Most of people consume cigarette. Even though they have known that smoking cigarettes are very harmful to themselves and people around them, they can’t just stop the habit. Cigarettes are sentenced severe for the ingredients that are dangerous for health. No need to mention their dreadful effects for the body in short and long term. Above all of those, the number of death caused by cigarettes is sufficiently grievous. That is why cigarettes must be forbidden in the campus area.
Stop Smoking Today website wrote, in a short term, smoking cigarettes effects are increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, narrowing of the arteries, reduced amount of oxygen the blood can carry, carbon monoxide levels in the blood rise, creates an imbalance in the demand for oxygen by the cells. and for a long term are cancers, lung diseases, heart disease, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, osteoporosis and weakened bones, circulatory problems, ulcers, premature aging, damage to the fetus, low sperm count and impotence, spontaneous abortion (miscarriage), decreased lung function, bronchitis, infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and many more.
A Journalist from www.detik.com, Bagus Kurniawan said, Indonesia is the 3rd Nation with the worst death caused by cigarettes. On 2007, the Association of Public Health surveyed a pretty unbelievable result, 1127 people die every day due to tobacco. And 67% of them were men.
Sources:
What’s in a Cigarette? retrieved from http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/nicotineinhaler/a/cigingredients.htm 3/2/11
Smoking And Tobacco retrieved from http://www.medindia.net/patients/patientinfo/tobacco_cigarette.htm 3/2/11
Kematian Akibat Merokok, Indonesia Tempati Peringkat Ketiga di Dunia retrieved from http://www.detiknews.com/read/2009/05/29/173401/1139487/10/kematian-akibat-merokok-indonesia-tempati-peringkat-ketiga-di-dunia 3/2/11
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