Cigarette Smoking

1. Cigarette Smoking BY: MIRANDA BURGESS

2. Definition Smoking, in simple words, means drawing and exhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Tobacco smoke contains a stimulant, 'nicotine' which is as highly an addictive drug as heroin or cocaine. In the long run, nicotine forms a strong physical and psychological dependence on it. Dependence is strongest when tobacco smoke is inhaled into the lungs and with time it increases the speed and quantity of nicotine absorption.

3. HISTORY Different forms of smoking, apart from the usual one (Cigarettes) are smoking bidis hookahs clove cigarettes chewing tobacco But these different forms of smoking carry the same risk as cigarettes, cigars or pipes.

4. Quick Facts Is nicotine that highly addictive? The answer is 'yes'. Why? When taken in small amounts nicotine creates a pleasant feeling which makes the smoker want to smoke more. Moreover, when a smoker tries to quit, he suffers from physical withdrawal symptoms such as nervousness, headaches and trouble sleeping. It also affects the chemistry of the brain and central nervous system. Ultimately the smoker finds it hard to quit. Medical research has proven that smoking is a major contributing factor towards many human health problems such as cancer, emphysema, cardiovascular disease and other disorders.

5. Pros of Smoking Cigarettes The bonding experienced with other smokers. The feeling of creating a ritual. Watching the cigarette burn and watching the smoke swirl. Momentary gratification.

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7. Analysis of Photograph This photograph is talking about the raise in tax on cigarettes. Its referring to people saying they need a cigarette, instead the cigarettes are saying they could really kill someone right now because they are not being purchased as much as they were before the tax raise. The author is using irony in his cartoon, using the cigarettes as a center focus on the tax raise.

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9. Analysis of Photograph The photograph is showing concern for cancer. The meaning behind the cartoon is showing that many have to deal with breast cancer because they have to not because they could have prevented it. The cigarette that is twisted into the breast cancer symbol is expressing people who smoke are giving themselves cancer by smoking they have a choice to stop smoking and prevent the cancer.

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11. Analysis of Photograph This cartoon is showing the addiction that comes with smoking cigarettes. In the cartoon it shows a man holding a pack of cigarettes and at the bottom of the cartoon it says “till death do we apart.” This quote from the cartoon is also used during marriage ceremonies because the two individuals are saying they will dedicated their lives to one another. They will be a couple forever.. “until death do us part.”This is referring to his addiction and how he is going to smoke for the rest of his life.

12. Cons of Smoking Cigarettes • Cigarette smoke leaves an after smell on everything around you: your clothes, car and home. • You may not be able to breathe properly. • A feeling of dizziness after smoking cigarettes too fast • Cigarettes may leave you flaunting yellow skin, teeth and fingernails. • The sense of smell and taste may diminish. • Smoking is waste of your hard earned money and health.

13. ARTICLE Aug. 21, 2009 -- Cigarette smoking not only causes cancer and cardiovascular disease, it also dulls taste, making food less palatable, a new study suggests. Scientists in Greece enlisted 62 young men of the country’s military forces, about half of whom were smokers, to test for taste sensitivity and to measure the number and shape of taste buds. The average age of the men was 25.The taste buds on smokers’ tongues were found to be flatter than the buds on the tongues of the nonsmokers, the researchers say. There was no difference in the numbers of taste buds between the two groups.“Statistically important differences between the taste thresholds of smokers and nonsmokers were detected,” Pavlidis Pavlos, leader of a team of researchers from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, says in a news release. However, a few of the smokers perceived taste similarly to nonsmokers, and researchers say more study is needed to explain why. Smoking can affect the shape of taste buds and also affect vascularization, or the formation of blood vessels, he says.“Nicotine may cause functional and morphological alterations” of taste buds "without severely affecting their number," Pavlos and colleagues write.“Smoking is an important factor which can lead to decreased taste sensitivity,” the authors conclude. (http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20090821/cigarette-smoke-dulls-taste-buds)

14. ANALYSIS ON ARTICLE The article is showing its concern for the smoking community. Letting them know the affects of smoking cigarettes, specifically dulling taste buds. Causes Cancer Cardiovascular Disease Dulls Taste The article also gives statistics about your taste buds and how eventually it could ruin your taste buds. The author closes by saying, “Smoking is an important factor which can lead to decreased taste sensitivity.”

15. WORK CITED http://www.stop-smoking-updates.com/quitsmoking/cigarette-cessation/effects-of-smoking/the-pros-and-cons-of-smoking.htm http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/nicotinelozenges/a/zoeslist.htm http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20090821/cigarette-smoke-dulls-taste-buds http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-