Acknowledgements: 1.1 Tobacco's Historical Beginnings
Acknowledgements: 1.1 Tobacco's Historical Beginnings
Acknowledgements: 1.1 Tobacco's Historical Beginnings
0 Acknowledgements
1.1 Tobaccos Historical Beginnings The first historical record of someone using tobacco is about 2000 years ago. Members of Mayan tribes smoked loosely rolled tobacco, similar todays cigars. They mostly used the tobacco for religious reasons and as part of special ceremonies and events. The next major piece of tobacco history involves Christopher Columbus. Upon returning back to Europe from the New World, he brought back tobacco plants and seeds. Many years later, the French ambassador, Jean Nicot, brought tobacco seeds to France, suggesting that they had ability to cure illnesses. During the 1500s, tobacco was used to threat almost every illness imaginable. Everything from fevers to gangrenous limbs was treated with tobacco. Tobacco was seldom used at this time for pleasure, except in some seaside town in Spain where people smoke it as cigars. 1.2 Do You Know? Smoking isnt good for health. To take a person from being a smoker to be a non-smoker is really tough. For the vast majority of smokers, quitting is a struggle, a huge battle. Although 90 percents of people who smoke say they would like to quit and most have tried, very few people actually make it the first time. In fact most people have to quit about 5 times before they actually get it right. Half of smokers died before they get old. In Malaysia 50 percent men are smoker believe it!
3.2 Chemicals in Cigarette This chemical is at least as addictive as alcohol, heroin and cocaine. Within seven seconds after inhaling cigarette smoke, nicotine reaches the smokers Nicotine brain. As if he is under attack by a pair of vice grips, a smokers blood vessels are squeeze together causing his blood pressure to rise. This increases the risk for strokes and heart attacks. When inhaling cigarette smoke a smokers lung is filled with air that contains high levels of carbon monoxide. The red blood cells get confused. Instead of Carbon picking up the oxygen, they go for the carbon monoxide. The end result is stroke increases. Lungs have tiny little hair like structures in them called cilia. Cilia look like bristles on a brush, and they are responsible for sweeping lungs clean. All day long, cilia in healthy lungs sweep out the germs and particles of dust when Tar breath in. unfortunately tar inhaled through cigarette smoke sticks to cilia making them unable to perform their cleaning action. The airways begin to swell and get clogged up with mucus. This is why people who smoke get more colds and develop a smoker cough. Many go on to develop chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Hydrogen cyanide Arsenic Methane Also known as gas chamber poison The infamous poison used to kill the victim in many murder mysteries A byproduct of eating too many beans at dinner monoxide that less oxygen reaches in organs and the risk for having a heart attack or
Why smoking is so bad?? Here are the reasons: Make breath, clothes, hair, home and car smell bad. Turns fingers yellow it is because less oxygen in red blood cells. Expensive recently the cost of cigarette has dramatically risen. Looking to the future the cost of smoking will continue to rise. Buying a cigarette is just like letting a faucet drip a very small amount of water into a very large bucket. After a while, that bucket would be pretty full. After several days, it would be overflowing onto the floor it is just wasting money. Less socially acceptable - nowadays smoking is prohibited at some places. Most of girls prefer to choose non- smokers to be their boyfriend. Causes fires sometime it can accidentally happened when smokers throw their cigarette anywhere else and this will cause fire. Stains teeth Sets a bad example to kids children of parent who smoke have a 50 percent greater chance of becoming smokers themselves. Causes face to wrinkle and voice sound hoarse.
