Thursday, November 13, 2008

Tobacco :also Sets fire to your Back too

Tobacco and smoking is been one of the major causes of deaths around the world. One of the major cause of Lung cancer. Being a carcinogenic substance the probability of a person addicted to it getting cancer is sure similar to a ball attracted to the ground due to gravity.

The use of these substance has a number of confirmed ill effects which includes
  • Tobacco and smoking kills a person
  • Causes poverty(exacerbates poverty)
  • Production of tobacco causes pollution
  • It causes reduction in economic productivity
  • It employs many thousands of people, it can be considered a wasted labour.
  • It causes wastage of capital and resources used up
Many farmers also consider the plantation of tobacco as a profitable source of income and hence they tend to plot tobacco in the land which is fertile enough to cultivate food crops this ultimately causes the net reduction of food crops around the world. This adds fuel to the existing fire of global food crisis.


With all potential know causes when government tried to curb tobacco and smoking the tobacco industries with the enormous resources and liquidity, it weakened the laws which were enforced against the use of it.

What could have the been the major reason for this much huge fan following behind tobacco and smoking. Only answer is Curiosity drags them, addiction persists them, withdrawal symptoms hold them.

To reduce the theft The theif himself must realize it is wrong and similarly to avoid all problems it is the smoker who should have the required awarness.

"TOBACCO IS THE SECOND MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE WORLD"
"ONE in 10 ADULTS DIE DUE TO THIS"
"CAUSES OF PREVENTION IS WELL KNOWN"

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