Smoking and doing drugs has been a big problem world wide. Thousands of people around the world are smoking or doing drugs even though they know its bad for them. Every corner you turn to while walking or driving you see people smoking. People even smoke next to their friends and family causing second hand smoking which is even worse than them smoking.It not only puts their life in danger ,but their family,friends, and people around them. People spend hundreds of dollars every month maybe even more on buying cigarets and drugs. People spend a lot of taxes on drugs and cigarets every year. They might try to stop it but, they are already addicted to it because of nicotine or that they’ve been smoking of years and started at a young age. …show more content…
The ad has a baby crying and covered in smoke with a black background and on the other one you have gun with a gray background with the bullets being cigarets and smoke is coming out. I found this ad very interesting because its very detailed and has a very deep meaning behind it if you look at very closely. In the first picture you have a kid in a black background which for me represents that the kid is in danger. You have the kid sitting down and crying with smoke being covered all over him. For me this represents that your putting the kids life in danger because you are damaging his health and most importantly his lungs. Also I believe that the kid isn't comfortable being surround my the smoke which makes it hard for him to breath and beware of whats going on around him. I also can see that the kid is being pressured and feels scared from the smoke around him because he feels trapped in it and their is nothing he can do. In more serious case this shows what second hand smoking can lead too a child’s danger and suffering from trouble breathing from the smoke.The second image had a gray background that goes from light gray to dark gray. That from me represents the smog and the color of your lungs when you smoke. As the years pass by the darker your lungs
Every year in the United States, more than 480,000 people die from tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke; consequently, making this the leading cause of preventable death in this country. People are usually introduced to smoking at a young age; mostly around the preteen years. During this critical time preteen are transitioning from middle school to high school; teens at this age find it a little harder fitting in with others all while forming their own sense of identity. Preteens only pick up the habit of smoking to cope with these challenges. What these teens do not know is that smoking at an early age only increases their chances of suffering from a lifelong addiction. To help assuage the situation the Nicotinell anti-smoking organization
As per the American Heart Association in 2013, an expected 23 percent of grown-up men and 18 percent of grown-up ladies in the United States are smokers. What’s even more troubling is the prevalence of juvenile smoking in our society. juvenile smoking is a very real danger among U.S. youngsters and high schoolers. About 25 percent of U.S. secondary school understudies are smokers, and an extra 8 percent use smokeless tobacco items, for example, snuff and plunge. But what is most disheartening, is that 30 percent of all juvenile smokers will become addicted and suffer health related complications due to prolonged smoking. Numerous components play into a kid's choice to attempt tobacco. A craving to seem "cooler", more advanced, or to
Have you ever had a friend or family member die of lung cancer or of a smoking related death. In America over 160,000 men and women die each year from lung cancer. That is a less than then breast and colon cancer combined. The leading cause of lung cancer in the United States is smoking tobacco. When you smoke a cigarette you are inhaling the nicotine at a very high rate in which allows it to go through your blood stream faster. Some might say that smoking just affects themselves, although they are highly incorrect. Second hand smoking is when a person inhales the excess smoke; in some occasions it can be worse than actually smoking. You might think you are cool at the time for smoking, but have you ever thought
Teen smoking has been increasing since 1991. There are economic, psychological and sociological factors that play an important role in this increase.
The effects of smoking are very serious and dangerous. Smoking can harm almost every organ in the body. Plus it affects the autoimmune system, bones, blood, hearing, vision and lungs. One in every five deaths in the United States is caused by smoking. Also, smoking can cause cancer of the nose, mouth, larynx (voice box), trachea, esophagus, throat, lungs, stomach, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, cervix, bone marrow and blood. It is also known to cause leukemia (Effects of Smoking on Your Health). Smoking is not worth the effects that come with the cartoon. People don’t realize the addiction that is caused by nicotine.
Smoking is a lifestyle, a habit, and a trend. Smoking has become a social activity among teens, connecting them through the craving of a smoke. Smoking is seen as seductive and cool in the media and movies which influences teenagers to smoke even more. The World Health Organization has stated that “Tobacco kills around 6 million people each year. More than 5 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while more than 600,000 are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke.” As of April 2016, only 7% of teenagers in the U.S. smoke, but it is said that tobacco use will kill 8 million people annually by 2030. 99% of adult smokers start in their years as teenagers. Smoking is an epidemic that has taken control of people’s lives since 1881 and the media since the early 1900s. Smoking currently kills about 440,000 people a year in the U.S. I feel that it is an issue because it is the #1 most preventable way to die, but people still continue to smoke because of how it looks and how they are perceived as a person if they do. The fact that people become addicted to a trend that will attribute to their death for the sake of being thought of as cooler, is a problem that needs to be addressed.
...ers started because of their friends smoking and peer pressure. I believe smoking should be banned in the U.S. not only do the harmful fumes hurt you, they affect others. Why keep a harmful product that kills not only the people that smoke but ,also anyone around them. Many cigarette smokers claim it's their body their harming but it affects everyone. Imagine how many people would still be living if they never started smoking. Many children live with parents who smoke, and imagine how many times they are made fun of because the way they smell. Cigarette smoke can't just disappear, or be covered up with products that use smelly fumes such as Lysol. Many people who try to stop give up because they think they can't give smoking up but, it is possible to stop. So do yourself a favor and don't give your hard earned money and your life to those nasty cigarette companies.
