some benefits of smoking

Sir, my father died due to excess smoking. He lost his memory and  impaired reasoning. That is Dementia. Can you please let me know other details about How actually Smoking can be Beneficial.

The article gives more than enough details...this is very interesting information, however everything done within limits cannot cause damage , be it consuming liquor or smoking. What is needed is restraint and not get addicted..

Smoking is generally speaking harmful and injurious to health.  Nobody talks of any benefits of smoking. In fact, I would not have begun the thread if the link did not give some contrary thought. I'm also surprised at the supposed benefits of smoking. All smokers are not free from obesity. Also many smokers do not have good memory as well.  But it is always good to know contrary opinions as well. 

The  Team of Researchers said that Smoking leads to many Health problems . Even if there are any   benefits of Smoking, the harms are more than the 'Benefits., Further, the Team clearly said, the Team  will not encourage people.to smoke. As I said earlier my father has become a victim of excessive Smoking.

Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:

Smoking is generally speaking harmful and injurious to health.  Nobody talks of any benefits of smoking. In fact, I would not have begun the thread if the link did not give some contrary thought. I'm also surprised at the supposed benefits of smoking. All smokers are not free from obesity. Also many smokers do not have good memory as well.  But it is always good to know contrary opinions as well. 

Anything in excess is bad including coffee , tea and sugar which most  households cannot think of livng without. Similarly, I know of people within my own family well into their eighties remaining as fit and healthy as ever , who have been controlled smokers all tjeir life. My uncle smokes two cigarettes a day and on Thursdays he does not eat meat nor smoke. He is in his mid eighties and plays tennis  twice or thrice week, walks 3-4 kms every day. It is basically the usage that matters and addiction is bad in any form..

Not only smoking use of tobacco in any form is harmful for health.

anil wrote:

Not only smoking use of tobacco in any form is harmful for health.

True. All tobacco based products like Kkhaini, Gutkha are equally harmful for Health. Even though warnings on Health damage are written on these products, the Habit goes on. Tobacco is the single greatest cause for Cancer death allover the World.

rambabu wrote:

anil wrote:

Not only smoking use of tobacco in any form is harmful for health.

True. All tobacco based products like Kkhaini, Gutkha are equally harmful for Health. Even though warnings on Health damage are written on these products, the Habit goes on. Tobacco is the single greatest cause for Cancer death allover the World.

It is true that tobacco cause cancer and we should avoid. But still many smoke and do not necessarily get cancer. If cancer was sure, every one would have given up smoking. 

Smoking  is 100% injurious to health in many ways then only causing cancer. There can be no benefit from smoking. As to ,many smokers leading good lives, yes, it is true and could be because probabilistically their body systems are able to  withstand harmful effects of smoking better. However  that is no reason for others to start smoking or stop trying to give it up. However Rambabu's contention that his father unfortunately  contracted dementia because of smoking is not right. I know of two relatives suffering from dementia and they had never smoked. Dementia is an age related disease

vijay wrote:

Smoking  is 100% injurious to health in many ways then only causing cancer. There can be no benefit from smoking. As to ,many smokers leading good lives, yes, it is true and could be because probabilistically their body systems are able to  withstand harmful effects of smoking better. However  that is no reason for others to start smoking or stop trying to give it up. However Rambabu's contention that his father unfortunately  contracted dementia because of smoking is not right. I know of two relatives suffering from dementia and they had never smoked. Dementia is an age related disease

We need consider why many continue smoking despite statutory warning. No doubt smoking is very harmful. This causes cancer. But it is also a fact that every smoker does not get cancer and many die of cancer in spite of never touching cigarette. Smoking may be giving temporary enjoyment and helping concentration. Cancer or death from smoking is likely but not certain. That is why many risk by smoking. 

My father  due to  excessive alcohol consumption died  when he was 67 years old The Doctor himself talked with me and said that my father was suffering from Dementia. He has forgotten everything about all our family members.  Ultimately he died of Dementia. I agree with Gulshan ji that all  those who drink excessively may not contract Dementia. But there my be some exceptions too.

People die of cirrhosis of liver too without consuming a drop of alcohol. I would go by the words of @usha manohar that be it smoking or drinking, both are life threatening if taken without any limit. Addiction is killing. Definitely, I would not suggest anyone to smoke or drink because no one knows when one may become addicted.  

