"Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 8 Week 3: Smoking Kills"

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Hello friends,

In this new week of the engagement challenge, we have a very important topic to talk about. Smoking is a trend that is mostly prevailed in the society today. Some may comment on this in different angles. But as a common factor we all know smoking is a danger to our body. So from this post I will share my ideas about smoking.

Give your views about the phrase "Smoking Kills!".

Smoking Kills is a phrase that directly talks about what happens if you smoke. Smoking kills not only the one who is smoking but also the people surrounding them. The phrase is written in the simple present tense to give the idea that this is a present social issue and it continues so.

The smoke of cigarettes causes to bind Tar in the lungs. Long-time smoking can cause lung cancers. Wounds caused by the harmful tar cause cancers later. So this is severe damage to the person who is smoking. And also if the people around the smoker inhale the smoke that is released by the smoker it is also affects the lungs. That is why it is said that it is not good to stay near a smoker eventhough you don't smoke you will be subjected to lung deseases.

What are the main reasons why people become addicted to smoking?

There can be many reasons why people are addicted to smoking. But the main reason I feel is the peer group pressure. bThen they use to smoke so after addicting even though advises are given they din't obey them.

Youth gets addicted to smoking due to their educational pressure. School children are addicted to smoke I feel as they prefer to investigate things. In their teenage, they wish to test and experience things. When their life is full of school work and their life is only academic work, they search for something else. That is such a sad situation that has happened to the youth.

Then another thing is work shifts. Some people when they have night shifts in their jobs they use to smoke to keep themselves awake the whole night. Some who are doing driving for long hours smoke as they feel tired and can't get out of the vehicle until the end of the journey.

In this way there are many ways and factors that people are addicted to smoking.

Are you addicted to smoking, or someone you may know have addicted to smoking? What changing have you seen after addiction?

My mother's sister's husband is a highly smoking addicted person. He has been smoking for many years. But recently doctors found that he has got a throat cancer. This is due to the flem in his lungs and tar has binded on the flem as layers. It has become a huge wound inside the throat and lungs and later has become into a cancer.

Now he has undergone few surgeries and finally he lost his voice. Now he is at home under medication and he lost his job and his voice.

What should we do to reduce the rate of smoking addiction?

To reduce smoking we should enforce proper rules and regulations and also we should educate students from younger ages not to do this. Then we can arrange awareness programs as well.

I think this is enough for today. Thank you for reading my post. Have a nice day.