Statistics show that 400,000 people die every year due to smoking-related problems. Experts have proven that smoking damages the lungs and kidneys, but people continue to smoke to relieve stress. This article will expose the various ways in which smoking can harm people and the environment. Everyone knows that smoking is bad for you, yet they continue to do it. Consumers smoke for various reasons. Some smoke because they are stressed, dissatisfied, angry and depressed. Smoking helps them deal with their problems. The chemicals in smoking and its addictiveness are what make it harmful. There are around 600 ingredients in a cigarette and when it is lit it creates more than 4,000 chemicals. There are approximately 70 poisonous chemicals. There is acetone; which is used in nail polish, ammonia, which is a household cleaner. A cigarette also contains arsenic which is used in rat poison. The worst substance contained in cigarettes is nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive substance and is what keeps most smokers going back to smoking. Nicotine is present inside the tobacco leaves inside the cigarette and when lit and inhaled it comes into contact with the brain in about ten seconds. It is better for people not to smoke; especially teenagers. People who start smoking as teenagers are more likely to become lifelong smokers than those who smoke their first cigarette as adults. (Zickler, 2004) Another reason why most smokers don't understand that smoking is bad for you. Smoking doesn't just affect the person who smokes, it also affects the people around you. It could be your family (mother, father, sister and children) or some of your work colleagues. If smokers only weighed the pros and cons of smoking, it would be obvious that smoking is not… the middle of the paper… bad for your lungs and other bodily functions. As you have seen, smoking can only lead to having a fulfilling and diminished life. Bibliography Tobacco and the environment. (2013, March 6). Retrieved February 11, 2014, from Oxygen: http://www.oxygen.org.au/hardfacts/tobacco-and-the-environmentSecondhand Smoke. (2014, January 1). Retrieved February 11, 20014, from the American Lung Association: http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/about-smoking/health-effects/secondhand-smoke.html#1Cash. (2011, September 11). Frequently asked questions about the electronic cigarette. Retrieved February 11, 2014, from Cassa: http://casaa.org/FAQS_ecig.html lung Association. (2012). Road to quitting smoking. smoking and tobacco, 1-10.Zickler, P. (2004, July 2). Early initiation into nicotine increases the severity of addiction. Retrieved February 7, 2014, from drugabuse.gov: http://archives.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol19N2/Early.html