Smoking Kills: The Need To Stop Is More Pressing Then Ever

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Nearly one in every five American adults smoke cigarettes and although awareness on the impacts of smoking to heath is widespread, many people are still not sold out on the many ideas being touted to the public on the concerns or dangers of smoking.

This may be one of the primary reasons why a lot of people still failed to kick the smoking habit for lack of concrete or justifiable reasons that would drive them to challenge their addiction to smoking.

However, since smoking is a lifestyle habit and needs the mental and emotional resolve of the subject, the government and cause-oriented organizations could only do so much to campaign and drive for efforts to put a stop to smoking.

Here are two of the most common myths about smoking that may help shed some clear light on the issues.

1) Smoking invokes pleasure and makes one feel good.

Numerous studies revealed that almost 90% of smokers claimed they regret puffing that first cigarette stick, while 50% attempted to quit smoking every year – some succeed, most don’t.

In the United Kingdom, surveys showed that around 35 percent of smokers desire to stop smoking each year, but less than half of that move on to take measures to stop the habit.

Studies also reveal that the ‘pleasure’ in smoking does not come from the sensation itself, but on satiating the addiction caused by nicotine in the system and signaling the brain that it needs to load up on the substance.

2) Mild and Light cigarettes contain less tar and nicotine compared to standard varieties. 

Governments around the world continue to ban mild and light cigarettes similar to their standard counterparts since studies have also shown that there is no significant difference in the amounts of nicotine and tar in the body.

According to research, these were merely products of marketing propaganda with so-called rigged laboratory tests like pin pricks on the filter area reducing harmful substances into the body.

In the United States, 17 out of 100 adults from 18 and above have smoked cigarettes, equating to 40 million adults all over America.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, smoking is also the leading cause of preventable death and diseases in the USA, responsible for more than 480,000 deaths annually and makes up 20% of all reported deaths.

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