Smoking Is Bad

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Ashley Guzman September 22, 2011 Eng 099 The article “Smoking is bad for everyone” by Sally Chen mainly speaks about the consequences of smoking. Sally mentions how companies tend to profit from peoples death and how the “No one under 18” sign is taken as a joke. As mentioned in the article “Politicians use the tax money on their favorite programs, which are designed to attract more voters.” Also said in the article is that no matter how high the price may be smokers wouldn’t quit. Although Sally Chen has her points about smoking, I agree with the fact lax enforcement of underage smoking needs to be addressed. Reason in being is because it’s not healthy; especially if you start at a young age it’ll affect more as you get older. No matter what teenagers always find a way to get a hold of a cigarette. They could just ask anybody in the streets for one and most would give it to them. I agree with Chen; it’s way too easy for teenagers to get a hold of at least on cigarette. They could easily go to the nearest grocery store and most of them give it to the teenagers like nothing. The “No one under 18” sign doesn’t really mean anything to people because kids who are 12 or 13 etc… would be seen outside smoking. I guess the media, advertisement, and peer-pressure or just seeing other people do it makes the teenagers wanting to try it. There are a lot of celebrities who smoke or play the role of a smoker and teenagers tend to look up to them and think it’s cool to smoke. Advertisements probably say “Smoking these cigarettes makes you cool” and because of that, people would buy the product. During this year, a two year old from china was known to be the youngest smoker alive. The parents of Liang Liang gave him the first cigarette at the age of 1.5 to relieve pain. Doctors told the parents of Liang Liang if he continues to smoke he might not be even able to live
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