Smokeless tobacco contains thousands of chemicals, many of which are directly linked to the development of cancer. These are some of the known poisons: Formaldehyde (embalming fluid) Lead (a deadly nerve poison) Cadmium (found in rechargeable batteries) Hydrocarbons (found in automobile exhaust) The following is a list of some of the more common health problems caused by the chemicals found in smokeless tobacco: Cancer of mouth, tongue, cheek, lip, and larynx (throat) Gum recession Dental cavities Nicotine addiction Bone loss around the teeth Bad breath Stained teeth
Benefit to your body Blood pressure and pulse rate decrease to normal Carbon monoxide levels in blood drop and O2 levels increase. Chance of heart attack decrease. Food tastes and smells better. Bronchial tubes relax and breathing becomes easier. Overall energy increases Shortness of breath decrease. Cilia grow in the lungs Risk of heart disease is half that of a smoker Change of lung cancer decreased by almost a half Pre cancerous cells are replaced Risk of dying is similar to that of someone who has never smoke
Q 1: I feel like I cant take a break at work because I dont have a good reason Solution: if you used to take a break to smoke, you probably felt justified in doing so because you were actually doing something when you left your post for that 5 or 10 minutes. Now you may find yourself feeling silly just standing around for 10 minutes while your coworkers slave away. First of all, realize that you deserve to spend that break anyway that you want to. You dont have to be doing anything but you could also choose to drink a glass of water, eat a healthy snack, read a chapter in a book or chatting with friends. Q 2: I used to break up my day by having a cigarette between activities. Now I dont seem to have that transition. Solution: Many people use smoking a cigarette as a marker throughout the day to help pace them and keep a sort of rhythm going. If you did, you will need to develop a different, healthier transitional activity, such as having a glass of water, brushing you teeth, or going out for a short walk. Q 3: I cant stop thinking about cigarette. Solution: Remind yourself that smoking is not an option! Say it out and mean it! Stop romancing the cigarette. Refocus on the negatives of smoking (the danger of smoking) and the positives of quitting (your reasons to quit) not the other way round. Q 4: Friends are telling me that Ill never make it. Solution: There are a number of reasons your friends may not be supportive of your efforts. First, you may be a little (or a lot!) more irritable, depressed, or frustrated than usual, and your friends may want you to smoke so youll be back to your normal self. Its not easy to face, but some of its up to you to tell them that this is normal part of quitting and it will be over soon. Other friends may not want to see you succeed because your success would be a constant reminder of what they know they should be doing for themselves. Getting you to stop trying might make them feel better about their own lack of motivation. If you suspect some of your friends feel this way, encourages them to get healthy by joining you in your efforts. Hold fast to your own motivation. Q 5: I keep forgetting why Im trying to give up these things. I miss smoking already = ( Solution: Remember, youre really not giving up anything. Youre gaining everythinggood heath, more money, fresh breath, and control over you life. Quitting smoking is something you are doing for yourself, not in spite of yourself. Recite your reasons to quit. Maybe even add to the list.
Q 6: Im coughing more now that Ive quit than I was when I was smoking. Whats going on? Solution: The tiny hair structures in your lungs called cilia finally get a chance to begin sweeping out the tobacco debris that has accumulated over the years. Until now, the tar in your cigarette had immobilized them, but now that they are free again, they sweep out tar causing you cough more than usual. So, coughing after quitting smoking is a good thing. Q 7: Every time Im on the phone, I want to smoke. Solution: Keep a pad and some colour pens or pencils by the phone, and doodle with them while you are talking. Try to break the connection between your telephone environment and your smoking. For example move your telephone to a different location in your home and try holding the receiver in the other hand. You might even want to buy a new telephone. Q 8: Friends keep offering me cigarette as a joke. Solution: Try telling folks that you understand that they are not really to quit themselves, but that you are. Ask them to please support your efforts by taking you seriously. Ask them to tell you some jokes instead. If they continue to be obnoxious take the cigarettes they are offering you, break them in a half, and say, Thanks, I just saved a few minutes of my life.
7.0 Conclusion
Quitting takes motivation, determination, commitment, and a specific set of skills. Like many other things in life, quitting smoking takes a lot of practice. We may fall off a few times, but if we keep on practicing, we will get it right. Quitting smoking is good at any age. As well see everyone who tries to quit smoking is actually fighting three battles at once. Here are three aspects of the tobacco addiction that each smoker must learn to conquer. A habit is a behavioral response caused by frequent repetition of the same act. If we repeatedly smoke while perform certain activities like drinking coffee and driving a car, we actually have a well ingrained habit. Secondly is physical addiction. Dont ever underestimate the power of nicotine. It is one of the most addictive drugs on the face of the earth. Naturally found in tobacco plants, nicotine can both stimulate and relax our self. In small doses like when we take a small puff, nicotine stimulates us. In larger doses, like when we inhale the smoke deeply, it relaxes us. Nicotine is the ingredient in your cigarettes that keeps you coming back for more. When we inhale cigarette smoke nicotine enters our bloodstream and hits our brain in seven seconds. Over time, our bodies become used to having a certain amount of nicotine in blood. When our bodies sense that it has less nicotine than its used to, we will begin to crave cigarettes and experience other uncomfortable for us not to smoke by creating nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Nicotine withdrawal symptoms are those emotional and physical symptoms that occur when we stop smoking. They include irritability difficulty concentrating anxiety and strong cravings for a cigarette. The last battle is psychological dependence. We always find our self lighting up when we are feeling angry, frustrated, lonely, or bored. This is because we use smoking as a way to cope with unpleasant feelings or emotions. We are actually learning how to use nicotine as an artificial mood moderator.