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The electronic cigarette online survey.

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), which rush in popularity in 2008, may be the most promising product for tobacco harm reduction yet. E-cigarettes deliver a nicotine vapor without the combustion products that are responsible for nearly all of smoking’s health effects. Other than anecdotal accounts, there is little information about who uses e-cigarettes, and whether people who switch from cigarettes to e-cigarettes experience changes in symptoms caused by smoking. This pilot online survey, conducted by tobaccoharmreduction.org, investigated e-cigarette use for smoking cessation and changes in health status and smoking caused symptoms.

A convenience sample (n=303) was enrolled by e-mail and links on various blogs and forums in May-June 2009. Independent university researchers at the www.tobaccoharmreduction.org project analyzed the data.

All respondents previously smoked and 91% had attempted to stop smoking before trying ecigarettes.

Most respondents resided in the USA (72%) and 21% were in Europe. About half

(55%) were 31-50, while 32% were >50 years old. Most (79%) of the respondents had been using e-cigarettes for <6 months and reported using them as a complete (79%) or partial (17%) replacement for, rather than in addition to (4%), cigarettes. The majority of respondents reported that their general health (91%), smoker’s cough (97%), ability to exercise (84%), and sense of smell (80%) and taste (73%) were better since using e-cigarettes and none reported that these were worse. Although people whose e-cigarette use completely replaced smoking were more likely to experience improvements in health and smoking caused symptoms, most people who substituted e-cigarettes for even some of their cigarettes experienced improvements.

These are highly motivated and passionate e-cigarette users who may have different experiences than average e-cigarette users or smokers, and thus the estimates cannot be extrapolated to all smokers or e-cigarette users. However, the results still suggest that very few e-cigarette users are not using them to replace cigarettes and there are many switchers and current smokers who could have the reported experience. Unfortunately e-cigarettes have been banned in some jurisdictions (e.g., Canada, Victoria (Australia)) where switching from cigarettes to e-cigarettes was documented. The lack of available and legal e-cigarettes may cause some users to resume smoking.

Introduction

Awareness and use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has dramatically increased in the past two years. These devices, which are manufactured and sold by several different companies, deliver nicotine by vaporizing a gel composed of water, propylene glycol, flavorings, and nicotine. E-cigarettes deliver nicotine without the products of combustion that are inhaled by smoking cigarettes. Therefore, the health risks are likely similar to those from smokeless tobacco, which has approximately 1% of the mortality risk of smoking. There is likely some remaining risk due to the stimulant effects of nicotine. E-cigarettes are one category of no combustion nicotine product (others being smokeless tobacco and pharmaceutical nicotine products) that are promising for tobacco harm reduction, the substitution of less harmful nicotine products for cigarettes [3,4].

E-cigarettes are widely available in the United States and Europe and are also available online through many different distributors. E-cigarettes have been banned in some jurisdictions including Canada [5,6] and Victoria (Australia) [6] and are subject to the indoor “smoking” bans in others (e.g., [7]). Although there are legitimate concerns about quality control and product tampering, the importation/sale bans have been criticized by public health advocates because they do not merely address the products’ flaws, but eliminate a promising smoking cessation intervention, offering few realistic options for bringing the product back to market. There is a high likelihood that some people who switched from cigarettes to e-cigarettes but lose access to e-cigarettes will resume smoking.

There are many testimonials and anecdotes on the internet about people switching from cigarettes to e-cigarettes but, to our knowledge, there have been no quantified data published.

One online e-cigarette distributor based in the United Kingdom conducted an online marketing survey of their e-cigarette users and made their data available to researchers at the University of Alberta School of Public Health for re-analysis.

The objectives of this study were to describe e-cigarette users’ patterns of cigarette and e-cigarette usage and smoking cessation attempts and to compare health status and smoking-attributable symptoms between people who completely switched from smoking to e-cigarettes, those who partially switched, and those who supplemented cigarette smoking with e-cigarette usage.

The survey assessed respondents’ use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smoking cessation (including use of pharmaceutical products and switching to e-cigarettes) and changes in smoking-caused symptoms since using e-cigarettes. The dataset included 304 observations, one of which excluded from all analyses because only country of residence and comments were entered.

There were two sets of two observations each, which had the same IP address. There were no entries with the same e-mail address. In addition, there were 31 observations with no IP or email address.

