Why Smoking Should Be Regulated - 1293 Words

Smoking is one of the main causes of cancer and death in the United States. Any type of tobacco is harmful to the human body. When people smoke, they are suffocating their lungs thus changing the color of their lungs from a reddish pink to a greyish black in the long run. This color change indicates that the lungs are slowly dying; common knowledge amongst people, yet they still ignore these facts. These dangers to human health are the reasons why smoking should be more regulated. Smoking became popular in the late 1800s. People smoked dry tobacco leaves in cigars and pipes. Ojeda states in his article, Even before science established definitively that tobacco can kill you, people knew it was trouble (Opposing Viewpoints). They did†¦show more content†¦National Cancer Institutes Opposing Viewpoints). Along with cancer and death, smoking also leads to cataracts and heart and lung diseases. Some of the chemicals in these cigarettes are in things we use everyday, such as â⠂¬Å"hydrogen cyanide used in chemical weapons, carbon monoxide found in car exhaust, ammonia which is used in household cleaning products, and toluene which is a substance in paint thinners† (Espejo, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints). Today, adolescents and young adults are one of the highest class of smokers in the world, and out of all smokers, 4 out of 5 smokers in the world are males. Some young people think that smoking causes you to lose weight although there is no evidence to prove this idea. Some people do not bother trying to quit smoking because it makes them feel better when they â€Å"feel depressed, anxious, irritable, and restless†; it is a way of relaxation and escapism (Espejo, Ed. National Cancer Institutes Opposing Viewpoints). There is this new instrument used for smoking called an e-cig which most youths and adolescents are switching to because they think it is safer than normal cigarettes. However, they do not know that e-cigs have the potential to be just as harmful since there is not much research on them and their consequences. They are also bad because youths’ lungs are still developing, and the smoke is just hindering this process. Some