{"id":6659,"date":"2020-02-22T10:54:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T10:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/?p=6659"},"modified":"2023-03-11T23:03:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T15:03:22","slug":"should-smokers-who-become-parents-be-forced-to-quit-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/6659","title":{"rendered":"Should smokers who become parents be forced to quit smoking?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>People may try to escape from their sad feelings or their\nsad past by smoking. People may even try to relieve their stress by smoking.\nPeople may also smoke because of addiction. However, smoking also brings so\nmany detriments to yourself, and also your family and your children. Therefore,\npeople especially parents should be forced to quit smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smoking harms your health, and its second and third hand\nsmoke will also harm your family and children.&nbsp;\nFirstly, smoking will cause changes to your appearance. It will turn\nyour nails into yellowish. It may even cause cancer and other respiratory\nproblems. People who do not smoke will suffer from the effects of breathing\nsecond-hand smoke. According to a recent survey, it will increase their heart\nrate and even increase their blood pressure. Children and their family members\nwill get sick more easily because their lungs are harmed. Children will suffer\nfrom sneezing and coughing more easily and more likely to be absent from\nschool. Second-hand smoke can also change the children\u2019s behavior and affect\ntheir academic performance because they have difficulty in paying attention in\nclass. It may even affect their emotions according to a survey. Third-hand\nsmoke is the residual nicotine that remains on the place you have smoked. It\nwill stay on the wall, floor or table at home for a long time. Children who\nfrequently touch objects can even increase their exposure to toxic chemicals.\nIt may cause health problems to them. Therefore, smoking will cause harm to yourself,\nand also the innocent child and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents are role models to their children. Every time you\nsay something, take an action to something, your child is observing your\nbehavior. They will learn from your behavior and copy your behavior. When you\nsmoke at home, they will learn from your behavior and smoke secretly. They may\neven grow up to become smokers. According to a survey, children whose parents\nare smokers are more likely to become smokers when they grow up. They will\ngradually develop smoking habits and even get addicted. They will believe that\nsmoking is appropriate and start smoking. They will be influenced by their parents\nand continued smoking. It will become a vicious cycle and continue harming\ntheir health and their children and their family and even the air quality of\nthe city. Therefore, parents are a role model to their children and should quit\nsmoking, or else it will bring bad influence to their children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned, smoking will cause so many health problems\nto yourself, to your children and family. They may have to have body checkups\nmore often. They may spend more on medication or health care expenses. Also, cigarettes\nare expensive. They will consume more when they are addicted to smoking. Smokers\nalso have spent more on live insurance as well as other expenses like dental\nhygiene as smoking may harm their teeth.&nbsp;\nIt may also increase cleaning costs of homes, cars, and clothing as it\nwill leave residual chemicals everywhere in the place they smoke.&nbsp; It may cause financial burden to yourself as\ntheir expenses have increased. It may even bring financial pressure to the\nfamily. Therefore, parents should be forced toquit smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To conclude, smoking is detrimental to both the smoker\nand his family. Smoking is a selfish behavior. It may relieve your personal\nstress temporarily but while it will bring health problems, bad influences and\nfinancial pressure to the family. To stop the detrimental effects to the\nchildren and family, there\u2019s a necessity in forcing the smokers who become\nparents to quit smoking. Therefore, smokers who become parents should be forced\nto quit smoking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:paragraph --><p>People may try to escape from their sad feelings or theisad past by smoking. People may even try to relieve their stress by smoking.People may also smoke because of addiction. However, smoking also brings smany detriments to yourself, and also your family and your children. 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