Results

Approximately half of the sample was between the ages of 31 and 50, one-third were more than 50 years old and none were under the age of 18. Nearly three-quarters resided in the US, followed by 17% from the UK. Most of the respondents had been using e-cigarettes for less than six months and all had smoked prior to using e-cigarettes. Most of the respondents had previously tried to stop smoking multiple times.

The majority (86%) of respondents had tried pharmaceutical products to quit smoking, nearly two-thirds of whom indicated that these products did not help them to stop smoking. However, most of the sample was able to use e-cigarettes as a complete replacement for cigarettes.

The majority of the respondents indicated that their general health, smoker’s cough, ability to exercise, sense of smell and sense of taste were better since starting to use e-cigarettes and none indicated that these were worse when responding to these five questions.

On average, respondents who lived in Europe had used e-cigarettes for longer than respondents in the US, but were less likely to use e-cigarettes as a complete replacement for cigarettes. There was a positive relationship between the number of times participants had tried to stop smoking and using e-cigarettes as a complete replacement for cigarettes. Most (81%) of the respondents who indicated that pharmaceutical products did not help them stop smoking used ecigarettes as a complete replacement for cigarettes.

Although the majority of respondents reported that their health and smoking-caused symptoms improved since using e-cigarettes, there were some notable trends in which groups were more

likely to report improvements. Respondents who had been using e-cigarettes for a longer period of time, who had completely replaced their cigarettes with e-cigarettes, or were younger, were more likely to report improvements.

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It is a known fact that cigarette smoking is dangerous to one’s health. While this may be the case, there are still millions of people all over the world who are addicted to this habit.  Nevertheless, health professionals and different support groups continue to provide awareness on the hazards of smoking to the general public in the hopes of providing smokers sufficient reason for them to quit smoking once and for all. Part of these advocacy awareness efforts conducted, deals with making smokers aware of the different chemicals that cigarettes contain. Each stick of cigarette contains over 4,000 different chemicals, many of which have been determined to be carcinogens, which are primary causes for the development of different types of cancers. Although the amount of these chemicals is extremely small in quantity in each stick, the amount builds up with each stick that a person lights up during the course of an entire day. Mentioned below are just some of the numerous chemicals that are found in cigarettes.

Tar

One of the chemicals that cigarettes contain is tar. Each time you light up a cigarette, tar coats and lines the inside of your airways and alveoli. The longer that you smoke, the thicker the lining becomes. Just like soot that builds up on the sides of your fireplace and chimney, tar eventually builds up within your airway and alveoli, resulting in the lowering of the amount of oxygen that is absorbed in the bloodstream and delivered to the cells in our body.

Nicotine

Another chemical found in cigarettes is nicotine. While nicotine has been pinpointed to be the leading cause as to why it is difficult for people to stop smoking, nicotine is not an addictive drug. Instead, nicotine causes a release of dopamine (a hormone that provides positive and pleasurable feelings) into the bloodstream. When the level of dopamine depletes in the bloodstream, it can lead to the person feeling those withdrawal symptoms commonly experienced when you quit smoking.

Carbon Monoxide

Carbon monoxide is found in the smoke that goes in your body each time you take a puff of your cigarette. Carbon monoxide enters into the bloodstream, causing the oxygen molecules to bond with it, resulting in an increase of carbon dioxide in the body and lesser amounts of oxygen getting transported throughout the body.

Formaldehyde

Formaldehyde is a chemical agent that is commonly used in mortuaries during embalming to help preserve dead tissues.  This is an extremely poisonous substance that can lead to the development of intestinal disease and the failure of some of the body’s vital organs.

These are but a few of the harmful chemicals that can be found in each stick of cigarette.  Because of the fact that they are present in extremely minute quantities, it takes quite a long time before a smoker experiences its adverse effects.  The good news about it is that by quitting the smoking habit, you are able to eliminate these chemicals from building up further in your body, and even help your body expel these for good.

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With the growing awareness of people on the adverse effects smoking has towards our health, more and more smokers are now trying to quit the habit once and for all. However, many smokers find this to be extremely difficult. This is partly due to the many withdrawal symptoms that smokers have to deal with the moment that they attempt to kick off their smoking habit.  Oftentimes, many smokers that are trying to quit smoking find it extremely difficult to deal with these withdrawal symptoms and they end up going back to the habit.

This is the reason why some smokers that are trying to quit the habit resort to alleviating these withdrawal symptoms through the use of nicotine patches. In fact, out of all of the different methods that were recommended to help ease the withdrawal symptoms that come along with quitting the smoking habit, this remains to be, by far, the most popular.

