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Nasser Alameri
English 113A
Professor: Jackie
15th November, 2015
Does Smoking have a positive effect?
Smoking is termed as the hard habit to use the tobacco product that generally contains
nicotine in it. The range of nicotine differs in different types of smoking. In some of the
cigarettes, the level of nicotine is high, greatly affecting the person. There are different types of
smokes ranging from cigarettes to cigars. Casual Smoking is termed as smoking occasionally in
parties and functions. But today, smoking has become a habit in many teenagers and adults.
Smoking creates a negative implication on the working of the body. The level of nicotine forms
tar in the lungs which gradually restricts the motion of air into the lungs. This even creates lung
cancer when smoking is made as a Hard Habit. Since Smoking has many negative implications
from health perspective to society, yet people opt for smoking with many justifications that it
increases concentration and decreases the level of mental Stress.
There are many researches that had proved that Smoking is bad and has negative effect
to the body. Also, there are several taboos in the society about smoking. But still young teenagers
do go for smoking thinking to look cool in the beginning and then make it as their everyday
habit. A Research carried out by Rugkasa J. that Smoking is actually is an hard habit that affects
the young teenagers when their parents opt it. Teenagers see smoking as something that is very

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un-natural and makes them to try once in their life. Also, bad society as well as friends circle
affects badly in this concept.
The main Question arises is when people start smoking. From the research by Mr.
Rugaska, it had been observed that the life young teenagers are different when compared to
adults. For instance, teenage lives have a fresh young blood which makes them to do
something different in their life. This adrenaline change makes them to get attracted over to the
smoking. It is being said that The first cigarette of the every persons life is never bought by his
own money. This shows that the habit of smoking does passes from one person to another
person. Also, from the research, it is said that The first cigarette of a person gives cough and
pain in the neck Still having these problems, people opt for smoking in order to look cool and
different from other people.
Smoking does improve concentration and mental stress. In the present day lives, the
concept of Time is Money had made people to run over the time. People are creating shortcuts
in their life in order to make quick money. This is bringing much stress and burden in the young
ages of the people. Also, the social tensions are increasing day by day in the peoples life. In
order to have a short relaxing break from the work, people are opting for smoking. Working for
the whole day and taking a fifteen minute break for smoking is making people to forget about all
the tensions and stresses of work and enjoy the cigarette. This is making a positive effect on the
peoples life and thereby people are changing the habit of smoking from occasional to regular.
In some of the countries such as Japan and Singapore, the business professionals are
encouraged to smoke inside the meetings and conference rooms in order for them to release their
stresses and make them think with full concentration over the subject. This practice of smoking

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in general can be said that, it is being used to enhance the productivity of the people in
working.
In some instances, smoking creates connectivity between people. When smoking together
in a place, people tend to find good connections thereby making friends during the act. This
makes them to help each other and get to know about each other during smoking. This can be
termed in positives of the smoking. In normal life, people are busy in their schedule and
interfering in other life is impossible. But when smoking while taking a break from the schedule
makes them to know about each other and thereby starts them to have a good communication
between them.
No doubt, smoking has lot of negative implications on the health. The formation of the tar
not even restricts the flow of air into the body but also mixes with the blood and reaches the
heart thereby blocking the arteries of the heart. There are several patients who had lost their
voice due to smoking two packs a day. Also, smoking is responsible for blood cancer, lung
cancer and skin cancer.
Not only having negative implications on the health, in some cultures, smoking is a
taboo in a society. Especially in Middle Eastern countries, smoking in front of family or
relatives is considered something is to be not good. Also, smoking is termed as a habit of bad
people and the person who does smoke is considered to be bad in the society. Smoking in front
of children in refrained in many countries as this creates a curiosity in children and thereby
making them to try once in their life. Therefore, in many countries, smoking is actually banned in
front of children or in front of Schools, Colleges etc.

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There are several children that think that smoking and smokers are macho in the world
as smokers do classify themselves to the children. For instance, a smoker stands differently from
people because of his habit and this makes the children to re-think about the smoking. They feel
that smoking is something that society doesnt like it because people who smoke stands
differently from non-smokers
Health is Wealth this common slogan is being ignored in the present life. People keep
on thinking about making quick money in the short amount of time, ignoring their health but
these actions are affecting them in their retired life.
Government is trying hard to persuade people to restrict or Quit smoking. Government
had understood and the negative implications about smoking and there are lot of banners and
pamphlets in the country to quit smoking. Also, there are many alternate solutions to smoking
such as Nicotine Gums, Chewing Gums and Electronic cigarettes which has a sweet flavor that is
being in the market for the smokers to Quit Smoking. In many medical institutions, there are
courses about the Negatives of Smoking where the smokers are being made aware of the
smoking. Also, many doctors help their patients in making a tight schedule thereby refraining
them from smoking.
In conclusion, it can be said that smoking does has some positives and negatives on the
persons life. The positives can be said about the short reliever from the mental tensions and
stress and negatives are the long time effects on the health of the body. Therefore, the person
should be refrained from smoking. There are also several alternatives that are available in the
market to smoking and smokers should try them in order to Quit this habit. This will not only

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help them to with the short term benefit but will also help them with long term benefits such as
the health of the persons life.

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Work Cited
Wanjek. Christopher. 5 Health benefits of Smoking. Live-Science. 04 November, 2015. Web.
2015
Rugkasa. J, Kennedy. O, Barton. P.S, Abaunza. M. P, Treacy. Smoking and Symbolism:
Children, communication and cigarettes. Pdf. Web.
http://her.oxfordjournals.org/content/16/2/131.full.pdf