APC'S Anti-Smoking Campaign (Are you a smoker or not)
First of all, to answer this question I am not a smoker and I never tried smoking and I don't ever plan to smoke. And I agree and I am a supporter to this Anti-Smoking campaign of APC.
Smoking is a practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting smoke breathed in to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream. Most commonly the substance is the dried leaves of the tobacco plant which have been rolled into a small square of rice paper to create a small, round cylinder called a "cigarette". Smoking is primarily practiced as a route of administration for recreational drug use because the combustion of the dried plant leaves vaporizes and delivers active substances into the lungs where they are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream and reach bodily tissue. In the case of cigarette smoking these substances are contained in a mixture of aerosol particles and gasses and include the pharmacologically active alkaloid nicotine; the vaporization creates heated aerosol and gas to form that allows inhalation and deep penetration into the lungs where absorption into the bloodstream of the active substances occurs. The history of smoking can be dated to as early as 5000 BC, and has been recorded in many different cultures across the world. Early smoking evolved in association with religious ceremonies; as offerings to deities, in cleansing rituals or to allow shamans and priests to alter their minds for purposes of divination or spiritual enlightenment. After the European exploration and conquest of the Americas, the practice of smoking tobacco quickly spread to the rest of the world. In regions like India and Sub-Saharan Africa, it merged with existing practices of smoking (mostly of cannabis). In Europe, it introduced a new type of social activity and a form of drug intake which previously had been unknown.
I want to strongly promote the dangers of smoking to young children and teenagers around the world; however, I not only want to inform, but I want to take severe action. Over half a century ago, citizens did not have the privilege to the hazardous effects of smoking, and as a result, huge parts of the population took up the previously dubbed “glamorous” habit of smoking. Fortunately, today we are in the middle of an information age where enlightening the general public about the health risk of products is an everyday occurrence. Surprisingly, 420,000 Americans died from smoking alone and 2,000 teens became addicted to cigarettes last year. Despite the extent of awareness programs and campaigns to stop smoking, the deadly habit is still prevalent in Philippines, and even more strongly all over the world. I want to discontinue the sales of tobacco for good this time. This is the only way deaths of Filipinos from smoking will cease. I want to create a movement so well-built and so supported that tobacco companies would have to do more than write a warning label on their products, but downright stop selling them. The majority of our youth today is so swayed by peer pressure and negative parts of the media that a mass decrease of smoking is not in sight. On a brighter note, the movement against smoking is growing, and these voices must grow louder and a battle must pursue. I intensely advocate more than the awareness of our culture must be done to stop smoking. We have already aired dying lung cancer patients with tubes in their throats pleading the public to quit smoking, but they do not. We have already deployed anti-smoking advertisements about the health effects of smoking and the undeniable fact that smoking will cause lung cancer, stroke, emphysema, and heart attacks. Nonetheless, even with this ominous fate, Filipinos continue lighting up!
First of all, to answer this question I am not a smoker and I never tried smoking and I don't ever plan to smoke. And I agree and I am a supporter to this Anti-Smoking campaign of APC.
Smoking is a practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting smoke breathed in to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream. Most commonly the substance is the dried leaves of the tobacco plant which have been rolled into a small square of rice paper to create a small, round cylinder called a "cigarette". Smoking is primarily practiced as a route of administration for recreational drug use because the combustion of the dried plant leaves vaporizes and delivers active substances into the lungs where they are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream and reach bodily tissue. In the case of cigarette smoking these substances are contained in a mixture of aerosol particles and gasses and include the pharmacologically active alkaloid nicotine; the vaporization creates heated aerosol and gas to form that allows inhalation and deep penetration into the lungs where absorption into the bloodstream of the active substances occurs. The history of smoking can be dated to as early as 5000 BC, and has been recorded in many different cultures across the world. Early smoking evolved in association with religious ceremonies; as offerings to deities, in cleansing rituals or to allow shamans and priests to alter their minds for purposes of divination or spiritual enlightenment. After the European exploration and conquest of the Americas, the practice of smoking tobacco quickly spread to the rest of the world. In regions like India and Sub-Saharan Africa, it merged with existing practices of smoking (mostly of cannabis). In Europe, it introduced a new type of social activity and a form of drug intake which previously had been unknown.
I want to strongly promote the dangers of smoking to young children and teenagers around the world; however, I not only want to inform, but I want to take severe action. Over half a century ago, citizens did not have the privilege to the hazardous effects of smoking, and as a result, huge parts of the population took up the previously dubbed “glamorous” habit of smoking. Fortunately, today we are in the middle of an information age where enlightening the general public about the health risk of products is an everyday occurrence. Surprisingly, 420,000 Americans died from smoking alone and 2,000 teens became addicted to cigarettes last year. Despite the extent of awareness programs and campaigns to stop smoking, the deadly habit is still prevalent in Philippines, and even more strongly all over the world. I want to discontinue the sales of tobacco for good this time. This is the only way deaths of Filipinos from smoking will cease. I want to create a movement so well-built and so supported that tobacco companies would have to do more than write a warning label on their products, but downright stop selling them. The majority of our youth today is so swayed by peer pressure and negative parts of the media that a mass decrease of smoking is not in sight. On a brighter note, the movement against smoking is growing, and these voices must grow louder and a battle must pursue. I intensely advocate more than the awareness of our culture must be done to stop smoking. We have already aired dying lung cancer patients with tubes in their throats pleading the public to quit smoking, but they do not. We have already deployed anti-smoking advertisements about the health effects of smoking and the undeniable fact that smoking will cause lung cancer, stroke, emphysema, and heart attacks. Nonetheless, even with this ominous fate, Filipinos continue lighting up!
Say NO to smoking!
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