Persuasive Essay On Smoking

Is smoking a cigarette like aiming a smoking gun to your head? Absolutely, yes! The photo above, has a very powerful message to be shared with people all over the world. The creator of the picture above is, The American Cancer Society. This is an organization that is trying to heighten awareness of the dangers of smoking, the most threatening danger being, cancer. They also promote relays which help raise money for ads and research. The money raised helps to inform people of the dangers smoking and what the negative outcomes of such a habit. This society also helps with finding treatment options. They are helping people cope with the side effects of various cancers or to advise on health insurance. A certain population of people, particularly young people, see smoking as a cool or hip idea to fit in. The goal of this visual argument is to inform people who smoke cigarettes that they should just hold a gun to their heads. The American people should be against nonsmoking because of the feelings you get when smoking, the chemicals that are involved, and how the cigarette will kill like a loaded gun.

Smoking tobacco is probably one of the worst habits humankind has developed. Originating as a tradition of the Native Americans, practiced mostly on special occasions, smoking has gradually become a kind of mass addiction. Due to the efforts of tobacco companies seeking to increase their sales, people started smoking more and more often; the evolution of a more traditional pipe to a cigarette took some time, but eventually tobacco became more affordable and easier to use (you now simply need to light it up, instead of having to always carry a tobacco pouch, stuff a pipe, puff it, and so on). As a result, deaths and health issues connected to tobacco consumption became a worldwide

People shouldn’t smoke because of your health, nature, and pets and animals around the world.

Italy is one of the most beautiful countries in the world but unfortunately it is the nation that has the most number of “baby” smokers in Europe. Many teens in Italy start to smoke because they want to feel like adults or they want to show off infront of their friends. We must also say that in Italy smoking is more of a social thing too; for example when you want to hang out with a friend, sometimes you ask if he or she wants to smoke a cigaret in company. I tried my first cigarette when I was only 15 years old and looking back at it now I regret it so much. My best friend at that time, offered me a cigaret and the ignorant and immature me did not want to refuse it and appear a loser in front of all my other friends. That, unfortunately, become the first of many and many other cigarettes. It was not until 17 that I got addicted and dependent from smoking, after having heard a false myth about how cigarettes make you lose weight in a blink of an eye. At first smoking was like a game, trying to feel adults and going against what my parents were telling me and then I became so addicted to cigarettes that I am still here those days struggling to get out of this bad habit, that was just harming my health.

You've all probably seen a cigarette before. You've probably even smelled cigarette smoke before. But do you know all the dangers that come with it? Some of you may know a few of the dangers, such as smoking being able to cause lung cancer, but is that all you know? About 400,000 people die every year because of the tobacco in a cigarette. Even though cigarettes are small and have a small amount of tobacco, it is still very deadly. About 65,000 of those 400,000 people die from obstructive lung cancer. About 45 people die every hour! Imagine how many people die every day. And if you do decide to smoke, just know that you typically lose 7 years of your life. You could live 7 years longer if you don't smoke. I know 7 years doesn't seem like a lot, but right now, 7 years is about half of mine and many other children's lives. So tell me, do you think smoking is a good idea?

There are many forms of tobacco that are addictive such as cigarettes, cigars, and smokeless tobacco. If someone tried one of these forms of tobacco for the first time they could become addicted because of the high amounts of nicotine in each one. According to the Electronic Cigarette Consumer Reviews-2017 (2016), cigarettes contain anywhere from 8 to 20 mg of nicotine, and the amount of nicotine that is absorbed is less than 1 mg. According to the Mayo Clinic (2016), a cigar contains just as much nicotine that a pack of cigarettes does. The New York Times (1994), states that smokeless tobacco contains from 1.5 to 2.5 percent, according to Food and Drug Administration (1994).

What is second-hand smoke? Secondhand smoke is a mixture of mainstream smoke (the smoke exhaled by the smoker) and sidestream smoke (the smoke given off by a burning tobacco product). According to Centers of Disease Control, “at least 69 of the toxic chemicals in secondhand tobacco smoke cause cancer.” The problem with secondhand smoke is the effect that it has on others. SHS can cause a variety of cancers and health issues. Mainstream smoke contains smaller chemicals that enter the lungs and blood faster. Imagine what it would be like to have cancer or a major health problem, due to someone else's stupidity. “Secondhand smoke causes 41,000 deaths per year” as claimed by the Centers of Disease Control. Secondhand smoke is just as bad as smoking an actual cigarette itself; smokers do not realize that secondhand smokers so not get the chance to decide whether to inhale or not.

Some people believe that smoking is not good for your long term health while others think that it’s fine if you decide to smoke. People think smoking cigarettes can help cope with many of problems such as feeling depressed, having trouble sleeping, feeling irritable, having trouble focusing, and poverty. Many adults are aware of the long term affects to your health if you smoke any kind of cigarettes. While, teenagers are uneducated to what can happen, their mentality is that “it will never happen to me.” In 1949, dentists suggested smoking Viceroys over anything else because Viceroys filtered the smoke. In 2014 however, it’s believed that smoking can cost more than just money. In the last advertisement, facts are provided as to why you shouldn’t smoke and that smoking affects everyone. It is evident that one favors smoking while the other two are against smoking.

