Awareness is the key to survival in many situations. People are on the lookout for the hidden dangers that are encountered in daily life. Few people would willingly drive a car without all of its safety features. Even fewer would attempt to eat an unknown substance just to see what it does. While nobody without a death wish would try to jump off of a bridge to see what’s at the bottom. Human beings are wired to constantly be on the lookout for things that could potentially harm them. Visually, physically, and scent are normally how people take notice of danger. If they see a fire, smell smoke from the fire, and feel the heat of the fire, nine times out of ten the individual will get to safety. But that’s because they are physically aware of the danger, and what the danger will pose to their body. Dangers that are invisible to the human senses like changes within the body; aren’t normally noticed until it’s far too late to stop the damage. People that smoke often don’t think that smoking is one of those invisible dangers. Not until they become another statistic.
Smoking, The Deadly Habit
Smoking is one of the deadly habits one can pick up. There are enough deadly risks of smoking that the government has forced cigarette companies to label each and every package as dangerous. Something that is labeled as a health hazard by its own producer speaks for itself about its dangers. Some of the more common risks of smoking start by infecting the lungs. The smoke that the smoker inhales goes directly into the lungs. The smoke, over a time, will start to cause a tar build up, thus making breathing impossible; and at this point also triggering the smoker’s cough. The risks of smoking have the same impact on men and women, but women can run an even bigger risk with cigarette smoking. A woman that smokes while pregnant is taking a huge chance of her baby being born with birth defects. Missing toes and fingers, premature births, asthma are just a few of the problems a baby can be born with if the mother smoked during the pregnancy. The risks of smoking vary from individual to individual; but one risk all cigarette smokers face is premature death. It is inevitable. Taking smoke into the lungs is deadly. This has proven itself many times over; by observing people that are rescued from burning buildings after falling unconscious due to smoke inhalation, it’s clear that smoke not only damages the lungs, but the brain as well because it cuts of oxygen. Cigarettes do the very same thing, but even more.
Smoking Affects Everyone, Not Just The Smoker
Smoking is deadly for the smoker, but smoking doesn’t just affect the smokers themselves. Secondhand smoke is also just as potentially fatal as smoking the cigarette. Smoke travels through the air, so it can and will invade the lungs of everyone it comes into contact with. Non smokers are just as much at risks for the very same dangers if they’re around smokers.