21st century speaks for itself. Though the nations are brimming with advancements, technological developments etc. and the common man is achieving higher living standards but one thing which is also simultaneously increasing is health issues!! More developments better living standards are not only providing liesures but are an invitation to stress and tension which ultimately land us in one or the other physical ailment or mental trauma. Due to the increasing stress and frustrations people often resort to things which give them a pleasurable illusive feeling for a while.

It is often observed that smokers when asked about how they feel after smoking describe it as an ultimate feeling of relaxation and pleasure, they find it refreshing to hold a cigarette in hand after working a day long at office, the obvious reason for this kind of feeling is the presence of nicotine in the cigarettes because nicotine acts on that part of brain which makes one feel pleasurable even for no reason. It stimulates the feeling more, further a person smokes. The realization is felt within 10 seconds of smoking and disappears soon after thus leaving the smoker craving for more. Consequently this process becomes regulative in a manner of smoking -craving, smoking - craving.

Smoking as of now is not limited to a belief of relieving stress but has also become a status symbol of luxury and style and royality for the teenager groups. So on a contrary basis we can say the cigarette circle is expanding faster which is not so good for the obvious reasons of its harmful effects on health. According to the surveys it has been found that smoking is not so much relaxing infact it is moreover a restless addiction which puts a person through adverse heath menaces and should be stopped. We often read on it cigarette packets "SMOKIN IS INURIOUS TO HEALTH".

It is not surprising to note that 14% of preterm deliveries ,and nearly about 14% infant deaths are caused to smoking habits of the mother or the father during or before pregnancy. In fact diseases like chronic lung cancer ,coronary heart problems , respiratory disorders caused by smoking are responsible for over 400,000 deaths every year in well developed nations like America. Apart from heart and lung issues, smoking also has a devastating effects on the digestive systems. It can lead to infertility, peptic ulcers and delayed healing in wounds.

It is indeed very important for every nation to stop its countrymen be it young or old form smoking because smoking lands a healthy life to a traumatic death. Smoking even adds to the country’s pollution levels which is ultimately global warming issue.

It is therefore high time now that there should be an alarming raised to wake up all those living in the ecstasy of smoking world and made to realize the fact that smoking is not a pleasure but a life costing disastrous addiction. Even the teenaged children should be taught about the adversities of smoking and should stop it there and t5hen and understand that their world is not limited to the black ashes of cigarettes but to bright lights of life.and so should they also stop smoking. It is therefore the need of the hour smoking should take a seat back for all the above reasons which have disastrous results is real life.