A Healthy Smoker? You Have to Be Kidding!
There are so many young people smoking now that act as if they do not know the consequences. Perhaps they don't.
It's hard for a healthy, fit person who seems to be in good health to equate themselves with middle-aged, foul-smelling, coughing and wheezing smokers. Somehow they must be taught that there is no such thing as a healthy smoker. Just look at the facts:
Men lose an estimated 13.2 years of life due to smoking; and women lose an estimated 14.5 years of life due to smoking.
Smoking affects the workplace by causing lost time, lost wages, and lost productivity. In fact, smoking costs $92 billion annually in mortality-related productivity losses. Smokers lose 6 more days of work a year than nonsmokers. That's over a week of productivity.
Smoking is responsible for 1 in 5 deaths in the United States.
Forget for a moment the pain and suffering of the smoker; Forget for a moment the pain and suffering of those in his immediate circle of family and friends; and think for a moment of the financial burden placed on the economy. The financial costs of smoking is borne by us all. Every man woman and child would be substantially better off if no person smoked.
So, it seems that as sensible beings we should make available the best information on smoking cessation to our school children, our employees, our friends. Encourage them to talk to their doctor to see which treatment is right for them. Let's help them kick the addiction - it's good for them and it's good for us.
In this country we get tied up with the concept of an individual's right to do as he pleases whether it is harmful to society as a whole. Surely, society must have right to! We insist that motor vehicle drivers drive on the right side of the road no matter how much an individual feels that her individual rights are being violated. It would be silly and dangerous for us not to!
How much sillier is it to allow money-making businesses to encourage naive people to take-up a practice which will almost certainly lead to an addiction that will make their lives and the lives around them a misery.
Author
Kelvyn Peters has been a medical research consultant for many years and now he is retired we have convinced him to publish some articles. We hope you find them helpful.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kelvyn_Peters
It's hard for a healthy, fit person who seems to be in good health to equate themselves with middle-aged, foul-smelling, coughing and wheezing smokers. Somehow they must be taught that there is no such thing as a healthy smoker. Just look at the facts:
Men lose an estimated 13.2 years of life due to smoking; and women lose an estimated 14.5 years of life due to smoking.
Smoking affects the workplace by causing lost time, lost wages, and lost productivity. In fact, smoking costs $92 billion annually in mortality-related productivity losses. Smokers lose 6 more days of work a year than nonsmokers. That's over a week of productivity.
Smoking is responsible for 1 in 5 deaths in the United States.
Forget for a moment the pain and suffering of the smoker; Forget for a moment the pain and suffering of those in his immediate circle of family and friends; and think for a moment of the financial burden placed on the economy. The financial costs of smoking is borne by us all. Every man woman and child would be substantially better off if no person smoked.
So, it seems that as sensible beings we should make available the best information on smoking cessation to our school children, our employees, our friends. Encourage them to talk to their doctor to see which treatment is right for them. Let's help them kick the addiction - it's good for them and it's good for us.
In this country we get tied up with the concept of an individual's right to do as he pleases whether it is harmful to society as a whole. Surely, society must have right to! We insist that motor vehicle drivers drive on the right side of the road no matter how much an individual feels that her individual rights are being violated. It would be silly and dangerous for us not to!
How much sillier is it to allow money-making businesses to encourage naive people to take-up a practice which will almost certainly lead to an addiction that will make their lives and the lives around them a misery.
Author
Kelvyn Peters has been a medical research consultant for many years and now he is retired we have convinced him to publish some articles. We hope you find them helpful.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kelvyn_Peters
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