Final Paper Smoking 
Cedrina Lisenby
Amy Stewart
English III
September 12, 2014
Smoking Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body. According to Donald Linberg of MedlinePlus, smoking causes 87 percent of lung cancer deaths. Smoking can cause cancer almost anywhere in the body. This includes the bladder, stomach, liver, kidney, etc. Smoking also causes cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and many other health issues. Cigarette smoke has over 7,000 chemicals, and 69 of them cause cancer. Smoking is a huge problem and needs more awareness immediately because it causes lung cancer, it is killing nonsmokers and it is very addictive. Smoking causes lung cancer. Lung cancer is the leading cause of death in the United States. “Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States”(CDC). People who smoke have a greater risk of developing lung cancer. Lung cancer increases depending on the length of time and the number of cigarettes that has been smoked. Smoking causes lung disease by damaging airways and air sacs in the lungs. Helping the world create a 100% smoke-free environment is the only way to stop lung cancer and the other numerous diseases that is cause by smoking cigarettes. As of 2014, the lung cancer deaths of men are 86,930 and for women it is 72,330(ACS). Those are incredibly high numbers. Women are more likely to get lung cancer from smoking than men are. These numbers need to be taken into consideration and need to be lowered significantly. Smoking is killing nonsmokers due to the secondhand smoke. Smoking not only harms the smoker; it harms the people that are around them. This is called secondhand smoke. “More than 42,000 people a year, including 900 infants die from secondhand smoke”(Tieng). That’s 600,000 lives lost and 600,000 lives that could have been prevented if people knew the depths of their actions. People who are around a person who smokes has a higher risk of dying than the person who is actually smoking the cigarette.
Amy Stewart
English III
September 12, 2014
Smoking Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body. According to Donald Linberg of MedlinePlus, smoking causes 87 percent of lung cancer deaths. Smoking can cause cancer almost anywhere in the body. This includes the bladder, stomach, liver, kidney, etc. Smoking also causes cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and many other health issues. Cigarette smoke has over 7,000 chemicals, and 69 of them cause cancer. Smoking is a huge problem and needs more awareness immediately because it causes lung cancer, it is killing nonsmokers and it is very addictive. Smoking causes lung cancer. Lung cancer is the leading cause of death in the United States. “Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States”(CDC). People who smoke have a greater risk of developing lung cancer. Lung cancer increases depending on the length of time and the number of cigarettes that has been smoked. Smoking causes lung disease by damaging airways and air sacs in the lungs. Helping the world create a 100% smoke-free environment is the only way to stop lung cancer and the other numerous diseases that is cause by smoking cigarettes. As of 2014, the lung cancer deaths of men are 86,930 and for women it is 72,330(ACS). Those are incredibly high numbers. Women are more likely to get lung cancer from smoking than men are. These numbers need to be taken into consideration and need to be lowered significantly. Smoking is killing nonsmokers due to the secondhand smoke. Smoking not only harms the smoker; it harms the people that are around them. This is called secondhand smoke. “More than 42,000 people a year, including 900 infants die from secondhand smoke”(Tieng). That’s 600,000 lives lost and 600,000 lives that could have been prevented if people knew the depths of their actions. People who are around a person who smokes has a higher risk of dying than the person who is actually smoking the cigarette.
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