Quit Smoking!
SURGEON GENERALS WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, And May Complicate Pregnancy. Cigarette smoking has been proven to be hazardous to your health. It wasn't until 1964 that the actual truth came out about cigarette use. From the years 1952-1956 Kent brand cigarettes was allowed to use a filter containing asbestos. Cigarette ads were allowed on television up until the year 1971, and it wasn't until 1979 that it was discovered that women smokers could cause major damage to the fetus if they are pregnant. In 1964, the annual Surgeon General's Report On Smoking And Health reported an overwhelming association between smoking and early death from lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and all other chronic diseases (Payne 2). Smoking has been proven to cause many life threatening problems, therefore cigarette use should not be tolerated. "The number one killer of smokers is heart disease" (Bailey 135). Not only that but also, "Cigarette smoking accounts for 30% of all heart disease deaths" (Kim and Saltzberg 1). Carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke causes the amount of cholesterol clogging the arteries to rise dramatically. Smoking also makes the walls of the arteries harden which in
Teens who smoke are three times more likely than nonsmokers to use alcohol, eight times more likely to use marijuana, and 22 times more likely to use cocaine. Smoking is associated with a host of other risky behaviors, such as fighting and engaging in unprotected sex (CDC. Preventing tobacco use among young people 36, 104). Anyone familiar with botanical insecticides knows that nicotine is a good one. It is sprayed on plants as a freebase concentrate spray. It kills aphids, but it also can kill the person doing the spraying. The lethal dose of nicotine is ten times less that of pyrethrum or rotenone, making it one of the most toxic insecticides (Bailey 76). Almost all smokers regret the day that they ever started, but now they cannot quit. It is a disease that begins in childhood, and runs all through the smoker's life if you do not do something about it. People continue to smoke because of that infamous drug, nicotine. If parents smoke there is a greater chance for their children to smoke. If the children smoke, then there is a greater chance that they will die of a smoke related disease. Cigarette smoking should not be tolerated. Nicotine is and should always be considered a drug by all people. It is only second to alcohol as the most abused drug. Each cigarette that is smoked contains anywhere from 6-8 mg of nicotine (Kim and Saltzberg). Nicotine is the only addictive drug in cigarettes, but that is all it takes since it is a very ad
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