Smoking Addiction
Although smoking addiction is known as smoking, it is actually an addiction to the tobacco inside cigarettes and the nicotine in this tobacco. While the nicotine in cigarette tobacco initially attracts attention with its pleasurable effect, it develops addiction over time. For this reason, many people who are addicted to smoking do not realize when they became addicted. Some medical criteria are sought to diagnose nicotine or smoking addiction. The foremost among these is smoking more than intended. Wanting to smoke one or two cigarettes but smoking more is a symptom of addiction. Wanting to quit smoking but being unable to quit. Spending time to smoke in places where smoking is restricted, and continuing to smoke despite knowing the harms of smoking and starting to experience health problems are the most prominent characteristics of smoking addiction.
Harms of Smoking to Health
Smoking during pregnancy causes the baby to be born with intellectual disability or low weight. Other harmful substances in cigarettes, especially nicotine, cause serious diseases such as cancer, COPD, asthma, shortness of breath, and cardiovascular diseases. Smoking, which causes skin aging, has a bad odor that bothers non-smokers. It causes ulcers in the esophagus and stomach. It causes brain cells to die and dementia. It causes bad breath, and gum and teeth diseases.
