SMOKINGA pleasure that kills people

By Sania Mughal

INTRODUCTIONSmoking is one of the worst habit and it is increasing in our society.

Currently there are 1.3 billion smokers in the world.

Smoking is a practice in which a substance mostly common tobacco is burned and the smoke is tasted or inhaled and then exhaled , the most common method of smoking today is through cigarettes.

Tobacco contains more than 19 known cancer causing chemicals and other 4000 chemicals.

WHY DO PEOPLE SMOKE..?

Watched the family smoking that’s why they wanted to try it.

They smoke for coolness

Peer Pressure:All their friends smokes and they don’t want to be odd one’s out.

They smoke because they've got nothing better to do they think it reduces stress.

They thinks it’s a package of pleasureAnd it addicted to them.

Smoking helps some people think. It gives them a focal point for their attention

What Actually happens!

A cigarette contains substance called nicotine, that gives pleasure to smokers. Nicotine is a poison.According to scientists nicotine can kill a person when taken in large amounts.

Contents of cigaratte Nicotine (includes) : Addiction, Stimulation, Pleasure, Relaxation.

When tobacco smoke is enhaled nicotine is absorbed into the bloodstream.Physchological effects include increased heart rate and a rise in blood pressure

TAR : brown stick substance.70% of the tar is deposited in the lungs damages the small hairs called Cilia

That causes cough and chest problems.It contains many poisnous chemicals that cause cancer.

Carbon Monoxide

It’s poisnous gas with no smellIf we smoke 20 cigarette a day we will have 10% less oxygenin our body.Low energy and shortness of breath

Did You Know? Approximately 5.5 trillion cigarettes are produced globally each year.

Between 80,000 and 100,000 kids starts smoking everyday, roughly half of whom in Asia.

More than 1,000 people in the U.S die each day from smoking related illness.

Everyday 5 million people loose their lives because of smoking.

Smoking causes two diseases heart diseases and lungs cancer

Smoking in Islam A general rule of the Islamic shariah is that it is haram for the Muslims to drink or eat anything which cause his death Such as; Poisons or substances which are injurious to health or harmful to his body.