Cigarettes and smoking Posted on 30 September 2014 at 02:46 Cigarettes and smoking Cigarette smoke is one of the most common forms of pollution in the environment.it is one you are bound to have come across even if no one in your family smokes. Smoke from cigarettes harms everyouneis health . it even harms people if they donot smoke themselves but breathe other peoples smoke. So if someone in your family does smoke. Why not see if you can help them to stop? Smoking does no one any good. The best thing is not to start in the frist place because smokers find it very hard to give up. They get hooked on stuff in tobacco called nicotine. Nicotine itself is a poison but the real nasty in tobacco smoke are chemical things called carcinogens. They cause cancer and loads of other diseases which kill millions of people every year. Mostly smokers but also people who donot smoke.