It is Better to Not Start Smoking Cigarettes than to Try to Stop

Cigarette smoking is waning across the world, due to a combination of laws preventing smoking in public places and offices, the increasing cost of cigarettes due to taxation, the increasing awareness among people of the ill-effects of tobacco smoking and the availability of less harmful options, such as e-cigarettes.

And yet, people, especially the young, do start smoking, usually due to peer pressure…once begun, it becomes difficult to stop. With tobacco smoking, it is best to have never started than to try and quit after starting.

So let’s just look at some simple questions related to cigarette smoking.