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Health Implications of Smoking and Ways to Quit
Introduction
Tobacco smoking is one of the global disasters when it comes to youths and young adults (Agaku, et al, 29). Because of the serious threat smoking possesses on the health of the youths and adults, it is acknowledged that it also impacts the country's economic and public health. In other words, smoking is one of the a few drugs that cause rapid addiction. Many young adults and teenagers believe that experimenting with drugs and smoking will not in the long run results into serious dependency (Carter, et al 631). One thing for sure is that, the latest research on smoking indicates that serious signs and symptoms of addiction in the form of feeling anxious, strong urges to smoke, irritation, and unsuccessfully resisting smoking always appears among the youths after a few first weeks of experimenting with smoking. In other words, according to statistics, approximately 70% of teenagers and young adults who smoke on a regular basis acknowledge to experience cravings while approximately 70% of teenage smokers have failed to quit smoking after experimenting with it. Therefore, the immune system is the human body's protection guard from diseases and infection and is one of the areas that are affected by smoking. Hence it is important for individuals to quit smoking because of its implications on health and economy.
Health Implications of Smoking
Whenever someone smokes, it compromises the body's immune system hence increasing the chances of smokers to suffer from different health problems and respiratory infections. Moreover, smoking also results into a number of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's diseases (Carter, et al 631). As such; smoking may also have an influential role in periodic symptoms and signs of autoimmune diseases hence increasing the chances of any person who is a smoker to develop rheumatoid arthritis (Taylor et al., 1151). One funny thing is that, most individuals comprehend the fact that smoking is harmful to health, lungs, and is one of the main causes of cancer, however, very few of them are aware of the implications of smoking on their heart.
Since the beginning of the year 1960, it is acknowledged that the risk of a smoker in developing COPD or lung cancer has increased tremendously relative to those individuals who do not smoke as much as the number of cigarettes that each smoker consumes has decreased (Carter, et al 631). Additionally, as the time changes, it has also been evidenced that the type of lung cancer developed by these smokers has also evolved since there is a reduction in squamous cell carcinomas but there is also an increase in adenorcarcinomas. The reason behind this can be attributed to the evolution and changes in the cigarettes formulation.
Smoking makes it very challenging for women to get pregnant. In simple terms, a woman who is a regular smoker has a high chance of experiencing a miscarriage, having a low weight baby, ectopic pregnancy, or either having their baby born with a cleft palate or cleft lip (Carter, et al 631). Moreover, it is also clear that a woman who smokes during their incubation period increases the chances of their infant dying from SIDS-Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. On the part of their male counterparts, it is clear that those who smoke are more likely to experience erectile dysfunction.
As much as the lung cancer that results from smoking is one of the most prevalent cancers in men, it ranks second among women. However, excessive smoking can as well result into cancer of the bladder, throat, mouth, pancreas, stomach, and gullet. Additionally, apart from the direct implications from smoking, there are also other forms of cancer that someone may suffer from when smoking (Carter, et al 631). For instance, when someone smokes, the tar builds and accumulates on a person's lungs hence minimizing the capacity of the lungs resulting into breathing difficulties and in the process, the chances of someone contracting a heart attack are increased.
Smoking also possesses rapid and immediate implications on the brain. In other words, part of the addictive thrust from smoking emanates from its direct impact on the brain (Carter, et al 631). Besides the chemical dependency, individuals who smoke also indicate massive evidence of behavioral challenges while at the same time suffer from issues such as increased stress, and alteration of the brain chemistry.
Ways of Quitting Smoking
It evidenced that most individuals quit smoking whenever they engage in nicotine therapy relative to any other measure (El-Zaatari, Ziad, and Ghazi, 34). In other words, this therapy may involve the application of a nicotine patch, other nicotine therapy, or using the nicotine lozenges. In so doing, it helps to reduce the level and amount of nicotine that individuals are able to absorb into their body and finally get rid of smoking nicotine replacement completely (Carter, et al 631). Apparently, this helps the body to adjust from smoking slowly without necessarily having to stop or rather cut back on cigarettes at once. In essence, the person may still experience the implications of nicotine on their body but most of them won't be incurring the negative implications caused by cigarette smoking (El-Zaatari, Ziad, and Ghazi, 34). As much as this is not classified as one of the safest way to quit smoking, one thing for sure is that, it helps and works best for quite a large number of people.
For most people who engage in cigarette smoking, it is acknowledged that there are certain triggers that make someone to crave for cigarettes in most situations. Apparently, that trigger is something that is stressful for most individuals (Uhl et al., 51). While on the part of others, some of them occasionally have a place or time when they smoke (Carter, et al 631). Therefore, if someone needs to quit smoking, it is important for them to avoid triggers or make them inactive at all time. On a general basis, people must try to move away from situations that make them to smoke.
It may be challenging to comprehend but one thing for sure is that, most individuals who quit smoking realized this fate by quitting cold turkey (El-Zaatari, Ziad, and Ghazi, 34). In other words, most of them decided against smoking and kept their promise. Some of them try to achieve this fate by surrounding themselves with the most important people around them especially those who care about them. In fact, most of them had a detailed plan on how they were going to quit smoking hence they realized this through the help of the people who care about them.
Conclusion
The immune system is the human body's protection guard from diseases and infection and is one of the areas that are affected by smoking. Hence it is important for individuals to quit smoking because of its implications on health and economy. There is no excuse and way around the issue of smoking since it is harmful to your health. As a result, people tend to employ different techniques that may help them to quit smoking. Therefore, as much as cigarette smoking is allowed, it is important for individuals to be educated on some of the health and economic implications that this may cause to them and to the country at large.
Works Cited
Agaku, Israel T., et al. "Current cigarette smoking among adults-United States, 2005-2012." MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, vol. 63, no. 2, 2014, pp. 29-34.
Carter, Brian D., et al. "Smoking and mortality-beyond established causes." New England journal of medicine, vol. 372, no. 7, 2015, pp. 631-640.
El-Zaatari, Ziad M., Hassan A. Chami, and Ghazi S. Zaatari. "Health effects associated with waterpipe smoking." Tobacco control, 2015. http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2015/02/06/tobaccocontrol-2014-051908
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Taylor, Gemma, et al. "Change in mental health after smoking cessation: systematic review and meta-analysis." Bmj, vol. 348, 2014.
Uhl, George R., et al. "Smoking quit success genotype score predicts quit success and distinct patterns of developmental involvement with common addictive substances". Molecular psychiatry, vol. 19, no. 1, 2014, pp. 50-54.
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