It's Time To Stop Smoking In The United States

Back in 2005, about 20% of the population smoked every day. The numbers have grown since then. Today people have spent a lot of money on surgery just to stop what they did to themselves and others. (quit.org) says that 23 kids have died of illness in 1998 related to second hand smoking. Still kids are being affected before they were even born. Women who smoke when pregnant can affect the baby by making them smaller and less healthy when born. Smoking has infected our society like it has to the smokers.

Second hand smoke has been responsible for asthma in many children as well as other health problems to the non-users. Many babies are born with defects and diseases caused by the smoking mother. Studies have also shown that smoking during pregnancy leads to lower birth weight of infants. A study in Jerusalem showed that “it was found that infants of mothers who smoked had significantly greater frequency of admissions to the hospital for bronchitis and pneumonia during the first year of life than did children whose mothers did not smoke.” Initially, we all breathe the same air and by polluting the air that you breathe you’re also polluting it for others. Evidence shows that burning cigarettes release 80% of pollution indoors between puffs (“Effects”412).

Statistics show that smoking is very harmful and affects our health. Some people smoke due to stress related issues, which can later become a habit. Others view smoking as a hobby when they’re with their peers. Statistics also show us that young people smoke because they want to look mature, or trying to fit in. Even though it is bad for our health some people can’t resist doing it. It is believed that once a person starts smoking the hardest thing to do is stop. we must realize that there is no right or wrong argument, everyone is entitled to their own opinion

Although most habitual smokers are still not convinced on why they should stay away from smoking. Well besides the fact that it can kills as mentioned above, it stains the teeth, it makes clothes, car, and home smell like cigarettes. It also makes non-smokers uncomfortable and bothers them because perceive/inhale the smoke too and studies have shown that perceive smokers are more at risk to tobacco smoking. People who don’t smoke don’t have to inhale tobacco smoke. Any smoke that is emitted by a cigarette that is not inhaled goes into the air. Once these toxins are in the air, they are free to corrupt non-smoker lungs too. Second hand smoke it is called. Second hand smoke causes non-smokers to get the same smoking related diseases and cancers as smokers. In my own view this is actually wrong and unfair. Smokers are actually harming and killing innocent people.

Smoking is one of the highly health threatening bad habits in our economy today. Smoke causes lung cancer and other life threatening situations. Quitting smoking reduces the risk of bad lungs and cancers for your loved ones around you. My Grandpa smokes more than often and has had several heart attacks and is still with me today, I hope to have him for another 17 years and more. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body and diminishes a person’s overall health. Millions of Americans have health problems caused by smoking.

Smoking harms everyone it comes in contact with. It does not care what race you are or your religious beliefs. It does not matter your gender or even the color of your skin. Smoking does not care about your friends and family. Whether you are rich and famous or a homeless person living in the streets, smoking does not care.

Smoking causes health problems for everyone around the world, not just people near smokers. Most people know that smoking can cause countless health problems; a group of scientists conducted a study showing the effects of secondhand smoke in nonsmokers. The scientists knew in 2004 that, on a worldwide scale, the health concerns created by exposure to tobacco smoke for nonsmokers were not well known. They tested people and found the effects from worldwide exposure in children and adults, and these statistics have probably risen in the past ten years (Öberg, Jaakkola, Woodward, Peruga, Prüss-Ustün). They found that “Worldwide, 40% of children, 33% of male non-smokers, and 35% of female non-smokers were exposed to second-hand smoke in 2004. This exposure was estimated to have caused 379,000 deaths from ischaemic heart disease,”- also known as

It is estimated that 36.5 million adults smoke in the United States of America (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention B). A cigarette contains 7,000 chemicals and 70 of those can cause cancer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention B). When someone decides to smoke a cigarette, they are not only choosing to allow those toxins into their body but are imposing all those same toxins on anyone around them. Secondhand smoke is the combination of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette and the smoke breathed out by smokers and is considered more dangerous then smoking the cigarette (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention B). Every year 480,000 people in the United States of America die because of cigarette smoking, which is the leading cause of preventable disease and death. Why has this deadly habit become such a casual part of the American life? This habit is not only harmful to the person smoking, but is hurting everyone around them. It may be their decision to smoke and cause damage to their own bodies but when they decide to smoke in public they are infringing on the rights of everyone around them right to protect their health. Smoking should be made illegal because it is not only harmful to the smokers but also causes harm to fetuses in utero, developing children and any other adults who may breathe that smoke in.

We all know smoking is bad for us. But do you know exactly why? Smoking can lead to cancer and cancer can lead to death. That can put a big effect on a loved one. For the people that don’t smoke, smoking affects them as well. Smoking is killing society. Smoking is killing people slowly the ones who quick to light up a cigarette. Second-hand smoke affect society more than the person that’s puffing the cigarette.

by the government on every packet of the cigarette that smoking is injurious to health. Smoking

Smoking affects the population in many ways. It affects smokers' health and controls their smoking habits and use of time, and the spiraling cost of tobacco makes it an expensive pastime. Secondhand

Smoking is a dangerous and expensive habit that comes with no benefit. Cigarettes are known for being one of the leading causes of preventable deaths worldwide. With very little success, many efforts have been made to put an end to smoking cigarettes, such as tax raises, restrictions on where smokers can smoke, and graphic advertising on the cigarette packet themselves. The harmful effects of cigarettes are endless, such as heart disease and various types of cancer. Cigarettes are also polluting the earths waters, land, and even wildlife. All in all, cigarettes should be banned because banning cigarettes would help save the environment, bring huge health benefits, and ultimately, put an end to preventable deaths.

The first effect of smoking is that it endangers nonsmokers by exposure to secondhand smoke (ETS). Twyman Abbott claimed that smoking in public was worse than drinking alcohol because it created toxic fumes (Hirschfelder, page 145, 2010). Out of the 7,000 chemicals found in cigarettes, 250 of them are harmful (Jones, 2016, Page 70). The chemicals found in the cigarettes can affect the smoker themselves, and the people in the area around them. When someone smokes, they are putting other people’s health in risk other than just themselves. This creating the issue of secondhand smoke. Some people can handle being in the smoke without being bothered and then others can’t stand it. But for the people who already have health problems like asthma, or even allergies, environmental tobacco

Smoking can affect every person around them. One main reason smoking should be banned is because of secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke is when someone is around another

Everywhere you go you see someone smoking or smell it and everyone that is standing or walking by that person gets a higher chance of getting sick. Smoking is so addictive that the people that smoke do not care who they are around they just want a cigarette. “The 360 billion cigarettes smoked in the United States in 2007 translates to a total of 135,000,000 pounds of discarded butts in one year in the United States alone” (“Cigarette Litter”). The number is only increasing, that data was from ten years ago so imagine how many cigarettes are smoked today. “More than 16 million Americans live with a smoking-related disease.” (“Current Cigarette smoking Among Adults in the United States”). Smoking is definitely bad for the person doing it but it is just as bad for the people around it.