Cigarettes
Cigarettes continue to be the most popular form of tobacco worldwide. This useless habit causes devastating problems in the United States today; it is common knowledge that cigarettes are extremely additive, create health hazards for nonsmokers, and cause complications for women who smoke during pregnancy. More importantly, the government should ban cigarettes because the chemicals and tobacco smoke are harmful to the environment, and children need protection from exposure to tobacco smoke. European explorers founded tobacco, a plant that is mainly growing in America and Australia, in 1942 on the North and South of America. However, many different native cultures had long traditions of chewing, smoking, and snuffing tobacco. Used regularly in ritual and social contexts, tobacco and its counterparts were appreciated precisely for their physiological and mind-altering effects, which, among other things aided the Amerindians (Travel). The Americans grasped the importance of the plant within native cultures and verbal descriptions of its use were featured in virtually all publications about the New World (4). Tobacco is filled with all sorts of chemicals. Instead of focusing on nicotine itself and removing the toxic contamina
"Environmental Tobacco Smoke."Feb.1998.6 March 2001. Online Nearly 3,000 young people across our country will begin smoking regularly. According to the American Lung Association, "more than five million children living today will die prematurely because of a decision they will make as an adolescent, the decision to smoke cigarettes"(2). Chances are, adolescents start smoking because it is cool, sophisticated, and glamorous. Furthermore, their friends smoke and they are curious about what smoking is like. To help prevent tobacco use during adolescence, the Center for Disease Control offers grants and supports preventing and controlling tobacco use in all 50 states (5).
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