Anti Smoking Speech

Many reports have been issued based on the evidence regarding the devastating health affecs of smoking and the expose of second hand smoke. Unfortunatly, cigarette smoking has reportedly caused about 480,000 deaths anually in the United States with an account of 41,000 deaths due to second hand smoking. It is indicated that America has the greatest heath issues from smoking. Neverless, it has been declining due to the rise on taxes and the promotions to cut down tabacco use advetisement. Smoking can be very addictive but there are many ways to help stop that I’ll get to soon.

While there are many arguments for why marijuana should be legalized, legalizing marijuana is the wrong choice. Marijuana is addicting, can lead to usage of other drugs and has negative impact on society. I have a child on the way and by the time he or she is old enough to know about marijuana and right from wrong, I want them to make the right decision to stay away from it and know that it’s illegal for

Currently in the United States, 36.5 million people smoke cigarettes, specifically tobacco, but also other types of cigarettes too. Some may do this for supposed recreational needs, and others simply for the enjoyment of it. One may not think much of it, but the effects of smoking are serious and can be life-threatening to one’s health. It can harm nearly every organ of the body, cause cancer as well as all sorts of other diseases. Many environmental issues are occurring from the smoke and tobacco, and economic consequences are developed from smoking as well.

Smoking can be very harmful to your body. Adults never understand until they see it from a different angle. Smoking is one of the most preventable deaths. Why would you put your body in danger? A 40% increase in phone inquiries.

There is evidence from news and database that kids are not mature enough to drink before this age. A quantity of young adults die every year by alcoholic problem and if we keep this age, we will be saving millions of life's in future years. There are millions of people who die by alcohol, this is something very serious which affect to all of us. In addition, car accidents are the most seen but overdose is another huge factor as well. We cannot lower the drinking age; otherwise, we will allow the generations to suffer or die by this drug.

One major thing is Alcohol poisoning from a hard night of drinking can cause you to overdose on alcohol and basically die.. Binge drinkers are one of the majorities that are affected from alcohol poisoning. Binge drinkers take in an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time and then maybe wait for a month and do it again in one night. Excessive drinking from teens can suffer from blackouts and cause them to forget things very easily. Teens that do regularly drink hardcore are shown to have bad testing scores in school and perform bad in school in general.

It is the leading cause of more than 443,00 deaths each year. Secondly smoking approximately result in 3,000 lung cancer deaths of non-smokers which is given off by the end of the burning cigarette and by the smokers exhalation. REASONS OF SMOKING 1) Youngsters try to look “cool” 2) Smoking acts as a stress reliever. 3) To control their weight. 4) Addiction 5) Peer pressure 6) Experimentation/ Adventure 7) Marketing of tobacco companies 8) Social Integration 9) To think Properly 10) Addiction SMOKING KILLS YOU Smoking causes many harmful diseases and health problems.

Babies of smoking mothers have a higher chance of being born early or too small (Smoking, Alcohol, and Drugs Can Harm Your Baby). The fact that tobacco contains nicotine, which limits the blood flow there for causing the baby to grow at a slow rate. Babies can also be born with asthma problems due to mothers smoking. Smokers decide to risk their health, but unborn babies don’t have the choice. So make the right choice.

(Jordan 1). Secondly not only does it affect smokers but even people who don 't even partake in the activity of smoking cigarettes. Second hand smoke is a serious issue and can cause cancer almost easy as being an actual smoker can. Stanford University had released a study that shows that secondhand smoke exposure levels are very close to the amount of cancerous smoke active smokers are affected by. According to a 1997 California EPA Report on Secondhand Smoke 53,800 people die every year from secondhand smoke exposure.

This is absolutely mind blowing. It’s horrible to think that kids under the age of 18 are starting something that is so hazardous to their health. Starting young only makes it harder to stop when your older. When you start young, the amount of tobacco you use a day begins to build up. This is why you see and or hear about people who just cannot quit.