Persuasive Essay On Stop The Smoking

Stop The Smoke

It 's a nice brisk morning and you just parked your car at one of the few parking spots left on campus. As you begin to start walking across the parking lot you catch a smell of something terrible, with disgust you find that a fellow student is sitting in their car smoking a cigarette. The school rules say no smoking on campus and yet it is allowed in the parking lot which is hypocritical. All the other rules of the school apply to the parking lot so how come the parking lot is not considered part of the school when it comes to smoking cigarettes, and if that rule is applied to the parking lot then why do the on duty security officers do nothing to enforce that rule? After all cigarettes are terrible to the smoker 's health,

According to webmd.com (2) “A new study shows that genetic damage associated with lung and other types of cancer associated with smoking became apparent within 15-30 minutes of inhaling cigarette smoke.” Cigarettes also according to webmb.com(2) states “results showed that within 15-30 minutes after the volunteers smoked the cigarettes, the PAH quickly formed a toxic substance in the blood that is known to damage DNA and cause genetic mutations that lead to cancer. These results provide the first direct evidence for human metabolic activation of a PAH delivered in cigarette smoke and indicate the potential for immediate genetic damage in a cigarette smoke. Cigarettes also have long term effect to the user as well according to drugfree.org (3) “It is now well documented that smoking can cause chronic lung disease, coronary heart disease, and stroke, as well as cancer of the lungs, larynx, esophagus, mouth, and bladder. In addition, smoking is known to contribute to cancer of the cervix, pancreas, and kidneys. Researchers have identified more than 40 chemicals in tobacco smoke that cause cancer in humans and