Free post #5: Cigarettes

Everyone knows that cigarettes are bad for you and it makes sense that people should not smoke them, but in reality the demand for cigarettes is very high. While looking through the medical new today I found an article relating to cigarettes and that they are thinking about modifying them.The goal is to change the nicotine content level in cigarettes as well as modifying the filtration and size of the product. Overall these modifications are leading to a delcine in overall consumption of tobacco products which is a good thing. The question to be asked in this situation is what is making consumers stop smoking cigarettes. It could be the modifications being made to the product or for reasons regarding health directives and personal safety. It is true that smoking is terrible for your body and can destroy ones lungs and lead to more serious health problems. It is interesting that people know that they will kill them one day but still continue to smoke. It could be because they are used as a stress relief or just because people made it part of their daily  routine. It is a strange phenomena that people will do something that directly makes your health worse. over a billion people in the world smoke and  I think this is an interesting thing to contemplate.. Human nature is a funny thing and as a nursing major I concern myself with other peoples safety. I read through the article and learned that cigarrete consumption had been declining which I found to be a good thing. Source