People have come up with myths about smoking tobacco and dipping or something to do with tobacco, but what i am going to do is tell the truth in those myths.
PEOPLE HAVE FREE CHOICE WHETHER OR NOT TO SMOKE
We all like to think we are creatures of complete free will. However, free will in the case of tobacco is subverted by advertising and addiction. In 2002, the tobacco industry spent $12.5 billion in the United States on advertising, marketing, and promotion—more than double the amount spent in 1997, and 18 times the amount spent on tobacco control.
EVERYONE KNOWS HOW BAD SMOKING IS
While most people are generally aware that smoking is not healthy, instances of poor knowledge about the health risks abound. Relatively few women are aware of gender-specific health risks.
JUST A FEW CIGARETTES A DAY CAN’T HURT
Although lung cancer has, in general, a linear dose-response relationship with tobacco use, the risk for cardiovascular disease, which accounts for a significant proportion of tobacco-related illness and death, becomes evident with the consumption of 3 to 5 cigarettes a day. Cancer is the leading cause of death among smokers in the United States, with lung cancer responsible for nearly 80% of tobacco-related deaths. However, cardiovascular disease (all forms combined) is the leading cause of all tobacco-related mortality, including both smokers and those exposed to environmental tobacco smoke.
IT’S EASY TO STOP SMOKING; IF PEOPLE WANT TO QUIT, THEY WILL
While many smokers are able to stop on their own, many find it difficult or impossible to quit because nicotine is addictive. Even doctors find quitting hard; only half the doctors who smoked and who suffered a heart attack were able to quit. The tobacco industry has admitted privately that tobacco has an addictive potential similar to opium. Nicotine may be comparable to heroin, cocaine, and alcohol in addiction potential.
CESSATION MEDICATIONS DON’T WORK
Smoking cessation medications, including nicotine replacement therapies (NRT)—patch, gum, nasal spray, and lozenge—and bupropion, can double the likelihood that a person will successfully quit. For some smokers, combination therapies—e.g., multiple types of NRT, NRT with bupropion, NRT with counseling, and NRT with bupropion and counseling—may be even more effective than using a single cessation method. Retreatment after an initial failed course of cessation treatment also increases quit rates, and combination therapies are especially useful among relapsed smokers.
And these myths were just a few of them there are many many myths thamay or may not bew true.