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Smoking

They actually want to get sick. Some may say they are afraid of reaching old age. Others swear to continue smoking until it kills them. While some people do have emotional problems which lead to self-destructive behavior. Most make these statements to hide their fears of not being able to give up cigarette smoking. Clinic participants who smoke occasionally state that they just didn't care enough about themselves to give up cigarettes. Unfortunately, some were later diagnosed of having cancer. Others have had heart attacks, strokes or other circulatory conditions. Many were discovered to have major breathing impairments from emphysema. On the contrary, they were normally upset, scared and depressed. Not only did they have a potentially deadly condition, but they knew that they were responsible for a large part of the problem.
             Fear of withdrawal or of being unable to cope with life without cigarettes results in a defense mechanism to justify dependency. Some smokers say they smoke because they are nervous. Others say they smoke to celebrate. Some think they smoke for energy. Many smoke to look sexy. Yet others smoke to stay awake or to sleep. Some think they smoke to think. None of these reasons satisfactorily explains why people really continue to smoke. A "smoke-a-holic", like any other drug addict, has become hooked on a chemical substance. In the cigarette smoker's case, the sustenance nicotine. They are at the point where the failure to maintain a minimum level of nicotine in their blood stream leads to the ((NAS) nicotine abstinence syndrome), otherwise known as drug withdrawal. Anything that makes the smoker lose nicotine makes them smoke. This concept explains why so many smokers feel they smoke under stress. Stress has a physiological effect on the body, which makes the urine acidic. Whenever the urine becomes acidic, the body excretes nicotine at an accelerated rate which would make the smoker loose nicotine and then go into NAS withdrawal.


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... the smoke voyages all over the place through the air, and the negative impacts of this smoke influences all living, breathing animals. Consequently smoking should be banned in every public area. Peoples who smoke in broad daylight depict an awful illustration. Other than that, adolescents who ... the smoker and also that of the general population. Other than that, second hand smoke causes heart maladies and lung growth in smoking and non-smoking grown-ups. These studies have demonstrated that second hand smoke can bring about tumor and is amazingly awful for both the smokers and ... ]. T...

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2. Passive Smoking

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3. How Smoking Affects Women

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6. How to Help People Stop Smoking

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7. Banning Smoking in Public Buildings

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