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Why is a Tobacco Addiction Treatment Necessary?

Every time we buy a pack of cigarettes, a warning on the pack states, "tobacco is injurious to health" or "smoking causes cancer," yet we rarely care. Statistics show that the average age for the first time using tobacco is 13; most teenagers become part of this race not because they like smoking but mainly to act cool in front of their peers. The number of adults is even more in the male it is around 25%, and for females, it is about 12-13%. People ignore the tobacco effects have on health, disregarding the dangerous side effects, and run away from tobacco addiction treatment.  In the long run, passive smokers are affected as severely as active smokers. Humans want to live their lives to the fullest, but they decrease their lives by around 14 years using tobacco and other abusive substances. Some harmful effects of smoking on health include heart disease, lung disease, oral cancer, kidney, liver, and pancreas failure. The list goes on and on, and most are even life...