Why do people smoke? And why people should quit smoking? People smoke for different reasons. For others, smoking can make you looked cool, few would say it is a habit that it is hard to quit and others would say, why stop smoking  if we find pleasure in it? Most of the smoker would say so. We can say smoking is addicting and it is hard to quit. Nowadays people are informed that smoking is bad for the health. And everybody knows that smoking can shorten a life span. Though they know the smoking risk but still they keep smoking. Before, adults are the only one who smoke but nowadays there are many teenagers who smoke. Smoking can cause a lot of illness which are observable symptoms. Smokers may experience many health problems such as bad skin, bad breath, dizziness, nausea, watery eyes and increase of health risk. It can weaken the sense of taste and smell and it can loss ones appetite. It increases the risk of lung cancer, heart disease, stroke and other cancer illness. Facial wrinkles are visible at early age making them look older than non smoker of the similar age. One of the causes of deaths in this world is cause of smoking. Those are the many smoking risk a smoker has to take.

You may think that smokers have a high risk of health problems but nonsmokers or secondhand smoke has much higher risk. Passive smoking is also called second hand smoking. It is the inhalation of tobacco smoke. It takes place when tobacco smoke circulates in the environment causing of inhalation. Non smokers who inhale in secondhand smoke take nicotine and other harmful chemicals just like the smokers. The more you are exposed to second hand smoke the higher risk the harmful chemicals into your body. Inhaling a smoke is hazardous to an individual because it may cause illness such as bronchitis and pneumonia. Second hand smoking may develop asthma and it can trigger to those who have already this illness. And it may also lead to develop lung cancer, heart disease and death. We all know that second hand smoking can cause illness in one's future but it can affect an individual at present. Coughing and sore throats are just few of those causes. Especially children who are sensitive have greater risk in health problems.  People can acquire second hand smoking in home, vehicles and public places such as restaurant, pub and recreational areas. Though smoking is prohibited in public vehicles and places but still many smokers do smoke in public vehicles and places. Bringing handkerchief is one way to avoid inhaling smoke. When smokers smoke the nonsmokers have no choice but to avoid it, obviously.

For those who would like to quit smoking there are a lot of information in books and internet on how to approach it. People are different so there are different ways on how to quit. It's just a matter of how strong your will is. Keep in mind that cigarette smoking is bad for the health and before you light your cigarette,  think of the possible illness you get.