Tobacco kills up to half of its users, and about 12 million people smoke it. That totals the death of 6 million people each year due to tobacco. “More than 5 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use, while more than 600 000 are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke”. In short, if everyone that is currently stopped smoking, only tobacco, not only would 5 million lives be saved, but another 600 000 people would also not have to die because of the poor choices other people decide to make. About 570,000 people die annually due to drug use. That breaks down to about 440,000 from disease related to tobacco, 85,000 due to alcohol, 20,000 due to illicit drugs, and 20,000 due to prescription drug abuse. “Nearly 80% of the world's 1 billion smokers live in low-and middle-income countries.” As the world health organization has stated, most people that smoke habit around the low-income countries. This shows that people that smoke live around a poor facility.
In other words, people who smoke should quit not only for their health, but for the health of their loved ones and the people around when they smoke, especially for that of children. We now know that when a person smokes, you’re inhaling life-threatening chemicals, and you’re damaging your internal organs. In addition, smoking leads to wrinkles, teeth falling out, along with other gruesome consequences that eventually lead to death. Another think to recalculate is that apart from the chemicals already in the cigarette more are created when a person light it. It is said that people who quit smoking are doing the most preventable cause of death in the United States.Some of the effects that smoking causes is that it increases the person’s irritability, impatience, hostility, anxiety, depressed mood, it’s difficult for the smoker to concentrate, restlessness, decreased heart rate, appetite or weight gain, all of these things in which are bad for a person’s health.
Smoking comes with many problems. Not only for the smoker, but for the nonsmokers who are exposed to the smoke. In 1993, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classified second-hand smoke as a Group A carcinogen- the most dangerous category of carcinogens. About 600,000 people worldwide die from second-hand smoke every year (“Smoking” 3). More people die from second-hand smoke than from smoking the cigarette himself or herself. In a roundabout sort of way, the smokers who smoke in public are causing the death of other people. Isn't that illegal?
Cigarette smoking is very harmful for both smoker, non- smokers and the environment. People who smoke in just show how inconsiderate they are towards others. Even the people who do not smoke in public places are selfish. They do not consider the affect smoking might have on them and how that will affect their family and the environment. Cigarettes cause hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths each year and that is why cigarettes need to be made illegal.
As for the smokers, their health is at a high risk. Smoking causes cancers to the voice box, esophagus, lungs, throat and mouth. Also it helps in developing cancers in the kidneys, bladder, pancreas and cervix of the body. Smoking can cause cardiovascular disease such as heart disease, diseases of the blood vessels and stroke. According to CNN “The landmark U.S. Surgeon General 's report linked smoking with bad health.” In this study, lung cancer was the first cancer to be linked to smoking in between the 1940s – 1950s. It is also the number one cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Between 80 to 90 percent of all lung cancer today is smoking related and there are eight other cancers linked to smoking. According to the CDC, “Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States. Smoking causes more deaths each year than all of these combined, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, and firearm-related incidents.” If smoking cause 480,000 deaths each year in the United States then people should stop smoking. People are still smoking today. Therefore, they don’t care for their health. Smoking can also cause respiratory diseases. About 8,000 people die each year from respiratory diseases from inhaling smoke from cigarettes which can permanently damage their lungs and airways. This is way people
“OMA position paper on second-hand smoke” Nov. 1996 Ontario Medical Association. 16 March 2004 <http://www.oma.org/phealth/2ndsmoke.htm>.
...employers nearly $6,000 a year more than staff who don’t smoke. ("Smoking employees cost $6,000 a year more, study finds - NBC News") The researchers found that more time off, smoking breaks and integrated health care costs were to incriminate for this discrepancy. ("Smokers Cost Employers Thousands More Than Nonsmokers – WebMD") The Office on Smoking and Health reports there are 46,824,800 adult smokers in the United States providing annual net tax revenue from cigarettes of $5,586,000,000. ("Banning Cigarettes") The average individual smokes at least one pack of cigarettes each day. One pack is approximately six dollars, in a year’s time this is a waste of money totaling $2191.50. (“Calculate the cost of smoking” Cancer.org n.d. Web. 11 May 2014)
Smokers are killing themselves. That’s their choice, but does that give us the right to take their right to smoke away? Secondhand smoke may be harmful to everyday people, but there is plenty of other air toxics, and pollutants out there that can cause the same problem as secondhand smoking does. Smoking should be banned in scattered areas. Playgrounds are a huge one. Children are not fully developed and should not be exposed to secondhand smoke. Unfortunately our quality of life is being harmed by the lack of consideration of others because smoking is still allowed in public areas. Smoking should be banned in scattered places because it causes respiratory problems, lung cancer, and oral cancer. It affects others within the area, and pollutes public places making them undesirable.