How does it work? Cigarettes contain a compound called nicotine. Although it is not addictive, nicotine binds with nerve endings in the brain to cause the release of the hormone dopamine.  This hormone is what makes us see smoking as a source of relief and pleasure. When the level of dopamine lowers in the bloodstream, the smokers begin to feel the withdrawal symptoms and as a result, end up lighting up another cigarette or getting back into the habit of smoking.

Nicotine patches help smokers quit the habit by slowly decreasing the amount of nicotine that binds in the nerve endings of the brain until the person comes to a point when he or she is now able to go around without having the urge to smoke anymore, even if they are no longer wearing the nicotine patches. Because the nicotine levels slowly decrease during the time when a person wears them, smokers, particularly those that have been smoking for a very long time, would be able to find the withdrawal symptoms a lot more bearable as opposed to quitting cold turkey without the help of a nicotine patch.  

There is no doubt that nicotine patches have helped thousands of smokers to kick-off the habit once and for all. However, there are a handful of people that still relapse into the habit and even find themselves smoking while they are wearing the nicotine patches. The ineffectiveness of the use of nicotine patches to help you quit smoking is not on the nicotine patches, but on the determination and discipline on the part of the smoker. For the nicotine patch to help you to quit smoking once and for all, you have to resolve that you will not light another cigarette during the entire phase. More often than not, many of the times that people end up lighting a cigarette is not really because of the lowering of the dopamine levels in the bloodstream. Rather, it is because they had already developed the habit of lighting up a cigarette along with certain activities and certain times of the day. By maintaining discipline throughout the entire process, there is absolutely no doubt that nicotine patches can help you quit smoking for good.

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Smoking cigarettes is a habit that has affected millions of people worldwide. It is a habit that is continually affecting everyone, and that includes athletes. Cigarette may be acceptable in our society and considered as a past time, nevertheless it can affect the performances of athletes.
If you are an athlete and you think that smoking can help you relax before or after a game then you are mistaken. Yes, some individuals may find smoking comforting and relaxing, but do not be fooled even for a bit that smoking has good benefit aside from the fact that it can help you relax. Smoking increases the airway resistance. The poisonous substances that get accumulated within the body after smoking a single cigarette, take 24 hours to clear from the system. If you smoke more than one cigarette each day, the body doesn’t get ample time to remove the toxins and toxins start getting accumulated within your body leading to health problems like cilia damage and throat cancer.  
The athletes train and build-up their endurance and strength to make them more competitive even under all stressful conditions. Therefore, if athletes smoke then their performance will deteriorate as they tend to use more energy just to breathe properly.
Keep in mind that one of the negative impacts of smoking is a week lung. As you continually smoke then you slowly destroy or fill your lungs with bad elements that in turn affect your oxygen intake. Since you are an athlete you will definitely need a good amount of oxygen to function properly and to become healthy. There will be less endurance and less oxygen capacity. The tar present in the smoke covers the lungs and the athletes find it difficult to breathe especially when they are training. Apart from this, Carbon Monoxide from cigarette also damages the lungs and has detrimental effects on the performance.
Yet another problem with smoking is that it slows down the process of healing knee ligament injuries as it hinders the employment of cells to the injury site. Apart from that if you perform Kraus-Webber test on the smoking athletes, you will see that their muscle strength and flexibility of some muscles have decreased significantly as compared to that of non-smoking athletes.  
At first, smoking cigarettes is deemed as cool and hip by everyone, and that most smokers even today feel that they will be more socially acceptable if they will smoke like other people do. However, now it is no longer just a matter of becoming the coolest person in the school, or the most influential man in your group as smoking is considered as dangerous to smoker’s health and the people that are around them. So whether you are a teacher, pianist or athlete, once you smoke cigarette, it can affect your health.  
The benefit of smoking does not compensate for the negative impact that it can bring to the smokers health. Most people only knew that smoking is dangerous, but what they do not know is the extent of the damage that smoking can do to their health.

