Smokingisharrnfultohealth.Medicalsciencehasnowprovedthatsmokingcancauselungcancerandotherdiseasessuchasemphysema.Yourchancesofhavingaheartattackalsoincreasethemoreyousmoke.Smokingisdafinitelyahealthhazard.
Gettingridofthesmokinghabitisnoteasy.Manyinveteratesmokersareneverabletoquitcompletely.Thosewhotrytoquitoftenexperiencedepression,severeheadaches,andsometimesgetalotofweightastheyturntofoodasasubstitute.
Inordertoprotectnon-smokersfrombeingaffected,measuresmustbetakentoreducethechancesofsmoking.Childrenmustbewarnedaboutthedangersofsmoking.CigarettecompaniesshouldnotbeallowedtoadvertiseonTVorradio,orinnewspapersandmagazines.Removecigarettevendingmachines.Raisecigarettepricesbyaddinghighertobaccotaxesandusethemoneyforantismokingcampaigns.