Sasan Alizadehasl

4/20/15

Prf. Tami Barker

Cause & Effect Essay

Effecting Lifetime by Smoking

            Smoking is a quiet death. From many years ago smoking become famous between

people, but, they really didn't know the negative effects of smoking even though when

doctors find out the negative effects of smoking many years later , smokers still didn't

stop smoking because they were attitude. Smokers should stop smoking because of the

negative effects such as, health, bad oral health and high expense.

            Health problems are the main negative effect smokers will have in the future, such

as, lung cancer and stomach cancer. These are the most common cancers smokers may

get. Smoking may cause lung cancer by damaging the cells that line the lungs. When

someone smokes, the smoke is going to their lungs and just part of it is coming out. For a

short time, the body can protect and repair the damage of smoke carcinogens, but after it

becomes a habit and routine for many years, the smoker may get lung cancer

(www.mayoclinic.org). The percentages of lung cancer between smokers are about 80 to

90%. An estimated 158,040 people are expected to die from lung cancer in

2015(www.lung.org). Stomach cancer is coming from the smoke carcinogens. When

someone smoke part of the smoke goes to their stomach with out they have any control

on it. By smoking, stomach cell may effect by smoke carcinogens and get on the risk of

cancer. When stomach cells are damaged by smoke carcinogens there is a big chance

those cells grow into a tumor. Stomach cancer grows slowly over many years. For some

people the tumor is not moving or in the other hand doctors say is a good tumor and it

mean there is a high possibility to remove the tumor or cancer, but for some people is bad

it means, the tumor or cancer is all over the stomach and doctors can’t do many thing

about that and just there is a low chance to replace or treat the damage

(www.webmd.com).

           

            Poor oral health is another negative effect that smokers will have such as, teeth

problems and gum cancer. The smokers also may have teeth problem after a long time

smoking. The first place smoke carcinogens touch are teeth, smoke carcinogens stays on

teeth and makes germs and bacteria. Germs make teeth yellow and make whole on them,

also in some cases they become infection and tooth will die. Germs and infection also

effect gums too. Smoke carcinogens make gums black and spoiled. Oral cancer appears

as a growth or sore in the mouth that does not go away (www.webmd.com).

            High expense is the worse financial point for smokers that they should deal with

it, such as, cost of the cigarettes and cost of fixing oral and illnesses. The cost of the

cigarettes that smokers pay per year is about 1,500 $ even though they know the money

they spend is make them sick. Cost of the illnesses is a lot and definitely most of smokers

are not able to pay their bills. Although many people have insurance and medical but

when they are in hospital they can’t make money and insurance or medical don’t cover

the cost of their personal expenses such as rent home/house, car insurance, foods and

many other expenses. Also the cost for fixing oral is not cheap too; the average money

smokers should spend to fix their teeth is about 5,000 or even more.

            In conclusion smoke makes many problems such as cancers, illness and oral

health and the cost for fixing them. Cancers are the worst illness anyone can have,

unfortunately cancers percentage is much higher between smokers. Many people have

tooth problem but it’s much worse between smokers. Cost of the cigarettes and not able

to work during treatment time in hospital can disintegrate someone life. Finally, some

suggestion that smokers can do, to keep away smoking or at least make it less such as,

chewing gum, doing exercise, going to doctor, use nicotine patch and eating flower seeds.