Why is cigarette called a coffin nail?

Question

Explain also why is dreadfully dangerous for the health.

gve me details abt y is it specified coffin nail?

Answer 1

Because it takes years off your life

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Answer 2

As far back as the 19th century, cigarettes were known as "coffin nails," not exactly a testimony to tobacco's safety.
it's a term used to state, that for every stick of a cigarette you puffed on, another coffin nail was added, and that you would die earlier , then those non-smokers,

Tobacco is a habit, period. You can break a habit with great effort. Breaking addictions requires superhuman efforts few find possible.

: "There are few, if any, people that do not know there is an element of risk involved in the decision to smoke.

Smoking Risks

Hardening of the arteries leading to premature risk of heart disease and stroke;
Frequent colds, smoker's cough, chronic bronchitis;
Gastric ulcers;
Increase in heart rate and blood pressure;
Premature and more abundant face wrinkles;
Emphysema, heart disease , stroke;
Cancers - mouth, larynx, pharynx, esophagus, lungs, pancreas, cervix, uterus and bladder;
Diminished or extinguished sense of smell and taste

Answer 3

Each cigarette a person smokes puts another nail in their coffin. Cigarettes are loaded with tar, which blocks bronchioles and deprives the lungs andthe body of oxygen.

Answer 4

because when u smoke for a long time through out ur life u are casuing uself damage and possibley cancer so thats what they mean its just another nail in the coffin..meaning something that is sealing ur death....it is dangerous because it has toxins and chemicals in it and it turns ur teeth yellow and people get lung diseases from it......its disgusting and nasty and a horrible habit thank god i live in a place where they just banned smoking in any public building even casinos cuz its proven that second hand smoke is worse to a normal persons health.

Answer 5

It gives you lung cancer, and the nail part is because everything that is deadly to you is called a nail in the coffin, meaning you'll die sooner

Answer 6

its dangerous for the fact that it posions your body and I have never heard about the cofin and the nails but I have heard that everytime you smoke you are taking 10 seconds of your life away . I smoked since I was 13 and I quit 5 months ago and I feel great ,I have no cravings and I dont feel so tired as I use too

Answer 7

Every one you smoke is like putting another nail in your coffin, either that or it's because after twenty years of smoking you feel like you are coughing nails!

Answer 8

it kills the cells in your lungs, making it hard-impossible to breath... it clots blood which can cause anythying from a heart attack to a freaking brain anurasim.

It is called a coffin nail because it is something that can send you to the grave

Answer 9

Smoking is a slow death,One coffin nail at a time. It will kill you.

Answer 10

hmmmmm....... well on my cig. package it says " 85% of lung cancers r caused by smoking. 80% of lung cancer victims die within 3 years" so i'm guess'n that might b Y it;s dangerous to ur health? o and the coffin thing, yeah that's a first time i've heard that

Answer 11

i think you already know this answer but you can always go to Phillipmorris.com to find out more. i have never actually heard of the coffin nail but i am sure they say it because it is true we always call them "cancer sticks"