
"A List of Reasons From Organization Webstie"(Kelly)
Long-term reasons to stop
- Toxic chemicals in cigarette smoke
- Risk of lung cancer and many other types of cancer
- Risk of heart disease
- Serious breathing problems
- Time lost working or having fun because you're sick
- Wrinkles
- Risk of stomach ulcers and acid reflux
- Risk of gum disease
- Risk of damage to babies of pregnant women who smoke
- Setting a bad example for your children
"List From Personal Site"(Martin)
What I Hated about Smoking:
- The after-smell on my clothes, furniture, car, house, everything, yuck.
- Not being able to breathe properly.
- The constant, nagging cough.
- Lots of phlegm, lots of throat-clearing, and losing my voice mid-sentence.
- Painful heartburn every night and every time I drank coffee.
- Feeling winded after extremely mild activity.
- Severe throbbing headaches, occasional migraines.
- Lingering colds and bronchitis.
- Racing heartbeat, more sweating.
- Increased rate of hypertension.
- Dizziness after smoking too fast or too many cigarettes.
- Nausea from smoking too much.
- The constant coppery, ashy taste in my mouth.
- Yellow skin, teeth and fingernails.
- Scaly, unhealthy-feeling skin.
- Anxiety from the fear of what I was doing to myself, and the consequences.
- No relaxation, always feeling in need of something. A constant feeling of not being satisfied.
- Mini-withdrawals throughout the day.
- Feelings of shame while spending time with non-smokers.
- Not accomplishing tasks because of wasted time smoking.
- The late-evening/middle-of-the-night trip to the gas station.
- Going out in bad weather to smoke alone.
- Feelings of inadequacy and substance dependence.
- Driving my cat out of the room every time I lit up.
- Dry mouth and constant feelings of thirst.
- Coughing so hard that I made myself sick.
- Trembling hands and fingertips.
- Fear. Of being unable to quit, of dying an untimely, painful death.
- The stinging feeling in my lungs when I tried to take a deeper or slower breath.
- Getting smoke in my eyes.
- Burning my lips on the filter.
- Trying to light short butts, and feeling my eyebrows singe. Ouch!
- Re-lighting a previously torched cigarette, so I don't "waste" any tobacco.
- Overflowing ashtrays, ashes and dust everywhere.
- Burn holes in my car upholstery, and on my clothes.
- "Will I fall asleep smoking?"
- "Will I catch something on fire?"
- Dry, chapped lips.
- The cost. All that money wasted on ruining my health and well-being.
- My nails and hair grew very slowly.
- Smoking so young probably stunted my growth during puberty.
- It fueled my compulsiveness relating to other bad habits, such as nail-biting, and binge-eating.
- Having to reapply my lipstick after smoking.
- The filthy taste of cheap tobacco.
- Having to crack the car window in the pouring rain. Wet leg, wet arm, water in my eyes.
- Tar build-up on windows and furniture.
- The way my hair and skin smelled.
- Limited motivation and energy.
- Spilled tobacco in my purse, on my dresser, on my computer desk.
- Lighting the filter end by mistake...
- Dropping a cigarette while driving.
- Trying to tap my ashes out the car window...while the window is rolled up.
- Dropping hot ashes or losing the tip of a cigarette.
- Oops! Tapped ashes in my drink.
- Feeling "exiled" in the smoking section/smoking room.
- Dulled sense of taste and smell.