Increased Usage of Smoking in Developing Countries

Increased Usage of Smoking in Developing Countries

Introduction

Smoking is a hard habit to break because the snuff contains nicotine, which is highly addictive. As with heroin and other addictive drugs, the body and mind quickly become accustomed to the nicotine in cigarettes that a person needs to use it to feel normal. People start smoking for many different reasons. Some think it looks good. Others start because their family or friends smoke. Statistics show that about nine out of 10 consumers of snuff begin before age 18. Most adults who started smoking in adolescence never imagined they would become addicted. Nowadays, people are becoming aware about the dangers and harms of smoking. There are numerous awareness campaigns by the governments and NGOs in the developing countries for encouraging people to quit smoking. Even though, people have become more aware about the problems smoking can bring there is still an increase in the smoking rate in the developing countries.

Discussion

All of us have seen smokers around in their lives. It is a pretty common sight to see someone leaning against the wall of a house and billowing smoke out of their nose like an ancient dragon. What is smoking? Cigarettes are sticks of tobacco, treated by roasting, etc. Wrapped in a paper and burnt and inhaled. The Tobacco has nicotine substance added into it which is exceptionally detrimental to human health. The studies are proof of the fact that smoking reduces up to 14 years of a person's life (Lewis, 2008). It does not outright kill its user; instead it works slowly and steadily, damaging all the various organs to such a state where they are rendered completely unable to function.

There are numerous reasons why there is an increase in the usage of smoking in the developing ...