Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 8 Week 3: Smoking Kills

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Hello great minds,

It is a wonderful opportunity to come again before this great community today in attempt to the engagement challenge contest hosted in this community.

This contest promises to be informative and also helps to impact on the lives of the society.

Please follow along as we examine this contest.

We are all aware of what smoking means, it is the act of if inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or any hard drug by sucking at the end of a cigarette.

I am in total support of the phrase "smoking kills".
This phrase is very true, the end product of smoking is death.

There are so many diseases that are related to smoking and this is usually dangerous to our health as humans.

Smoking is one of the major cause of heart disease, cancer, diabetes.

If not stopped, smoking can lead to further complications such as infertility and high blood pressure.

All these sicknesses can easily lead to the end of one's life.

The answer to this question is not far fetch.

Cigarettes contains this substance known as nicotine.
Nicotine is a very addictive chemical substance, and whenever it is absorbed into the blood streams, nicotine finds its way into the brain.

Within a few seconds of inhaling tobacco, nicotine causes the release dopamine in the brain which gives is a good feeling to the inhalers.

And over time, the brain begins to crave that good feeling which can be gotten from nicotine, and one will need to take more and more of it to satisfy the brain.

Nicotine also tends to give some users a form of energy and focus because as it reacts with the adrenal gland, it produces adrenaline in the body.

Happily, I can say I am not addicted to smoking, besides I don't smoke at all.

I don't like the idea of smoking since it comes with so many complications in the system.

However, I have some of my friends that smokes, few are addicted and the others are not.

And I have noticed a change in their attitude ever since they began smoking and some of the changes are:

• They become restless and unease whenever they haven't taken at least a stick of cigarette for the day.

• Another change I have noticed is that they find it difficult to control the amount of cigarette they take in a day and most times they prefer smoking to eating.

• Also, they find it very difficult to control their anger whenever they haven't taken at least a stick, everything and everyone annoys them

It is true, the rate at which people, especially the youth get addicted to smoking is alarming.

And some of the time, it is as a result of ignorance and peer pressure.

However there are tactical ways in which we can reduce the rate of smoking addiction.

• PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT:

One very way to reduce the rate of smoking is through public enlightenment.

The youths should be educated on the harmful effects of smoking.

Many youth result to smoking because they don't know it has harmful effect.

• BURN DOWN OF CIGARETTES:

Another way in which addiction to smoking can be reduced is through the burndown of cigarettes.

An order should be passed by the government issuing the burning down of cigarettes.

When cigarettes are burnt down, it will be impossible for the youth to have access to them.

• STRICT PUNISHMENT FOR CIGARETTES SELLERS:

Another effective way to stop cigarettes addiction is by placing strict punishment on anyone caught selling cigarette.

This will help to reduce the ease to which cigarettes can be accessed by the youth, and it can help reduce smoking addiction.