Stop Smoking

Vanise Timothee
4/28/11
Time to Stop Smoking!
OUTLINE
Specific Purpose: to persuade audience members that are smokers to quit smoking and inform those that aren’t smokers why they shouldn’t start.
Introduction
I. So last year I went to my friends Fourth of July party in Brooklyn. It was alright the music was hot tons of people danced and there were plenty of drinks. A. I was enjoying myself up until she asked me to come hang with her and a group of friends out on the patio. B. Of course I agreed to go but I later regretted it once I realized all they were doing out there was smoking cigarettes and marijuana. I stood there feeling uncomfortable then someone noticed and offered me a stick. C. At that very moment I had two options I could accept the cigarette and pretend to be a smoker just to please my friend or I could insult her by leaving her there. What decision would you have made? II. Almost everyone knows how harmful smoking is to the human body and if smoking is the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death, then why is it that there is a consistency of new smokers picking up such a deadly habit. A. Like many of you I live among and have friend that are smokers, but because I want them in my life for as long as possible, I am fully motivated to do whatever is necessary to help them. III. You will learn by the end of this speech how smoking affects your health, the people around you, and ways you can quit.

Body I. A smoker may not appear unhealthy when you look at them because most of the damage being done is internally. A. Whether it’s a cigarette, pipe or a cigar each time they inhale the fumes their life expectancy rate decreases and their chance of dying from a disease increases. B. Smokers are so concerned with feeling satisfied by pleasure at that very moment that they fail to concern themselves with the long term effects that come with smoking. The lungs, heart, and mouth are only a couple of the bodies’ organs that are damaged by smoking. 1. Smokers are ten time more likely to get chronic lung or mouth cancer, emphysema, stroke and heart attacks. 2. If 10 million packs of cigarettes are sold every minute then every 10 seconds some dies from the use of tobacco. II. Just because you are a non-smoker that doesn’t guarantee that you’re exempt from getting the same diseases that a pack a day smoker is bound to get. A. Second hand smoke is a combination of the smoke that’s coming from the end of a lit cigarette and the smoke that’s being exhaled by the smoker. B. Exposure to second hand smoke is a serious health risk to people of all ages. C. People who are frequently exposed to second hand smoke will be prone to suffering from lung cancer and coronary heart disease. 1. Researchers found that 800,000 children under the age of 18 are exposed to second hand smoke on a regular basis. 2. Babies dying from sudden infant death syndrome and children developing asthma are results of second hand smoke.

III. An addiction is very hard to beat, but with all the help that is out there waiting for you to take advantage of you, haven’t got an excuse not to take up such an opportunity. A. There are websites like www.smokefree.gov and www.becomeanex.org designed to guide you in how to quit smoking. B. There are products in the market like Nicorette to help you satisfy your craving for nicotine and fight your urge to smoke. 1. You don’t have to do it alone, in fact statistic show that when people who quit smoking in groups, it reduces their chance of smoking again by 60%. 2. Support groups and counseling hotlines like 1-800-QUIT-NOW were put in place to make sure that you succeed in never smoking again.

Conclusion I. We all know now that smoking now that isn’t the way to go if you want to live a life where you can look good and be healthy. II. So why is that we are ignoring that fact that there are still millions of people out there still smoking. These people are people who you go to school, who you work with, who live with you in your home. III. They all have the same problem and the only way to really solve this problem is if every smoker in this country quits. IV. This is not something that can happen in one day, not even one year, but if we strive more, if we encourage and support all of friends, family members and coworkers, to get the help they need in order to quit then overtime smoking will just become a thing of the past.

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Website that help : http://www.smokefree.gov/, http://www.becomeanex.org
Products:
Counselling Hotline: 1-800-QUIT-NOW hotline offers telephone tobacco counseling and tips