| Smoking attracts billions of people worldwide. It has | | | | (SIDS), asthma, lung infections and even allergies. Older |
| been seen that will power of people for not being | | | | people also are more vulnerable to heart disease due |
| attracted to smoking is more in developed countries | | | | to passive smoking. The hazardous components of |
| than developing countries where the percentages of | | | | tobacco or nicotine products easily affect older people |
| both active and passive smokers are huge. | | | | as their immunity power goes lower with the growing |
| Active smokers directly use cigarette, cigar or bidis for | | | | age. It is so sinful to see our own parents getting |
| smoking. There are many negative effects of active | | | | affected by our irresponsible habit of active smoking. |
| smoking. Cancer of different body organs is largely | | | | There is so much evidence that show that both active |
| associated with smoking. The affected organ may be | | | | and passive smoking slowly cause breast cancer in |
| lungs, esophagus, liver, kidney, cervix, pharynx, larynx, | | | | women of ages around 50 years. The risk increases |
| throat, bladder, or even bone marrow. Other biological | | | | with longer duration of exposure to both types of |
| effects include various complications during pregnancy, | | | | smoking. In 2004 International Agency for Research on |
| damage of digestive system, respiratory system, | | | | Cancer and World Health Organization were confident |
| cardiovascular system etc. | | | | enough to declare the possibility of cancer of many |
| Passive smoking is only inhaling the smoke just by | | | | organs in passive smokers is proved and therefore |
| standing beside a person who is smoking or may be | | | | smoking in public places was categorized as offensive |
| from the environmental tobacco smoke. By inhaling the | | | | crime. Studies have shown that the probability |
| second hand smoke, nicotine and other carcinogens | | | | percentage for passive smokers to develop heart |
| and toxins are going inside the lung of the passive | | | | disease is 25%-30% and to develop lung cancer is |
| smokers. As a result they may experience sore eyes | | | | 20%-30%. |
| and throat, frequent headache, coughing, sneezing, | | | | So, the issues have very important social impacts also |
| dizziness, nausea and irritation in nasal area and many | | | | as active smokers in the society create adverse |
| more unusual symptoms. Though passive smokers do | | | | effect on rest of the society comprised of |
| not get addicted to smoking by this process, but for | | | | non-smokers. Active smokers are causing harm to |
| sure they share the effects of active smoking. They | | | | themselves by direct smoking. But they don't have any |
| also are prone to all the diseases mentioned for active | | | | right to spread diseases in society. As a responsible |
| smokers, but in a slower rate. | | | | human being at first they should quit smoking. If they |
| If a pregnant woman is exposed to passive smoking, | | | | are not doing that at least they can isolate themselves |
| may observe low birth weight of baby. Children are | | | | from the surroundings while smoking to make sure that |
| more prone to some serious diseases caused by | | | | nobody is getting affected by passive smoking |
| passive smoking. Many scientific studies have some of | | | | unknowingly. |
| the diseases such as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome | | | | |