Definition of smoking

Definition of smoking

Smoking is a process in which a particular substance is burned, and the most commonly used substance is tobacco. After burning it is tasted and inhaled. [1] Some people resort to smoking as a self-help practice, sometimes practiced in some religious rituals to enlighten Spiritual, and the most common means of smoking at this time cigarettes, whether produced by industrial or hand-damaged, and there are other means and tools for smoking Kalglion and shisha [1].

Definition of tobacco

Tobacco is a type of plant in America that contains a poisonous substance. It is taken from the word "Tabago" on an island in the Gulf of Mexico where it was first found and transported to various parts of the world. 

History of smoking

The history of smoking dates back to the year 5000 BC; it existed in various cultures around the world. Religious celebrations and eulogies were associated with smoking; they were accompanied by offerings to the ancient gods, as well as ritual cleansing. 

When Europe invaded the American continents, tobacco contributed to the spread of tobacco to all parts of the world rapidly, and in Europe smoking contributed to the introduction of new social activities for the population and a picture of drug abuse previously unknown, [3] In the Arab countries in Palestine, For the first time in 1603 in the time of Sultan Ahmed I, and then was banned and prohibited smoking on the inhabitants of Jerusalem in 1633 in the time of Sultan Murad IV. 

Smoking

Smoking is classified into several types according to several criteria, including

According to the motive of smoking Relaxing: It is related to the smoker's feeling of happiness in times of relaxation, which is the most common varieties. Psychological smoking: It is related to highlighting the smoker of some of his qualities in front of people as the highlight of masculinity, which is usually accompanied by others. Activated smoking: It is related to periods of work, whether physical or mental. Smoking Smoking: It is related to relieving the psychological stress of the smoker's psychology. Addictive smoking: It is related to the need of the body of the substance of the substances in cigarettes smoking nicotine, and is not intended to feel happy or any other feeling. Sensory smoking: It is related to the smoker's feeling and his sense of vitality and recovery when he smokes.

According to the user direct smoking: is that the person willing to smoke. Passive smoking is the so-called second-hand smoke, where the person is exposed to air polluted tobacco smoke involuntarily through the environment around him; there are nearby smokers who smoke by their will, where smoke comes through the periods of self-withdrawal during the combustion of tobacco and when the smoke of the smoker, One of the most dangerous categories of passive smoking is children and infants, and reports from the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1992 showed that passive smoking is equivalent to the risk of direct smoking. 

Cigarette smoke components Cigarette smoke contains more than 4,700 chemicals. Studies and research have shown that 60 of these substances are substances that are likely to lead to cancer, and are therefore classified as carcinogens. [4] When a person smokes tobacco and other substances are subject to a group of Chemical reactions to form smoke containing more than 400 substances, including hydrogen cyanide. Carbon monoxide. Nicotine. Arsenic. Vinyl Chloride. Ammonia. It is carcinogenic Cadmium. Ammonia. Nitrosamine. Quinoline. Arsenic. Hydrogen sulfate. Nitrogen dioxide. Formaldehyde, a harmful substance on the airway hydrogen cyanide. Benzeprene.

Risks of Smoking The Health Side Smoking leads to a person suffering from many health problems and diseases, including:  stroke. heart attack. Cancer, especially lung cancer. Respiratory diseases. Early death.

The symptoms that come after the infection of one of these diseases may cause increased nervous and psychological pressure, which negatively affects the life of the person, and shows the skin of the smoker appearance that makes the owner appears to be older than it is, and affects the sense of taste and may cause impotence of men. 

Economic risk A study by the National Cancer Institute and the World Health Organization (WHO) has shown the cost of smoking in the global economy. It has been shown to cost the world economy over $ 1 trillion a year. Experts say that smoking as the world's leading cause of death is preventable and People, but the number of those affected and those who will lose their lives due to this bad habit will increase by one-third by 2030. 

It is regrettable that the total cost of smoking far exceeds the global income from tobacco taxation, which is estimated at $ 269 million in 2013 and 2014, according to the World Health Organization. The study also showed that the number of smoking-related deaths is expected to increase from 6 million deaths Annually to nearly 8 million deaths by the year 2030. The largest proportion of 80% of these deaths will be found in countries with low income levels. 

It is worth mentioning that smoking is responsible for the high cost of health care and productivity, which is wasted annually more than a trillion dollars, according to this study, which was reviewed by more than 70 experts globally. 

The 688-page report shows that economic costs are expected to continue to increase, that governments have the means to reduce tobacco use and therefore reduce related deaths, but they have failed to use these methods efficiently; governments fear that their economy will have a negative impact If it monitors tobacco production and production, the report is an unacceptable justification.