Cigarette

Cigarette is a familiar thing for us. During this time, we are accustomed to negative information about
cigarettes and smoking habits that are associated with the adverse effects of smoking which are based
on research as an absolute truth. However, smoking also has some advertisements which are not widely
known by peoples.

Firstly, besides the bad effects caused by smoking, it has adventages for country or smokers. For
Indonesia, cigarettes are considered as one of the industries that contribute to economics. For example,
cigarettes become one of the main sources of revenue from the state treasury through excise, which
reaches trillions of rupiah every year. Cigarette is also providing employment not only for cigarette
workers, hawkers, ashtray makers, but also drug companies, doctors, clinics and hospitals. Then for
smokers, it turns out there are some scientists or researchers about the effects of smoking on healthly
they reduce Parkinson's, reduces the risk of gum loss, prevents asthma and allergic diseases, substances
found in cigarettes such as nicotine kill germs that cause Tuberculosis , Smoking for pregnant women
prevents hypertension during pregnancy and transmission of infection of the mother child, etc.

Secondly, cigarettes also cause huge loss in various circles, like for the country, smokers, environment,
social and economy. Cigarette industry indeed provides a sizable income for the country. Cigarette
industry is also eroding state money, because health costs that must be incurred by the government for
medical expenses for Indonesian people are not small. For smokers it can cause several diseases, such
asCancers, Strokes, Blindness, Heart Discase, Chronic Lung Disease, Hip Fracture and the others. In
addition, smoking can cause environmental and social harm, because smoking can cause people around
active smokers to become passive smokers who are more at risk than active smokers. The
disadvantages of smoking in the economic field are wasteful, so we cannot set aside money for savings.

Finally, I don't intend to encourage readers to start smoking or continue smoking, but we only need to
remember that behind the advantages of smoking, there are dangers of smoking and its effects on
human life.

Amirotun Nabilah

Sumbermanjing Wetan

5th Semesters

English Department

IAI AI Qolam Malang