Percentage of smokers in the USA

The rise in the number of smokers in the United States has increased our awareness of how, for certain people, smoking is a necessity and not a mere luxury in their day to day living experience; while for most people, a habit that can be enjoyable but which, in some circumstances, can also serve as a control release device to alleviate stress, fatigue, and tediousness.

Fact remains, however, that although smoking is obviously enjoyable to some, it is a potential hazard to ones health, escalating ones risk of developing major cardiovascular issues as well as the potential cancers of the mouth, lungs, and other organs. While some smokers are, in order to carve out an opportunity to escape from reality, find it impossible to resist taking the famed "cigar break," in the long run they also cannot avoid the health risks attached to the use of nicotene.

However, when one considers that all cigarette packaging contain statements and images intended to directly communicate the risks that seasoned smokers may encounter, one can safely assume that all smokers across the Globe are well aware of the dangers that can be imposed on the human body by means of smoking. The percentage of smokers in the United States and around the world shows that, despite all the disturbing information and warnings about the potential health hazards posed on our bodies by nicotene, and despite the massive hole punched in our pockets by this expensive human conduct, the habit still remains, and will probably remain at least in the future, an “essential pleasure.”

Percentage of Smokers in the USA

Given that there are more than 30 million smokers in the United States, America can most certainly be referred to as a “smoking nation,” despite the fact that the habit causes problems, not only for those who cannot help but keep a cigarette lit perpetually, but also to those around, especially in domestic intimacy, causing the governments of many countries to forbid smoking in public places, workplaces and in certain scenarios such as smoking near small childre. And there are very strict laws that impose very harsh penalties on those who break these rules. But despite the "stakes" set by existing law and despite repeated pleas to quit, our countrymen find it difficult to give up the habit. While 19.2% of smokers are women, 27% of smokers are men. Smoking can therefore be considered a real form of addiction.

Data speculates that nicotene addiction is worse than initially thought, considering that many smokers literally ignore existing rules related to smoking in public places and around children.

The Cancer Cure Rate Against the Cancer Risk Increase in the USA

Despite the fact that the cancer cure rate is increasing, the estimated risk for adamant smokers to develop a cancer condition rise dramatically each year. Smoking is the primary cause of several extremely severe lung cancers.

In our nation, the phenomenon is on the rise, particularly among the younger generation who secretly start smoking without their parents and instructors knowing. Peer pressure causes teens to start smoking, merely to impress their friends. It is the responsibility of the educational system to help students realize the potential long-term effects of smoking.



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