Smoking Informative Speech

Intro * The world Health Organization did a study that shows tobacco kills more than 6 million people each year. More than 5 million of these deaths are a result of direct tobacco use and 600,000 are the result of second hand smoke. * I have been smoking for 9-10 years now and I know just because you hear these figures does not mean you are going to quit smoking. * Some of the dangers of smoking are nicotine is very addictive, smoking causes health problems and smoking is harmful to nonsmokers.

Body * Nicotine is the most addictive drug. It is more addictive than heroin because is large doses nicotine can be deadly. * Nicotine creates pleasant feelings that make the smoker want to smoke more. * It acts on the
* If the smoker does not smoke again withdrawal symptoms start to kick in. * These symptoms include irritability, nervousness, headaches and trouble sleeping. * The true marker for addiction is when people continue to smoke when they know smoking is bad for them and the people around them

* Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body and diminishes a person's overall health. * Smoking causes cancer of the lung, mouth, throat, kidneys, bladder, stomach, cervix and leukemia. * Smoking also causes heart disease, stroke, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, asthma, hip fractures and cataracts. * A pregnant smoker is at higher risk of having her baby born too early and with a abnormally low birth weight.

* Secondhand smoke also called environmental tobacco smoke is a combination of sidestream smoke and mainstream smoke. * The international Agency of Research on Cancer classifies secondhand smoke as a known cancer-causing agent and the U.S, Surgeon General estimates that living with a smoker increases a nonsmokers chances of developing lung cancer by 20 to 30 person. * Secondhand smoke causes disease and premature death in nonsmoking adults and