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Persuasive Speech On Smoking

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Ladies and gentleman. Today I speak to you about a pressing issue… smoking, now you might wonder why I am speaking to you today about this. After all, I am a 16-year-old high school student who doesn 't smoke and doesn 't intend to. And if I am simply here to talk about something bad in the world, why smoking. Why not pick something else from the plethora of terrible issues in today 's world such as HIV a debilitating, deadly and incurable disease. Or illegal drug use, a habit that ruins lives and communities, or even gun violence, alcohol use or motor vehicle accidents. Well, I will tell you why, because according the CDC the simple act of popping out for a ciggy kills more people each year than every single one of these issues…… combined (source 3). Now I will bet you didn 't know that. And that is why today I will be explaining to you the real facts about smoking, how smoking is affecting you and the people around you, and why major policy changes need to be implemented as a matter of urgency to stop smoking. So let 's start off with the basis of every good decision, facts. We all know smoking is bad, but how bad? Well according to cancer council, a leading Australian researcher into smoking and its effects. The average smoker will die TEN years before their non-smoking counterparts. (source 2) now to put that into perspective That 's enough time to binge-watch every episode of game of thrones, 1,130 times! (source 4). But it 's not just about early death, smoking has

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