Benefits of Smoking? DUMB IDEA!

Ads pertaining to promoting the abstinence of smoking are increasing in correlation to the number of deaths due to smoking. Despite the increasing numbers of death, rising numbers of teens have picked up on the habit. In fact, in Australia about 20-25% of high school students smoke and are dependant on nicotine. Although smoking has been repeatedly introduced as the epitome of bad habits and as the culprit of society, I motioned for a flip-side. In other words, I have pursued an interest in discovering the benefits of smoking rather than siding with popular knowledge and belief to the contrary.
Smoking is highly addictive. Smoke itself is not addictive however it is the chemical compounds within the smoke that makes it highly addictive. The media has clearly exposed the contents of cigarettes as harmful chemicals that will affect the human body. Such chemicals contained in cigarettes are nitrogen oxide, hydrogen cyanide, ammonia, and the deadly formaldehyde. These chemicals in return form tar that builds up in the arteries and can cause a condition called arteriosclerosis. The harmful effect this disease has on the body is the reduction of blood flow because of the constriction and blockage of the arteries. However there is one main chemical in cigarettes called nicotine, which has been overlooked and hasn’t been exposed for its beneficial and medicinal properties.

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Okay people, I wrote this awhile back…and I’ve came to the conclusion…Smoking has absolutely NO BENEFITS, and in fact I did get a C on this paper because I couldn’t prove it. I failed miserably. I got the idea that smoking could have some benefits from a past English professor. I really looked up to this guy because I was always just stunned with the way he used words to make me feel inferior to him. I wanted to mimic his intelligence and the way he portrayed himself. One day I saw him smoking outside of class and I just came up with the idea that maybe, just maybe, smoking made this guy intelligent. So I asked him one day about his studying techniques and his ability to retain information. He said smoking helps him retain information as well as to calm him when he’s worried. He also told me that when he doesn’t smoke he doesn’t feel sharp in the mind and often becomes very sluggish. So I figured, as smart as it sounds, I would take up the habit of smoking. Before this I have never smoked, not even once, so trying to smoke for a week was a pretty difficult thing for me to do. I tried it for about a week and I’ve got to say it was the worst experiment I have ever attempted. After trying it out I figured I might as well write the paper because I already ruined my lungs, so I’ve got to have something out of this experiment. But in the end, I ended up with a C on my paper and a shorter life. I guess you live and you learn. Dumb idea.