Persuasive Essay On Tobacco Use

“Chew tobacco, Chew tobacco, chew tobacco, spit”, this is a line is in the song “Boys Round Here” by famous country artist Blake Shelton. This shows how tobacco use is being promoted even in songs now. One of the major problems in the U.S.A is the use of tobacco product, whether is cigarettes, chew, snuff, cigars or in any other of the many tobacco products. My group and I are creating a facebook page to bring awareness to the public about the risks involving tobacco and the availability to minors. “Tobacco is a green, leafy plant that is grown in warm climates. After it is picked, it is dried, ground up, and used in different ways. It can be smoked in a cigarette, pipe, or cigar. It can be chewed (called smokeless tobacco or chewing tobacco)

“For the longest time chewing tobacco was mostly used by older men, it wasn’t until between 1900-1991 that boys 18-21 started to chew tobacco. Presently, 3% of adults and 8% of high school students in the U.S. are current spit tobacco users. Although prevalence rates in Utah are lower at 1.6% and 4.9% respectively, they are far from trivial. High school males have the highest spit tobacco rate of 13.6% in the nation and 7.1% in Utah. During 2005, the five largest tobacco manufacturers spent a new record of $250.79 million on smokeless tobacco advertising and promotion, versus the previous record of $238.68 million in 2001("History of Smokeless Tobacco." Utah Tobacco Prevention and Control Program.).” Now everywhere you look you can see someone with chewing tobacco.

Smoking is a worldwide problem, the countries that smoke most are China, Russia and the U.S. China number one smoking country while Russia is second and U.S. is third. The states the smoke the most in the united states are Kentucky with 30.2 percent of the people smoking and number two is West Virginia with 29.9 percent of their population smoking. Ohio is number 5 with roughly 25 percent of the population smoking. In Licking County 25 percent of the population smokes, that 's one in every four

Smoking can cause lung and throat cancer as well as lung problems and yellowing of the teeth. Smokeless tobacco can cause mouth cancer, tooth decay and also stomach ulcers. On our facebook page we are giving facts and showing the public what a person looks like after smoking and using chewing tobacco. Our most recent post said, “Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Smoking leads to disease, disability and nearly harms every organ in the body (CDC, 2015. Para. 1 and 2). Do you know what you 're putting in your body? "Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known cancer-causing (carcinogenic) compounds and 400 other toxins. These cigarette ingredients include nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide, as well as formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and DDT. Nicotine is highly addictive," (Quit Smoking Support, 2016. Para. 1). Smokeless tobacco is equally as harmful. Smokeless tobacco contains Polonium 210 (nuclear waste), N-Nitrosamines (cancer-causing), Formaldehyde (embalming fluid) Nicotine (addictive drug), Cadmium (used in batteries and nuclear reactor shields), Cyanide (poisonous compound), Arsenic (poinsonous metallic element), Benzene (used in insecticides and motor fuels), and Lead (nerve poison),( American Academy of Otolaryngology, 2016, Para. 7). Sounds healthy right? WRONG! It 's time to quit! Do it for you,