These people have stomas and now have a huge hole in their throat. This commercial is targeting smokers and potential smokers as well. This is made clear by looking at their website where the CDC states, “The Tips from Former Smokers campaign features real people suffering as a result of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke. Their compelling stories send a powerful message: Quit smoking now. Or better yet — don’t start” (Tips From Former Smokers).
More or less it’s been good and bad. I ask why hasn’t marijuana been legalized across the country only because America has accepted much worse. There are substances sold daily that are far more damaging to the people of United States and its communities. Alcohol and tobacco is a substance that can cause long-term and short-term damage to the body. Alcohol alone can cause “high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, liver disease, digestive problems” as well as depression, anxiety, and more (Alcohol and Public Health, 2014).
)Marijuana use is WRONG-whatever one's moral beliefs about pot, marijuana laws have caused far more harm than marijuana use itself: marijuana prohibition drained precious criminal justice resources from our communities, made it difficult to keep pot from our children, and destroyed the lives and families of otherwise law abiding citizens 2.) "Marijuana regulation would send the wrong message to teens"- Regulation wuld REDUCE teen access to marijuana by taking it off the streets, regulating it, and sending adults to prison if they sell pot to young people. According to the White Houe, more than half of US teens try pot before graduationg from high school. In the Netherlands, where marijuana use is regulated, teen marijuana use dropped to only
Parents who smoke are setting bad examples for their children, and not only that, but the smoke coming from the cigarette the parent is smoking can reach the child’s lungs and give them extreme health risks, especially when it comes to its effect on the heart and blood vessels. According to new research done by scientists, the spouse and children of a smoker may suffer almost as much as the one actually smoking the cigarette ("love your family?" 88). Sure, smoking can increase human’s health risks, but more than that, people are dying at a rate of 438,000 deaths each year only in the United States, and 300,000 of those deaths are people who are 65 years and
Lung cancer, bronchitis, and heart diseases are all effects of smoking tobacco. Smoking tobacco can also cause changes in mood and rotting of the teeth. These effects are especially bad the younger the smoker, as it can very easily stunt or damage children’s development. Use of tobacco by teenagers is increasing each year. As stated by The American Lung Association, nearly 6,000 children under the age 18 start smoking, and about 2,000 will become regular smokers.
Title of Presentation: Why People Shouldn’t Smoke Name of Presenter: xxxx Description of Business Audience: The audience members for this presentation are employees of ABC Company who need to quit smoking. As part of the company’s health and wellness initiative, I am here to persuade them to quit smoking. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: A shocking statistic: Did you know that smoking is the most preventable cause of disease and premature death in America?
These percentages are extremely high and it almost seems as if people are happy with paying towards their own deaths. Many people don’t realize how serious the effects of smoking actually are, it not only affects the smoker, but the people around the smoker by secondhand smoke, also known as environmental tobacco smoke. Exposure to secondhand smoke does cause cancer as nonsmokers inhale the smoke. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP), the U.S. Surgeon General, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have classified secondhand smoke as a known “human carcinogen (cancer-causing agent)”.
3,400 of the secondhand smoking deaths are from lung cancer and 46,000 deaths are from heart disease (American Cancer Society). Of all the people secondhand smoke impacts, children are the ones that suffer the most serious consequences. Sudden infant death syndrome, increased respiratory tract infections, and impaired lung function growth are all serious health issues found in children due to secondhand smoke (Possible Identification). All of these negative effects caused by smoking show that smoking can no longer continue in the daily lives of Americans. The best solution to prevent smoking is to advertise
Smoking is the largest cause of preventable death in the world and 90% of lung cancer patients developed lung cancer because of smoking. There are around 400 chemicals inside a cigarette and a large amount of it is toxic to your body. A few examples of chemicals are benzene (found in crude oil), Acetone (An ingredient in nail polish), turpentine (paint thinner) and nicotine, a highly addictive drug. Smoking contributes to your risk of coronary heart disease. This disease increases your likelihood or having a heart attack.
Prescription drugs can get you just as high or even worst then weed. Statistics show that people become more addicted to the drugs they get from there own medicine cabinet then the drugs they buy off the corner drug man. I get how the government wants to try and put an end to crack heads and addicts but that will never happen in the world today cause there are so many ways to get high . The top 5 heavenly drugs are : 1. NICOTINE - millions and millions of people smoke cigarettes everyday that contain nicotine .Did you know smoking tobacco causes chemical and structural changes in the brain and is nicotine illegal... NO !