Smoking leads to very dangerous ailment Cancer,.Unfortunately more than educated people, Labor and slum dwellers are becoming addicted to Smoking. Another thing one should remember is  Passive Smoking too can cause  Cancer. . This generally happens when the father smokes in the house. where children are round. fathers should know about this fact and avoid smoking at least in the presence of children at home.

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Sir, my father died due to excess smoking. He lost his memory and  impaired reasoning. That is Dementia. Can you please let me know other details about How actually Smoking can be Beneficial.

rambabu wrote:

My father  due to  excessive alcohol consumption died  when he was 67 years old The Doctor himself talked with me and said that my father was suffering from Dementia. He has forgotten everything about all our family members.  Ultimately he died of Dementia. I agree with Gulshan ji that all  those who drink excessively may not contract Dementia. But there my be some exceptions too.

Please be sure of what you want to say, once you say your father got dementia because of smoking, later you say due to excessive alcohol consumption 

I Know about the reasons for my Father's death. The reason was, excessive smoking. If had said, my father died of excessive alcohol consumption, it's my mistake. He used to drink, but not very much. Anyhow, I noted and correct my mistake.mThank you.

rambabu wrote:

anil wrote:

Not only smoking use of tobacco in any form is harmful for health.

True. All tobacco based products like Kkhaini, Gutkha are equally harmful for Health. Even though warnings on Health damage are written on these products, the Habit goes on. Tobacco is the single greatest cause for Cancer death allover the World.

Today Suprem court order to sale Tobacco in small pouches. After ban on Tobacco mixed Pan Masala, companies are selling pouches of tobacco and pan masala separatley.

anil wrote:

rambabu wrote:

anil wrote:

Not only smoking use of tobacco in any form is harmful for health.

True. All tobacco based products like Kkhaini, Gutkha are equally harmful for Health. Even though warnings on Health damage are written on these products, the Habit goes on. Tobacco is the single greatest cause for Cancer death allover the World.

Today Suprem court order to sale Tobacco in small pouches. After ban on Tobacco mixed Pan Masala, companies are selling pouches of tobacco and pan masala separatley.

How this helps in reducing the bad effects  of smoking?. Please clarify.

Some thought provoking responses on the subject f smoking that I came across on the net that I am copy pasting here ...

Now, contrary to the idea that even one a day might increase your chances of lung cancer, I could see an argument being made that one a day might decrease your chances of heart disease because of the brief period of cardiovascular "exercise" you're getting from the cigarette's stimulant effect.  This is something that someone with more of a medical background might like to comment on: when drinking a cup of coffee or smoking a cigarette once a day stimulates your heart to beat faster for ten minutes or so... is that effect similar to or different from the effect of a few minutes of mild exercise -- which would normally be claimed to be a "good" thing for your health.

another one ..

Cigarettes contain about 600 ingredients. When they burn, they generate more than 7,000 chemicals, according to the American Lung Association. Many of those chemicals are poisonous and at least 69 of them can cause cancer..

One might be thinking "oh well how much harm can one cigarette a day do to my body." However, there is a flaw in that way of thinking because Nobody is able to restrict to one cigarette a day - that's the problem - Addiction.

Nicotine reaches the brain within seconds after taking a puff, and its effects start to wear off within a few minutes. This is what most often leads the smoker to light up again. If the smoker doesn’t smoke again soon, withdrawal symptoms start and get worse over time.

It may be but excessive use of anything whether it is a good thing or a bad thing it will definitely effect the most dangerous consequences on our body.

rambabu wrote:

anil wrote:

rambabu wrote:

anil wrote:

Not only smoking use of tobacco in any form is harmful for health.

True. All tobacco based products like Kkhaini, Gutkha are equally harmful for Health. Even though warnings on Health damage are written on these products, the Habit goes on. Tobacco is the single greatest cause for Cancer death allover the World.

Today Supreme court order to sale Tobacco in small pouches. After ban on Tobacco mixed Pan Masala, companies are selling pouches of tobacco and pan masala separately.

How this helps in reducing the bad effects  of smoking?. Please clarify.

Many do not consume tobacco  but Pan masala only. Separate containers will ensure that such consumers are not forced to buy and consume tobacco also.