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Smoking affects people’s personality in negative ways. It is a shared-experience amongst all smokers that they reminisce about the times they had not known about smoking, their younger years, how different they were, how they felt no sort of pull or addiction to this dangerous, commercialized and legalized drug. First emotion was the rush, then the guilt, then the pain, and then denial and all this goes on in the haze of a vicious circle that swirls and distorts one’s self completely.
Everyone remembers the time they did not smoke. They used to hate it, hate it when their fathers smoked and hated the smell in a public place. They were innocent, they used to look down upon smokers, and raise cancer-awareness bill boards in school projects. Then they tried it and got hooked and crooked and cooked. Now they cannot remember how it felt to be innocent and pure, literally, as the damage inflicted by smoking even one cigarette on the lungs cannot be reversed by any means. Many begin this habit in a guilt-trip kind of thing, they hide, and they enjoy doing it because it is prohibited. Many stupid youngsters start smoking to act macho and impress girls only to fall face first in dirt and realize that it is turn-off number one on every girl’s list.
Every smoke faces the early morning problem. They cannot go to the toilet without having a smoke. Thus the average smoker takes the first breaths of the day through a filter that hardly filters any of the hundreds of deadly toxins it contains. They know it contains bad things and slowly over time they do realize that it is indeed true that smoking destroys your stamina, lung-capacity, athletic ability, libido and sexual ability and general facial appearance too. Smokers age faster as wrinkles appear faster on their visages. They always suffer from bad breath and would either annoy everyone they talk to or constantly be bothered by chewing mints and mouth-fresheners.
The money cost is a matter of grave concern for many. Kids who steal money to buy cigarettes get their personalities badly bent by such an act. Some wise man had once said that if the cost of buying cigarettes is a concerning matter than you definitely should not smoke. Many poor people of limited means also get hooked on to blowing money of cigarettes and it acts like the affect of alcohol on an irresponsible husband who beats his wife. People waste money, health, time, relationships, opportunities because of this and this realization, and what follows it – whether a correction in the habit or a continuation of the same path on ignorance and carelessness, makes them see cigarettes either as something horrific or something bad but un-avoidable.
Many get hospitalized after quitting smoking; such is the intensity of the addiction to the man-made drugs and chemicals. The governments of the world must unite and declare smoking as a real fatal-habit. Either tax it 500% or so or ban it completely. Letting this menace go unchecked will only increase the number o cancerous lung cells in the world.

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Over the past few years, efforts have been undertaken by local government officials in order to encourage smokers to quit this addiction because of the adverse effects it brings to one’s health.  Apart from the release of various reports and advertisements focusing on the negative side of smoking, a growing number of government officials all over the world have taken this a step further by enforcing laws banning smoking from public areas after reviewing positive reports regarding countries that have already done this for many years. This effort of government officials has caused many raised eyebrows and debates.  

Many people, especially smokers, have seen this effort made by the government to be extremely prejudicial and discriminatory. After all, they would often argue, choosing whether or not to quit their smoking habit is an exercise of their right to freedom of choice. While this may be the case, government officials are given the responsibility to look after the welfare of the vast majority and to ensure their safety and protection. Here are just some of the arguments justifying that smoking should be banned from the public areas.

Second-Hand Smoking Hazards

Studies have recently shown that while smokers increase their risk to develop a variety of different diseases and illnesses due to the smoking habit, the risk actually increases for the second-hand smokers. Second-hand smokers are individuals who may have never smoked in their entire life, but have been exposed for long periods of time to the smoke emitted by cigarettes and exhaled by smokers.  This is because the same chemicals that are inhaled by smokers are inhaled by the second-hand smokers without the benefit of the filter to eliminate a portion of the toxic chemicals and compounds found in each cigarette.  

Decrease in Revenues

Because of the fact that second-hand smoking affects the health of both smokers and non-smokers, this can lead to an increase of absenteeism in the workplace brought about by illnesses resulting from being exposed to cigarette smoke. A high absenteeism rate in a company can lead to the decrease of its output performance because of the lack of manpower. As a result, the company would suffer losses instead of earning profit. On top of that, some companies pay for the health fund of their employees. By frequently paying for their health expenses the company can experience further losses in the long run.

Environmental Hazards

Another reason why government officials want to ban smoking in public areas is that it has adverse effects on the environment. Many smokers might find this argument to be a little bit exaggerated. But in reality, this is based on factual studies that have been conducted. Millions of people all over the world smoke each day, releasing large quantities of carbon dioxide and other harmful gases into the air, contributing to the global warming issue we currently face. On top of that, the filters that are disposed by these smokers are not biodegradable or recyclable. As such, they are dumped into landfills, which take decades to get decomposed.

