According to the American Heart Association, "tobacco use remains the nation's single most preventable cause of death"(Federal Regulation on Tobacco 1). Yet in the United States tobacco is the least regulated consumer product (1). One of the reasons for this is because United States makes to much money on tobacco products, from the taxes that are put on cigarettes. Not only does the government make money off the taxes from cigarettes and other tobacco products, they also make money off the health cost for smokers. Smoking-related diseases cost an estimated $73 billion a y

One of the most hazardous chemicals in cigarettes is carbon monoxide (CO). Carbon monoxide is the same gas that comes out of the exhaust pipe of a car. It's a colorless, odorless highly toxic gas that reduces the oxygen the blood can carry. A large quantity of carbon monoxide "impairs the circulation of oxygen in the blood"(What's in a cigarette 7). For heavy smokers "up to 15% of your blood may be carrying CO instead of oxygen"(7). The inner walls of arteries are damaged by the carbon monoxide that encourages the buildup of fat.

Cardiovascular diseases are not the only diseases that smokers have to fear. Lung cancer is the second leading disease among smokers. "Men who smoke increase their risk of death from lung cancer by more than 22 times... women who smoke increase their risk of dying from lung cancer by nearly 12 times"(Cigarette smoking-related mortality 4). Cigarette smoking is responsible for giving over 100,000 people a year lung cancer. Of these 100,000 people, 3,000 of the deaths from lung cancer are nonsmokers who were exposure to secondhand smoke.

"Federal Regulation of Tobacco." American Heart Association 15 May 2001 http://www.americanheart.org/heart.

"Cigarette Smoking and Cardiovascular Diseases." American Heart Association 14 May 2001 http://www.americanheart.org/heart.

Due to studies we have learn that cigarette ads very much do influence some people to smoke. Many of these companies have been targeting women for years with these tactics. These ads trick young teenage girls into thinking smoking are cool. Not only does smoking cause lung cancer it also causes emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and recurrent respiratory infections. Not only does it do all that it also can triple the risk of a heart attack for a woman. Yet tobacco companies still manage to make cigarettes appealing to people. Recent studies prove that about 20 percent of woman smoke, yet about 30 percent of high school senior girls smoke.

Many smokers don't smoke because they want to; they smoke because they are addicted. Cigarettes are the most addictive of all psychoactive drugs including crack cocaine and heroin. Three out of four smokers want to quit smoking but they cant, others wish they ever started smoking in the first place. Doctors have developed ways to help smokers quit. They have developed nicotine gum; and a nicotine patch that is place on the arm of the smoker. These do help people stop smoking, yet they do still contain nicotine in them. So they are not smoking any more but they are still addicted to nicotine. Something has to be developed to stop the craving for the nicotine. Many smokers began smoking at a very early age when their bodies aren't even fully developed. The risks of cancers and other diseases decrease almost immediately, after the last cigare

Some common words found in the essay are:
CO Carbon, Americans Due, John Hopkins, Regulation Tobacco, African Americans, Cigarette Smoking, Heart Association, Americans Tobacco, cigarette smoking, lung cancer, bladder cancer, african americans, tobacco products, Prevention Source, Cigarette NHS, carbon monoxide, cardiovascular diseases, american heart association, white americans, 15 2001, heart disease, smoking cardiovascular diseases, cigarettes tobacco products, getting bladder cancer, african americans white,
Approximate Word count = 1940
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)