Smoking Is more than a habit for some it is a way of life (Smoking in general)

Member Name: MrsSmivvy

Product:	Smoking in general
Date:	30/07/09 (81 review reads)
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Advantages: Not really advantages, keeps me sane

Disadvantages: smelly, expensive and becoming anti social

Tobacco smoking is the practice where tobacco is burned and the vapours either tasted or inhaled. The practice began as early as 5000-3000 BC. Many burnt incense during religious rituals, which was later adopted for pleasure or as a social tool Tobacco was introduced to the old world in the late 1500s where it followed common trade routes. The substance was met with frequent criticism, but became popular nonetheless.German scientists formally identified the link between smoking and lung cancer in the late 1920s leading the first anti-smoking campaign in modern history. The movement, however, failed to reach across enemy lines during the Second World War, and quickly became unpopular thereafter In 1950, health authorities again began to suggest a relationship between smoking and cancer. Scientific evidence mounted in the 1980s, which prompted political action against the practice. Rates of consumption from 1965 onward in the developed world have either peaked or declined They however continue to climb in the world

Smoking is the most common method of consuming tobacco, and tobacco is the most common substance smoked. The agricultural product is often mixed with other additives and then pyrolyzed. The resulting vapors are then inhaled and the active substances absorbed through the alveoli in the lungs. The active substances trigger chemical reactions in nerve endings which hightens heart rate, memory, alertness, and reaction time Dopamine and later endorphins are released, which are often associated with reward and pleasure. As of 2000, smoking is practised by some 1.22 billion people. Men are more likely to smoke than women, however the gender gap declines with younger age. The poor are more likely to smoke than the wealthy
Many smokers begin during adolescence or early adulthood. During the early stages, smoking provides pleasurable sensations and thus serves as a source of positive reinforcement. After an individual has smoked for many years, the avoidance of withdrawal symptoms and negative reinforcement become the key motivations. I myself started smoking after catching my elder brother smoking and to get himself out of trouble he said i should try it too. Ironic isn't it that some twenty years later it contributed to my fathers death and now my brother has lung cancer that has now spread to his brain
yet still i still have no inclination to give up smoking.

Summary: More of a way of life to some although its had its effects of my close family, I still do it