| Smoking tobacco is an age-old practice. The act of | | | | encouraging. Regular smoking results in confusion, |
| tobacco smoking involves burning tobacco leaves, | | | | insomnia, restlessness, metabolic disorder, appetite |
| dried or cured and inhaling the smoke. The reason for | | | | suppression etc. It has been established after |
| smoking may be anything from pleasure sake to | | | | prolonged medical research that lung cancer, |
| self-medication to social or ritual purpose and to a | | | | cardiovascular diseases etc., are the results of |
| form of addiction. The tobacco smoke is inhaled | | | | consistence smoking. The negative effects of smoking, |
| through many forms like cigarettes, cigar, pipe, bidi and | | | | proved after many tests and analysis of results have |
| hookah. | | | | strongly led to the formation of a strong lobby for |
| Cigarettes: | | | | anti-smoking. This group persuades smokers to quit |
| Cigarettes are the most common form used for | | | | smoking to stay fit in their life. According to the |
| smoking. It consists of a paper rolled in to a cylindrical | | | | antagonists of smoking, the non-smokers are |
| shape, the inside of which is stuffed with tobacco | | | | subjected to passive smoking, which is equally |
| leaves. Modern day cigarettes have different type of | | | | dangerous because the smoke coming out of the |
| tobacco leaves stuffed into it and in addition to that | | | | cigars etc is being inhaled by the non-smokers. |
| come with a filter at one end. | | | | Hypnosis is the state of deep sleep in which the |
| Cigars: | | | | sleeping person is controlled by another person. Using |
| The cigars come in different shape. They have | | | | hypnosis, a smoker is made to quit the habit. Normally, |
| cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves. Cuban | | | | a habitual smoker retires to bed with a vow not to |
| cigars are still world famous for their quality. | | | | smoke from the next day. But the very first thing he |
| Pipes: | | | | does after getting up in the morning is to light his |
| Pipes are different from cigarettes and cigars in that | | | | cigarette. Because, people do not have that much of |
| they have a small chamber for combustion purpose | | | | conviction in their ability to discard their habit. Under |
| and a small stem that ends in a mouthpiece for inhaling. | | | | hypnosis, new and positive thoughts are pushed into |
| Pipes are made of different materials like clay, wood | | | | your subconscious mind, making it easy for you to quit |
| etc. | | | | the habit. Though the subject of hypnotism itself is |
| Hookahs: | | | | very controversial, it has cured many people of |
| Hookahs, also called sheeshas, are water pipes | | | | smoking ailment. |
| working on water-filtration method. They are indirectly | | | | The habit of smoking is wide prevalent with younger |
| heated; Hookahs are more used for smoking hashish | | | | generation being enticed into this bad practice. People, |
| or opium. | | | | afflicted with this, find it very difficult to give it up. The |
| Health effects: | | | | degree of binding they have with the smoking |
| The effect of smoking in any form is not good for | | | | becomes so strong that they are unable to break it. |
| health. Nicotine, an addictive stimulant is found in the | | | | We see smokers admitting that they smoke heavily |
| tobacco smoke. Though the initial effect of nicotine on | | | | but unable to come out of that. But considering the |
| the beginners and irregular or first time users is one of | | | | serious health effects to which the smokers are |
| increasing alertness and memory with mild euphoria, its | | | | exposed, that may cost their lives, they had better |
| long term effects on the chronic users are not | | | | stop smoking today itself, without any postponements. |