Speech About Smoking

Smoking has been a habit of millions of people. Some wonder why people smoke and at what age do people commonly get addicted to it? Most people start smoking as teens. Those who have friends and/or parents who smoke are more likely to start smoking than those who don’t. Some teens say that they “just wanted to try it,” or they thought it was “cool” to smoke. Back then, people was also starting to use tobacco because they see it in movies that’s why it was banned by the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, since then he number of movies with tobacco-related scenes has gone down during 2005. The numbers of movies showing smokers started going up again in 2011 and 2012. And studies show that young people who see smoking in movies are more

Ten Filipinos die every hour from illnesses caused by smoking while the country loses nearly P500 billion annually from healthcare costs and productivity losses, according to an anti-tobacco group. It has been established that smoking cigarettes will kill you. In the past 50 years, 20 million people have died prematurely because of smoking. But before you die, you 'll experience some pretty terrible diseases and health conditions from smoking. Here are some of the most gruesome diseases caused by smoking*: Lung cancer- More people die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer. Cigarette smoking is the number one risk factor for lung cancer; it 's responsible for 87 percent of lung cancer deaths. COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)- COPD is an obstructive lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. It causes serious long-term disability and early death. ,Heart Disease, stroke, asthma, Reproductive Effects in Women, Premature, Low Birth-Weight Babies, Diabetes, Blindness, Cataracts and Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Over 10 Other Types of Cancer, Including Colon, Cervix, Liver, Stomach and Pancreatic Cancer. These are some of the worst diseases that smoking can cause. These are the disease that can kill