Health Issue

Smoking Addiction and Cessation

Table of Contents

Introduction2

Discussion and Analysis3

Physical and chemical composition of cigarettes:4

Methods of tobacco consumption:4

Cigarette:5

Cigar:5

Pipe:5

Hookah:6

Snuff:6

Smoke addiction and appetite:6

Smoke addiction and stress:7

Physical dependence:8

Psychological dependence:8

Smoke addiction and Health:9

Lung Cancer:10

Other cancers:10

Smoking cessation affecting appetite:10

Smoking cessation affecting stress:11

Smoking cessation affecting health:11

Conclusion13

References15

Smoking Addiction and Cessation

Introduction

Tobacco use is the habit or addiction from tobacco smoke, i.e. to burn the dry leaf of the plants of tobacco and inhale the smoke in order to get pleasure or for derived ritual purpose. The practice, in ritual (calumet), was ordinary amongst Native American people and in the Southern American parts and got shortly commenced in the other parts of the globe through trade after the discovery of the American regions by Europeans. The Cigarette is currently for the largest part a familiar way to smoke tobacco. The smoke from tobacco, in addition to the usual components of incomplete combustion (smoke), contains nicotine, an alkaloid stimulant that can delude the smoker to get a temporary improvement of memory, of mood and speed of reflexes, but generates also a strong dependence on chemical, physical and psychological. The latter is responsible for a particular abstinence syndrome characterized by increased levels of anxiety, stress, depression, and worsening of mood and memory.

Nicotine, like all stimulants, can also increase the anxiety, difficulty in sleep disorders and the metabolic system. Smoking is one of the major factors that contribute to health problems, especially cancer of lungs, cardiovascular diseases and the emphysema. A number of countries have regulated or restricted the sales of tobacco and its advertisements of the same, when permitted, and packaging is required the inclusion of warnings about the risks to the consumer. In many states has banned smoking in most or all public places. This paper discusses the effects of smoking addiction and cessation on appetite, stress and health. Furthermore, the paper discusses smoking in a holistic context along with a brief discussion on the methods of smoke consumption.

Discussion and Analysis

Socially smoke in the past has represented the symbol of a life full of luxury and splendor. The media has often portrayed charismatic actors and beautiful women smoking, thus increasing the appeal. A phenomenon that was later discovered was not entirely random, but indirect advertising, with movie stars paid by tobacco companies. The rations assigned to enlisted soldiers to fight in World War I included a daily amount of cigarettes.

During the '30s, the Nazi regime, considering that the expenses for the treatment of smoking related diseases were unnecessary and burdensome to the government, turned his attention to tobacco and concluded that it represented the most important cause of lung cancer: cancer was declared “the first enemy of the state” and the Third Reich developed an aggressive campaign against smoking. Moreover, the habit was considered negative for the ideal citizen of Nazi Germany: tobacco was defined as “a relic of liberal lifestyle” and “lung masturbation” (Proctor, 2000, Pp. 179). The strong anti-smoking campaign also reached in some localities to prohibit the purchase of cigarettes by women, with the intent to discourage their ...