Smoking in Saudi Arabia By Abdulgader Shukri

Smoking in Saudi Arabia

Smoking is popular all over the world. The number of

people who smoke increased in the entire world. I do not know if

we have countries where smoking is illegal on it, but I know some

areas in my country, Saudi Arabia, selling and smoking cigarettes

are illegal although Saudi Arabia has a larger number of smokers

than other countries. We should decrease the number of smokers in

Saudi Arabia. They are three main reasons to decline this number.

The bad effects of second-hand smoke, it casing the lung cancer, it

consumes large amounts of money.

First, it causes bad effects on second hand smoke. Your family is

the first victim. If your wife’s pregnant and you smoke at home,

your babies become very unhealthy. Also, if you go out with your

friends and smoke around them, it is cause them dieses in the

future. Maybe someone will have asthma and go to the hospital

because you smoke a lot.

Next, the number off the lung cancer increased because they

smoke more and more. In “Addiction: What Can Be Done About It? “

the author says about 75% of deaths from lung cancer among

women are caused by smoking. It is the largest cause of death in


the world although there is a health warning on every packet of

cigarettes indicating that smoking is the main cause of lung cancer.

Also, in the same article the author says on average, cigarette

smokers are 10 to 15 times more likely to get lung cancer than a

non-smoker.

Finally, cigarette smokers consume large amounts of money.

According to BBC News “Saudi Warning to Tobacco Firms” Saudis

spend $1.3 billion a year on tobacco and smoking-related goods.

We can build hospitals with this money to cure smoker. We can help

the poor people. All of disposable income goes to damage your

health even though you feel happy and smile when you smoke.

In conclusion, because all of this principle reasons, we should

decries this numbers. The terrible effects on second hand smoke,

lung cancer disease, and the unbelievable amount of money they

spend on buying cigarettes. I think these reasons are enough for

smokers to cope with themselves about the truth. All of us have at

least one person in our family who smoked. What we should to do

to help them is to give them advice. You should quit now before

you die young. Be careful.