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Smoking cigarettes is fast becoming one of the biggest threats to the health of everyone, and this is regardless of the fact whether you smoke or not. In fact, even if you do not smoke but if you happen to sit next to someone who smokes, then there is still a possibility that you will get sick sometime in the future. However, now even if you do not sit anywhere near a smoker you can still get affected or you can become dangerous to other people. As to why smoking is considered dangerous while driving, then you need to read this article to better understand the issue.  
The problem with smoking is that it can affect people even if they are not near anyone else, and in fact according to the recent statistics a lot of people who smoke while driving are a great threat. This is because smoking makes them loose concentration. Hence now, smoking is dangerous and already banned in some countries such as India and UK. In UK, smoking while driving is categorized as ‘distraction’. Since now the risk of smoking is no longer confined to a person heath, but the safety of other motorist or drivers.
Smoking can be dangerous while driving because a person cannot do two different things while driving. You are well aware that driver needs to focus all their attention on the road and on the steering wheel only. A person who smokes while driving can become unfocused and the risk to get into an accident is huge. After all, both your hands are occupied and sometimes smoking can make your reflex slow and hence poses a threat as you drive. One of the things that any driver should understand is that driving is not an easy task and therefore need your 100% attention. It is not an area wherein you can multi-task anytime you feel like it, as your life and the lives of other people are also in the line.
Imagine, just one time you are driving around a fast and busy interstate highway and when you reach down to light your cigarette you accidentally let go of the wheel even for just a fraction of second. Now, what do you think could happen if you fail to regain control of the wheels, or how about this scenario for instance wherein you where smoking cigarettes and you accidentally let go of it? In that fraction of a second, you can meet an accident or run over someone. Additionally, if you throw the burning cigarette stick on the road, it might be possible that those sparks fly off and hit someone, thereby causing injury. Or you drop the lighted cigarette on your lap and in order to retrieve it, your attention will get distracted.
If you are smoking with your friends or family, you act like an irresponsible person because you are making them exposed to health risks. They inhale all the toxic fumes which are emitted from your cigarette.
Governments across the world are trying to ban smoking while driving so that you concentrate more on steering wheel.

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Smokers are either full-time full-pack-smokers or part-time social-smokers. If the social-smokers don’t find smoking attractive enough usually, why does it seem lucrative enough during drinking?
The answer is the numbness achieved by drinking is enhanced by the passage of smoke through the respiratory system. Smoking with all its evils also gives the pleasures of enhanced blood circulation, which combines with other aspects of drinking to enhance mood. Mostly though, people and especially the social-smokers, smoke to nullify the taste of alcohol so they can take the next sip with a sort-of neutral tasting mouth. You may compare it with people using ash to wash their hands. In this case the ash stays on the cigarette but the smoke acts like a caressing and soothing agent. Besides people who have unfortunate lung capacity or other allergies may usually have trouble smoking but are freely able to enjoy the pleasures of many stamina-sticks without any problems under the influence of alcohol.
Another important aspect is peer-pressure. When all your buddies bought something, you had to too. Now when all your fellow-drinkers light up a cigarette, it seems stupid that you don’t. Besides drinking is all about the social experience and the interaction and people who smoke generally interact and socialize a lot more than non-smokers with the smokers. Now legislations have become even tighter and smoking is banned in pubs and public spaces in most parts of the world. That adds a big divide between the sensible and the foolish ones. So if you are a non-smoker competing at work with a smoker-colleague and you go to a bar with your boss and he lights up, and both of them take a little break outside and are able to interact more. You’d think your chances at the job would better off with being a smoker wouldn’t you?
Believe it or not, it becomes such a well-rehearsed habit that a person begins to count time with the number of smokes lit. So the ‘usual’ at the bar may mean two large on-the-rocks and an average of 4 cigarettes in a span of 40 minutes. The fifth cigarette will immediately trigger a leave-bar response to the smoker as he will realize he has been there for the usual amount of time.
Cigarettes and alcohol, each evil worse than the other, are perfect bar-buddies in fact. Both complement each other. You like cigarettes better after being tipsy and you like your drink better with a large order of smoke on the side.
There’s no more scientific-proof or any such for this universal fact. In fact it’s not just the modern bar-enthusiasts that smoke and drink together, ancient civilizations in various parts of the world have shown traditions of smoking and drinking during celebrations. Smoking just enhances the pleasure and high one feels from drinking alcohol. Maybe in future this could change with the anti-smoking laws in bars and pubs. People might finally get over smoking with drinks and may stick to coffee and cigarettes.

