Every cigarette smoked takes an estimated 12 minutes off the lifespan of the smoker. Cigarettes can increase a smoker's heartbeat, blood-pressure, and pulse, resulting in the risk of heart attacks. The leading cause of lung cancer is smoking, and there is no cure for it. The worst time to smoke is during pregnancy. Smoking can cause low birth rate, premature birth, stillborns, and children developing ADHD.
Secondhand smoke is environmental tobacco smoke that causes non-smokers to involuntarily breathe in smoky air. This can cause cancer, lower respiratory tract infections in infants and children, and sudden infant death syndrome. About 3,400 lung cancer deaths occur in nonsmoking adults each year in the U.S.
The cost of smoking can have a lot of effect as well. Most people only look at the cost of the actual cigarettes, but there are much more expenses. Cigarettes by themselves can cost up to $1500 a year. Some other costs to worry about are higher life insurance, medical insurance, and prescription medicine.
Some may say they have freedom of choice and it is their body. What some smokers do not realize is their smoking results in secondhand smoke. Non-smokers have their rights to a smoke-free environment. If people want to smoke in their own homes, they can, if they wish to endanger their lives and spend a lot on unneeded bills. Smoking causes 419,000 American deaths and $100 billion is spent on smoking-related health care costs each year. Smoking is bad for the body and for the wallet. So, when the cigarette looks tempting at the store, just think about what each puff can do to your life, and to others' lives.
-yoshi
5 comments:
As uttery and completely stupid as it is, I am yet to be convinced that it should be illegal. The government makes a ton of money off of smokers that funds many programs such as the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Without smokers, either those programs will have to get cut or everyone else's taxes will be raised.
I completely agree with you yoshi! How could someone want to do that to their bodies, let alone the people around them… yuck.
smoking is absolutely disgusting to me. but if someone wants to do smoke, let them. they know the effects, this is the 21st century, not back when smoking was new and no one knew the dangers. our grandparents were unaware and smoked just because. i have had many family members suffer from smoking in different ways. but if it were illegal, it would just be another thing for more people to try and do harder because it really is very addictive, which i understand by now. but people are most certainly not unaware of the deathly effects, they just make bad decisions.
I can't express how bad smoking is for you. It is the dumbest thing to do to your growing bodies. 30 years from now when you have cancer you're going to be like wow what a idiot I used to be.
I'm really surprised at the fact that we know about so many adverse effects of smoking, yet the same, if not more people do it. Smokers are knowingly killing themselves, for what, pleasure?
I'm also glad that public places are starting to ban smoking. Why should non-smokers have to suffer for something they don't choose to do?
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