Smoking
“Each year throughout the world, the tobacco industry kills some 3 million of its best customers- equivalent to 20 loaded jumbo jets daily”(Peto et al. 47). And the worst is yet to come. Given present trends, estimated a 1994 World Health Organization report, half a billion people alive today will be killed by tobacco. A teen-to-the-grave smoker has a fifty percent chance of being killed by the habit and often dies an agonizing, premature death. So, with these odds wouldn’t you think getting hooked can only be viewed as deeply dumb, or at least tragically naïve, thing to do (even if you don’t mind bad breath, yellowed teeth, and earlier wrinkles and graying)? “Smoke a cigarette and nature will charge you 12 minutes off your life expectancy”(Peto 98). Thus, the elimination of smoking would do more to increase life expectancy than would any other preventative measure. Smoking’s destructiveness has prompted many scientists, psychologists, and researchers to study why people start! smoking, why they keep smoking, and how we might prevent smoking or help people to quit. In spite of all these reasons, with nicotine being so addictive and le
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Approximate Word count = 816
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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