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Informative Speech On Dee Hunt

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I’m writing about Dee Hunt, a lung cancer survivor. Dee Hunt never smoked, Nor did her five sisters and brothers. Her parents were smokers, but all of her siblings were diagnosed with cancer after 30 years of leaving their parents house. After so many years at the age 53 she was concerned about her health and found a small tumor, so her other siblings followed also, with all of them diagnosed with tumors of different sizes. For most of her life, second-hand smoke was never raised as a health risk or an issue. I believe this story about her and her family helps what I’m trying to inform my audience about the danger of second-hand smoking.

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Cigarette smoke is well understood as a cause of lung cancer and is linked to many other types of cancer in children and adults. Many people are still exposed to secondhand smoke, particularly children who live with parents who smoke even though they try to be careful where they light up. Every year in the U.S., passive smoking causes about 34,000 deaths from heart disease and 7,300 deaths from lung cancer. …show more content…

Smoke does affect not only the smoker but also the individuals who are inhaling the smoke. Many people have understood what it causes or seen the effects of smoking, and yet they still do it. While many places still allow smoking areas, they should be banned because it still dangers the health of individuals who are non-smokers by hurting their lungs and most importantly their

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