People with smoking, alcohol and drug problems usually go through a lot of stress because quitting is very hard. Quitting has many, many stages in it. First and foremost, you have to look at the pros and cons of your decisions. Well, try to think about what are you missing? The foul smell? The yellow teeth? The feeling of suffocating next morning? What have they done to affect my friendships, my relationship with my family, my schoolwork, my extracurricular activities, sports, and my insurance? What will happen to my kids if my addiction continues? First I'll be talking about smoking addictions. Did you know that kids are twice as susceptible to smoking with parents that smoke around them (Joel Schwarz)? That’s not a very good thing to know if you're a smoker. That means that your kids will suffer the same as you have and a parent always want what’s best for their children. Smoking attacks your heart and circulatory system in many areas. It raises blood pressure and stresses your heart, which over time can weaken it and make your heart less effective. Your blood becomes viscous and sticky, which in turn makes it harder to pump (What Happens To Your Body When You SMOKE & When You QUIT). After I had explored why I had started smoking in the first place and saw that it was for the best that I quit, and then I would find ways to not smoke. Triggers are things that make people want to do something. Many triggers for smoking involve partying, drinking, stressful situations and

Ever since the first Surgeons General’s Report on Smoking and Health in 1964, smoking tobacco has become a major concern all around the globe but especially in the United States. Smoking has harmed and killed many people over the past decades. In fact, “One in every five deaths in the United States is smoking related, making it the largest preventable cause of illness and premature death in the United States”(“State Smoke-Free Laws”). Being that this issue is categorized as a preventable the United States needs to pass nationwide laws restrictions on smoking in public areas. Several countries, including Norway, New Zealand, Uganda, Ireland, Brazil, Bhutan, and Russia have already put a workplace smoking ban into action (Barth). So, the United States are actually behind on passing such laws. As of right now, there haven’t been any nationwide laws restricting where you can smoke (“State Smoke-Free Laws”). Only state laws have been passed to restrict smoking in places like the workplace, bars, and restaurants (“State Smoke-Free Laws”). Only a few states have all three, but others have a combination of either one or two (“State Smoke-Free Laws”). The United States need to pass nationwide laws restricting people from smoking in public because it would increase the health of tobacco smokers, decrease the risk of second-hand smoke, and lessen the air pollution.

Companies and organizations use advertisements, a paid announcement, in newspapers or magazines, on radio or television, etc., as part of a marketing program to increase sales of their products and services. Advertising plays a different role at different stages of the marketing process, helping to raise awareness of a product or service. One big product that is constantly being advertised is tobacco, an agricultural crop, most commonly used to make cigarettes. Tobacco is grown all over the world and supports a billion-dollar industry. The psychoactive ingredient is nicotine, a stimulant; with more than 4,000 other chemicals (2,000 of which are known to be poisonous) are present in cigarettes. This is why many organizations want to minimize and stop the use of tobacco. A common organization that deals with the use of tobacco is TUPP, the tobacco use prevention program, which provides tobacco prevention, education, and cessation promotion in the community. Their goals are to reduce tobacco use among youth through community outreach and education in middle schools and high schools, and decrease illegal sales of tobacco to minors through merchant education. This program creates many anti-smoking advertisements toward people who smoke and those who could start smoking. The advertisement combats the social injustice issue within minors and many other groups that the big tobacco industry targets; by building a portion of their campaign through fear and reasoning, showing the

Though CVD might seem like a death sentence for many Americans, it does not have to be. Though there is no cure for CVD, there are plenty of ways for one to prevent or manage CVD. The biggest factor in everyone’s life that causes CVD is poor lifestyle. There are also a few medications and surgical procedures that can be administered or performed to keep one’s CVD in check.

It was December 19th, 2017 when my life changed forever. When I took that first breath of nicotine-infused smoke into my lungs. I watched it swirl out of my mouth, dancing on the frosty December air. I loved it. So I took another drag from it, and another, and another, until all that was left were the glowing embers at the end of the cigarette. I dropped it, smashed it into the black and cracked asphalt, lit another cigarette, and repeated the whole process.

Imagine feeling a pain thrust down your shoulder. Searing with pain you go to see a doctor and you realize that you have been prescribed a medication that will relieve that pain. You inner self explodes with joy and for a couple weeks you feel great that your shoulder no longer hurts. You feel a small urge to take more of it. Slowly over a period of time you start to feel like you need it and you go to the doctor and he tells you that he isn't changing the dose and says that to take it only when you need it. This is an example of how an addiction starts and how it grows into a problem. It isn't only pain killers that can be addicting, but there are other substances in the world that are addictive, such as tobacco, heroine, and crack. This not only is a contributing factor to the health of our citizens, but it also contributes to the costs of healthcare in the United States. This accounts for 10 trillion dollars of our government spending each year. What I want to know is how does smoking and other illicit drugs impact the cost of our health care?

Cigarettes are all around us. They’re being sold in our gas stations, small quick markets, displayed in TV shows and movies, and by walking down a busy street, you’ll probably pass a few people with a cigarette between their fingers. However, what you don’t see splashed across the media and television shows, is the horrifying downsides of inhaling the deadly smoke. Everyone knows that “smoking is bad for you,” and few smokers probably read the warning labels on their packs of cigarettes, but what if it was mandatory to display graphic images of what could actually happen to a smoker later down the line? Like diseased lungs, or a tracheotomy tube coming out of somebody’s neck?