A high percentage of people living all around the world are well aware of the dangers that smoking carries. There are various adverse effects of smoking.  First of all, it causes a lot of damage to the lungs. In the long run, smokers are most likely to suffer from lung cancer and related disorders. Most smokers are well aware of the adverse effects of smoking but they still do not stop this habit.  Social and television media do highlight the dangers of this habit with a lot of emphases but still, people do not pay any attention to it. In most cases, smokers start with casual smoking but eventually, this gets converted into a regular addiction. If people actually understand the adverse effects of smoking, they would be able to avoid the hazards that prove to be extremely harmful.

Smoking causes cancer and there are no two ways about it. People who inhale tobacco on regular basis get various forms of ulcers as well. Lung cancer is one of the most common health issues faced by smokers. Even educated people to get hooked on to cigarettes when they know that smoking causes cancer. Cancer is not something that erupts immediately. On an average scale, people who smoke for more than 10 years on regular basis have the chances of facing this health problem. As smoking causes cancer, people need to be well aware of it and ensure that they do not initiate this habit in the first place.

When it comes to applying a ban on smoking, the majority of people do support it but it is not a complete convincing opinion. People have the opinion that an age limit needs to be applied and people above the age of 18 should be permitted to smoke. This is certainly not a positive approach as a ban on smoking should be applied without any age limitations. People face health issues irrespective of the age that they have. In a lot of countries, ban on smoking is applied without any age limits. Smoking is prohibited in educational institutions in most countries so that students do not harm their health in any manner. When it comes to quitting this habit, the will power is simply absent in most people. Smokers use a procrastinated approach and expect miracles to happen in the end. One can only quit this habit in a gradual manner. There is no doubt that there are therapies that can be used for assistance. However, a strong level of will power has to be there. There comes a stage when smokers need to take rapid action so that fatal diseases can be prevented.