ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Cigarette

Cigarettes are a thing that people might smoke when they want to relax or feel better, but they are very bad for our bodies.

When someone lights up a cigarette, it has a little stick called a filter that is made of cotton, and it helps to keep some of the bad stuff in the cigarette from going into our lungs.

But even with the filter, the smoke from the cigarette goes into our bodies and does not do good things for us.

The smoke has bad chemicals in it like tar and carbon monoxide, which can make it hard to breathe and can cause cancer, which is a very bad thing.

So even though some people smoke cigarettes to feel better, it is not worth it in the end because it can hurt our bodies and make us very sick.