Smoking is the inhalation of smoke from burning tobacco. The most common method of smoking today is cigarettes, but other forms of smoking include cigars, pipes, bidis, hookahs, vaporizers, and bongs. Smoking is commonly practiced for recreational purposes, spiritual awakening and/or to induce trances. It is estimated that in 2011 more than 200,000 children aged 11 to 15 started smoking and 10 million adults smoke cigarettes in Britain – 22% of adult men and 19% of adult women. Cigarettes contain around 600 ingredients, all of which are harmful to your health. They contain acetone (nail polish remover), acetic acid (hair dye), ammonia (household cleaner), arsenic (rat poison), benzene (cement of rubber), butane (lighter fluid), cadmium (battery acid), carbon monoxide (car gasoline). exhaust gas), etc. 50% of all chemicals in cigarettes are carcinogenic and toxic. Tobacco use is the leading cause of death and disease in the United States, causing nearly 100,000 deaths each year. It also increases the risk of developing life-threatening health problems. Health risks include: cancer, coronary ...