Essay Archive - The Effects of Smoking
The Effects of Smoking
Smoking is one of the leading causes of death among Americans. What
you don't hear are many of the effects of smoking. You may have heard that
smoking causes cancer, but there are many more effects of smoking than just
cancer.
One of the main problems of smoking is that people have a limited
knowledge of smoking. In fact, in 1983, one-quarter of the smoking
population did not believe that smoking caused illness. In 1991 around one
in seven smokers attributed no illness to smoking. This is compared to
never-smokers and past smokers, of whom only 3% and 5% respectively shared
this view. However, it is likely that smokers....
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