Say No To Smoking
There are drugs in the world that are hurting us all. The drug that I am going to talk about is the drug found in cigarettes: nicotine. Although some good people do no think that smoking cigarettes will directly affect their lives, they are wrong because smoking is nothing but a shortcut to dying.
Smoking is not a joke, although we see it on TV, in comics, and maybe right in front of our faces, it does affect our health. Did you ever take a close look at the bottom of the cigarette box? Well, if you did not, this is what it says: SMOKING MAY CAUSE LUNG CANCER, HEART DISEASE AND MAY ALSO COMPLICATE PREGNANCY. Does it not shock you that these tobacco companies are giving us a warning?
I do not know why kids think smoking is cool. Maybe they think it makes them look more like an adult or they do it because their friends are doing it, but that is not a very good reason to kill themselves, is it?
Smoking is the cause of many deaths around the world.
Smoking lung cancer
High rates of lung cancer (indicated in this map b...
Lung cancerSmoking causes diseases such as lung cancer, lip, mouth, and tongue cancer, and heart attack. Smoking can ruin all your hopes and your dreams. Have you ever seen a commercial for cigarettes? You have to admit that the people in that commercial do look like they are having fun. Did you notice that they never show you an "after photo"? The reason is that those people are ugly now that their bodies have had too many puffs. As General George Washington said, "Every puff is like a taste of death". Even if you just take a little puff, you still can get very ill. That is why you should never start to...
Just Say No?
With all of the well known health hazards of smoking, it's unfortunate anyone needs to be persuaded not to smoke. Sadly, it's not simply a rational choice as people are addicted. How do you persuade someone whose body is crying out for a cigarette that it's something they really shouldn't do? It would be nice if reading a page full of all of the disadvantages of smoking would do the trick. The best course of action is trying to make sure young people don't get hooked in the first place. Parents and schools need to take this problem seriously as proper education of the young is vital as they are a prime target group. The health-related consequences to our economy are staggering and the toll in human lives is tragic.
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