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Writing down resolutions is perhaps one of the first things people do at the beginning of the New Year. For many smokers, resolving to quit their smoking habit is on the top of the list. But no sooner that the New Year enters, majority of these smokers that have written down that they would quit smoking this year, wind up throwing this resolution out of the window. In fact, as much as 90% of smokers that have resolved that they would kick their smoking habit end up still sticking with it. Smoking is more than just another bad habit. It is considered as a form of addiction. This is the main reason why even though millions of people want to stop smoking, they find it very difficult to do. And just as there are millions of people that find it difficult to quit smoking, there are millions more that have been successful in kicking off the habit once and for all.  Here are just some of the many reasons why you should quit smoking once and for all.

It Makes You Physically Unappealing

Many of the people that started smoking did so because of peer pressure. Back then, they were under the impression that not only is smoking cool, it made them look mature and “all grown-up.”  Smoking, as we know by now, is not cool. But it definitely makes you look mature.  Smoking minimizes the amount of oxygen that is carried by the blood stream into the different cells of the body, which is essential for them to restore and rejuvenate themselves.  On top of that, the different toxins that come with smoking increase the amount of free radicals and toxic substances in the body, which have been linked to premature ageing. The smoke emitted by the cigarette also clings to your body, hair and clothing and the smell can definitely turn off many people. Moreover, nicotine and the other chemicals in the cigarette cause discoloration of your teeth and lips.  Not only is this unsightly, the chemicals still stick to your teeth and also inside your mouth, which can result in bad breath.

It Affects Your Well-Being

Smoking, as we know, is dangerous to your health. This is the most common reason why smokers want to quit smoking. There have been numerous articles, reports, advertisements and advocacies launched to inform the general public of the perverse long-term effects smoking has on one’s physical health. But it is not only your physical health that is affected with smoking.  Smoking can also affect your emotional well-being. Studies have shown that smoking has been found to be one of the factors that cause the deterioration of romantic relationship and friendships. In fact, one of the biggest date turn-offs people have noted was finding out that their date smokes.

Your Family Suffers with You

Second-hand smoking (inhaling the smoke that you exhale and emitted by the cigarette) is actually more harmful than smoking cigarettes. Whenever you smoke, the people around you also inhale the smoke that you emit. That includes your family and children. Many of those who have developed diseases and illness linked to smoking got them because of their exposure to second-hand smoking. As such, you place your family at a higher health risk each time you light up a cigarette.

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All over the world, millions of people of different ages and coming from different social backgrounds smoke cigarettes or other tobacco products.  Despite efforts made by health professionals to advocate the perverse effects that smoking has towards our well-being, it hasn’t deterred more and more people from lighting their very first cigarette and getting hooked on the habit so much so that one would have to wonder what is it that makes people get into this habit in the first place.

There are a number of different reasons why people smoke.  The most popular is peer influence or peer pressure. This is particularly true among people who have begun smoking during their teenage years. Teenagers are passing through that stage of their lives where they are looking for a place to belong in society while trying to find their own identity. Being accepted by a popular crowd is extremely enticing for many teenagers since by being associated with this crowd, they gain the respect and admiration of their peers. In order to make sure that they would remain within this group of teens, they would find themselves conforming to the same things that they do.  So, if the group that they are associated smoke, a teenager that becomes a part of this group would most likely get into the habit as well.

Another reason why people smoke is influence coming from their family. As a child grows up and is able to observe the things that his or her parents does, he or she would eventually end up mimicking these later on in their life. Quite often than not, if one or both parents smoke, the chances that their children would smoke later on in their life will also greatly increase as compared to families where neither parent smokes.

The media also plays a role in influencing people to smoke. Cigarette companies would feature their tobacco products through enticing advertisements where the person smoking is rich, drives fancy cars, able to enjoy freedom and gets to be part of a very in crowd. People who have seen these commercials would often receive the subliminal message that if you want to enjoy all of these things, you would need to be a smoker.  The same holds true for actors and actresses that smoke as part of their role in certain films.

Stress is another reason why many people smoke. We currently live in a society where everything is on a very fast pace. Juggling work, household chores and family can be extremely stressful for many people that they would often feel lethargic and sluggish. Many people turn to smoking cigarettes as a form of stress reliever to allow them to focus more on the task at hand.  This is because cigarettes contain nicotine that binds on the nerve ends to release a hormone called dopamine. This hormone gives you a feeling of pleasure and causes you to feel happy, and able to find a temporary relief and escape from the stressful life that we all have to live with each and every single day.

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