Smoking is a conscious choice of the human. To smoke or not ot smoke? The answer to this question everyone finds himself. As a result - some people smoke, and other are trying to fight against this harmful habit.
Recent research has shown sensational results: scientists found ammonium hidrate - a substance which raises the bodys' absorption of nicotine - in all kinds of cigars.
Tobacco's effect was known all over the world since ancient times. This plant was thrown to the fire and it's smoke provoked colorful dreams. Smoking was mentioned in ancient annals, however until middle ages smoking was a part of religious rites.
The first earopean who brought the smoking ceremony to New World was Christopher Columbus. He said that he was really surprised when he saw an indian man who was "drinking the smoke". Since the second part of XVI century smoking became very popular among reach people.
But soon the fight against smoking started and in 1604 some articles about harmful effects of smoking written by one of the english kings were published.
The main component of tobacco smoke is nicotine which causes strong addiction to it because, if taken in small amounts, it provokes excitation. And only in XX century the harm of nicotine was proved. It is strong poison which penetrate in the blood and accumulates in all organs of your body, distroying them.Besides this, there are more than 6000 components in the cigarette smoke, 30 of which are real poisons. If you smoke about 1 package of cigarettes a day your body receives a 7 dose of radiation.
There are a lot of poisons which cause many serious conseqences. One of the most dangerous is lung cancer, which usually results in death. So, it's up to you to choose...
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