Smoking needs to stop
Smoking Needs To Stop
Smoking causes death and burns the world down around us slowly, its time to stop the flames. I bet most of you cant remember the last time you ever saw a commercial on television trying to promote the use of cigarettes. Chances are you don’t remember or you have never even seen one before. Big Tobacco is to blame for much of today’s youth smoking. Cigarettes should never make it on the racks behind the counter at any store much less to any childs lips. The idea created by the tobacco industry that “smoking is cool” is creating a terrible image for our children and their future. Yet the American tobacco industry is still among the nations highest profiting industries in agriculture to date, but also produces one of the most harmful products sold to man and earth. Meanwhile smoking is the number one cause of lung disease; cancers, heart disease, and emphysema. So why is it still legal and sold everyday if its such a global killer? Smoking has a negative impact on everything; not just those who smoke. The environment is greatly disturbed and ruined everyday from the carcinogenic gas emitted by smoking.
When I was in high school 10 years ago, it seemed as if everyone I knew smoked at some point. Today, more than 600,000 middle school students and 3 million high school students smoke cigarettes (Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults). Just driving up to your local gas station you will probably see a teen smoking. This is becoming a detrimental issue in our society that shouldn’t be over looked any further. I was born and raised in North Carolina, so I’ve seen more advertising for tobacco than probably anyone. The problem I always see is the tobacco companies are saying they only use marketing tactics to aim toward their adult buyers. That has never been the case. Teens are exposed to tobacco influence in music, TV, and magazines. That’s why more teens are smoking before they turn 18. There should be no reason for a 16 year old
Smoking causes death and burns the world down around us slowly, its time to stop the flames. I bet most of you cant remember the last time you ever saw a commercial on television trying to promote the use of cigarettes. Chances are you don’t remember or you have never even seen one before. Big Tobacco is to blame for much of today’s youth smoking. Cigarettes should never make it on the racks behind the counter at any store much less to any childs lips. The idea created by the tobacco industry that “smoking is cool” is creating a terrible image for our children and their future. Yet the American tobacco industry is still among the nations highest profiting industries in agriculture to date, but also produces one of the most harmful products sold to man and earth. Meanwhile smoking is the number one cause of lung disease; cancers, heart disease, and emphysema. So why is it still legal and sold everyday if its such a global killer? Smoking has a negative impact on everything; not just those who smoke. The environment is greatly disturbed and ruined everyday from the carcinogenic gas emitted by smoking.
When I was in high school 10 years ago, it seemed as if everyone I knew smoked at some point. Today, more than 600,000 middle school students and 3 million high school students smoke cigarettes (Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults). Just driving up to your local gas station you will probably see a teen smoking. This is becoming a detrimental issue in our society that shouldn’t be over looked any further. I was born and raised in North Carolina, so I’ve seen more advertising for tobacco than probably anyone. The problem I always see is the tobacco companies are saying they only use marketing tactics to aim toward their adult buyers. That has never been the case. Teens are exposed to tobacco influence in music, TV, and magazines. That’s why more teens are smoking before they turn 18. There should be no reason for a 16 year old
Cited: “Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults”- http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/preventing-youth-tobacco-use/factsheet.html “The Dangers We Face From Tobacco Use”- Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2012 http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/preventing-youth-tobacco-use/exec-summary.pdf http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/tobaccostatistics/a/tobaccofacts.htm “Get the facts…get informed”- http://charmeck.org/mecklenburg/county/healthdepartment/communityhealthservices/tobaccouse/pages/facts.aspx