Smoking - Why Bother?

I recently made a blog entry on the facts about tobacco, I know it's a long read. But it's worth reading for many. I grew up in a family with quite a good number of smokers, so I do know a thing or two about the dangers of smoking.

I know most smokers are addicted to smoking, even if they deny it. But that's just denial they put themselves into. People need to stop making excuses for the smokers, but they shouldn't feel like they are the bad guys, they are also the victims. Making such forceful approaches to the smokers on kicking the habit isn't going to do anything. Trust me, I know because I've dealt with this for many years. Cigarettes, they're disgusting and contain a lot of dangerous chemicals. A single cigarette has at least 4,000 toxic substances and many of these are known to cause cancer. It's bad enough that the nicotine is a very addictive substance. For your information, it is a drug. Only the difference is that it's legal. Heck, I'll rather have people smoking pot. Still I consider pot to be a unhealthy habit since inhaling smoke is never healthy to begin with.

Anyway, here's a list showing some of the toxic substances inside a cigarette.

ARSENIC: used in rat poison
ACETIC ACID: hair dye and developer
ACETONE: main ingredient in paint and fingernail (polish) remover
AMMONIA: a typical household cleaner
BENZENE: rubber cement
BUTANE: lighter fluid
CADMINUM: found in batteries and artists’ oil paint
CARBON MONOXIDE: car exhaust fumes
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE: dry cleaning fluid
ETHANOL: alcohol
FORMALDEYHDE: used to embalm dead bodies
HYDRAZINE: used in jet and rocket fuels
HEXAMINE: barbecue lighter
HYDROGEN CYANIDE: poison in gas chambers
LEAD: batteries
METHANE: swamp gas
METHANOL: rocket fuel
NAPTHALENES: used in explosives, moth balls, and paint pigments
NICKLES: used in the process of electroplating
PHENOL: used in disinfectants and plastics
POLONIUM: radiation dosage, equal to 300 chest x-rays in one year
STEARIC ACID: candle wax
STYRENE: found in insulation material
TAR: road surface tar
TULUENE: embalmers glue

Source: Family Health Administration

Now, can you honestly tell me that you would destroy your body like that? Hey, I'm just giving you a friendly reminder that smoking can kill you and it will. I would rather see you living happily ever after and live a long and healthy life.