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Critical Observation Paper By Maurice Elliott University of Phoenix

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There are many situations in which psychological research applies to various aspects of social life. One of those social behaviors is smoking. Smoking is one of the leading causes of cancer and other health and lung problems but people still uses cigarettes. This social aspect of social life have different types of behavior in addition to their conditions that precede them to smoke, consequences and what make people smoke on psychological level. Numerous types of behavior problems when it comes to smoking some can be conventional although others are anomalous. One thing about smoking is that it is not easy to just stop smoking overnight or just simply go cold turkey. A person who smokes sometimes attempts distinctive trails and destitution to try to discontinue smoking. Existing in actuality to affect a smoker behavior, there must not be a substitute for one drug for another. Most behaviors of smokers are generally depends on their dependability on smoking. Some smokers feel as if they may not be able to do anything without take at least one cigarette before any event. Others may believe that smoking is more of a stress reliever or believe that it decelerates traumatic situations. Cigarette smokers are willing to become extremely combative if not unwind without smoking. Countless smokers that will become extraordinarily violent or demonstrate nerveracking behavior and the only way for them to act normal are by taking a few puffs from their favorite brand of cigarettes. Behavior from smokers can vary from person to person, but it is also important to note that it sometimes depends on how long have that person has been smoking. It is easier for a person who has not been smoking for very long to go through stressful situations than a person who has been smoking for 20 plus years. There can be many reasons for why a person would be participle to use cigarette smoking. One of the most primary reasons for why someone will start smoking is peer pressure. Most of the time a person will hear, everyone doing it, or I do not want to be left out or not

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feel like I am not part of the group. When there are a group of people doing one typical objective, in which in this case it is smoking, it is hard for a person simply say no to a group of friends. That is the main reason for why a person would start smoking in high school. Statistics show that about 9 out of 10 tobacco users start before they're 18 years old. Most adults who started smoking in their teens never expected to become addicted. That's why people say it's just so much easier to not start smoking at all, stated by the Teen-Health of the Nemours Foundation (2009). If someone is going to start smoking in their lifetime, it is mostly likely it will start in high school. This is way it is imperative that teenagers are taught the dangers of cigarette as early as possible before succumbing to smoking out of school and ended up with a lifetime of health problems and stresses to come with cigarette smoking. Consequences of cigarette smoking can vary to person to person. Smoking can lead to load of health problems as a person grows older. Smoking hinders the promotion of healing after surgery. There also various sorts of lung problems associated with smoking. It can range from lung problems like cough, dyspnea, blockage into the airways and hemoptysis or coughing up blood. Even discoloration of the skin from lack of oxygen in the blood and also lung cancer can all be trace back from smoking for long periods of time. Some of these effects or all can lead to death if smoking is not stop or prevented. In addition, social problems that comes along with smoking as well. People today are less acceptable with smokers than they were decades ago. Most shops, stores, and clubs nowadays are non-smoking areas as well as workplaces. A comedian name Cedric the Entertain said, Cigarette smokers now cannot even smoke on Earth anymore. Smokers now have to leave Earth just to take a quit smoke break. A large number of psychological factors goes on when a person smoking, especially when a person has been smoking for years. For anyone to try to escape the world of the

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dependence, first must comprehend that smoking is mostly psychological, and it is not as straightforward as finding a new alternative or try to locate some other drug of choice. For a smoker may have to go through a completely special type of mental transform. This is usually happens when a smokers have completed some type of cessation coursework that usually try to break the mental habits of smoking and build the mind back up to avoid dependence on smoking to any further extent. Using some of these psychological techniques to transform a smokers mentality can be challenging and grueling. These techniques is sometimes without any pills, gums or any other alternative can sometimes psychology change by eliminating cravings even with the effects of anxiety and stress. A person with a strong mindset psychologically will have a better chance of becoming smoke free than a person whos mindset is detrimental. Everyone knows that modern times have brought alone very stressful devices. Several reasons for why many people today losing jobs, homes, and family members; it easy to just start using cigarettes to progress away from the hassle. These ethical dilemmas are what bring bad behavior that associate with cigarette smoking. Humans are not born smokers but using any simulated liberate is a chief constituent of psychological remedial of a frail mindset that is the reason for why for smoking in sum can save a person more quandary in the future than just simply covering up the problems that a person may have presently.

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