Smokers Vs Non Smokers

Smokers versus Non-Smokers

In 2015, a study was done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) and it was concluded that fifteen out of every one-hundred people over the age of eighteen smoker cigarettes in the United States. That means that an average of about 36.5 million people smoke cigarettes and out of that 36.5 million, 16 million people have a smoking related disease. Since 1964, more than roughly 20 million Americans have died from smoking cigarettes. This has caused major concern for many non-smoking and smoking American across the country. Non-smokers are not only healthier but also live longer lives because smoking cigarettes has such a negative effect on the human body medically.

The average life expectancy

of person who smokes cigarettes is ten years shorter than a non-smoker. People who quit smoking before the age of forty have a 90% less chance of dying from a smoke related disease. The main thing that damages smokers health is not just the smoke, but it is what is inside the cigarette. There are exactly 600 ingredients inside of a cigarette and it can create over 7,000 chemicals when burned. There are sixty-nine chemicals that have been known to be poisonous and can cause certain illnesses such as cancer. People smokes because it helps them relieve stress, and they are unwillingly addicted to smoking because of the nicotine in it. Nicotine is a chemical compound that when smoked becomes absorbed through the air sacs in the lungs which goes into the bloodstream and then works its way up to the brain. Smoking and people who smoke are very easy to point out because of some side effects caused from smoking. The most common sign of a smoker is the usual smokers

cough, which comes from the nicotine in the tobacco which causes paralyzation in the cilia.

Non-smokers live an average about ten years longer than people who smoke. The lungs of a non-smoker looks very pink and expand when filled up with oxygen which means their lungs are very healthy. By not smoking, people who do not smoke save about $1000 a year by not buying cigarettes. People who smoke can not stop wasting money on them because they are so addicted just like the CDC director Dr.Thomas R.Frieden says "The industry has gotten even better at sidestepping laws designed to get people to stop smoking. They ensure that every cigarette they sell is designed to deliver nicotine quickly and efficiently to keep people addicted” (Frieden,2010). People who do not smoke also have better physical features such as whiter teeth and the smell of smoke does not linger in their clothes. Along with that

non-smokers are capable to do greater physical activities without being as short of breath compared to a smoker.

There are multiple differences between smokers and non-smokers. The most noticeable is health and can be very serious. Smoking damages lungs and other medical reasons while non-smoker live a more healthier life.

Reference Page

Tobacco-Related Mortality. (2016, December 01). Retrieved September 13, 2017, from https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/index.htm

You Won't Believe How Much You'll Save When You Quit. (n.d.). Retrieved September 13, 2017, from https://quitsmokingcommunity.org/you-wont-believe-how-much-money-quitting-smoking-will-save-you/

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