Cigarettes have been a detriment to society for as long as they have been around. Before the 60’s cigarettes were advertised to everyone and were even prescribed by doctors. I will be doing my essay over an anti cigarette campaign that was brought to my attention through a commercial about children and the detrimental effects of secondhand smoke on their health. A student at the Arts Institute of Tampa named Dominic Smith made the commercial. This video with the title “Anti Smoking Commercial” can be found on Dominic’s YouTube channel. In this commercial, a child is shown as she grows up around a parent who is a heavy smoker. This video accurately shows the negative effects that secondhand smoke creates, as the child grows older. Many children
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Many children are blessed whit that luxurious lifestyle but sadly many kids are not. This video starts out with a young girl who is perfectly healthy but her mom has just recently picked up a smoking addiction. The commercial later cuts to a few years in the future where the girl now has an inhaler tied to her neck that stays there till the end of the video where the girl is 22. This shows the viewer that she will most likely have life long asthma due to her mother’s blatant disregard of her daughter’s health. Asthma is also another one of the many detrimental effects that so many children have to go through due to secondhand smoke exposure. For many children asthma is a daily routine that they have to deal with and “Asthma attacks are perhaps the most well-known health effect of secondhand smoke exposure among children. Secondhand smoke exposure increases the frequency of episodes and the severity of symptoms in asthmatic children. The EPA estimates that 200,000 to 1,000,000 asthmatic children have their condition worsened by exposure to secondhand smoke” ("Health Effects Of Secondhand Smoke On Children). Many children are handicapped by this asthma and are unable to participate in every day life activates such as recreational sports, playing outside and literally being able to breathing. The asthma however, …show more content…
Normally starting out as a social event and can eventually end in huge medical bills, painful and time consuming medical treatments and even death. Cigarette addiction is extremely powerful and does not cater to age, race, sexual orientation, or gender. However, when an adult exposes their child to secondhand smoke they become more than just a smoker, they become a actual source of cancer and pain to their children. This video was made to show smoking parents how selfish and detrimental they are being toward their child. Secondhand smoke is a very real issue and should not be taken lightly because it kills thousands every single year. Weather it be lung cancer, asthma, heart disease, or just a chance of future addiction smoking kills millions. Children deserve a better life and should be given a chance to live a normal, healthy and smoke free life. Please do not be a parent who wrongly subjects their children to the life threatening effects of secondhand
Many children are blessed whit that luxurious lifestyle but sadly many kids are not. This video starts out with a young girl who is perfectly healthy but her mom has just recently picked up a smoking addiction. The commercial later cuts to a few years in the future where the girl now has an inhaler tied to her neck that stays there till the end of the video where the girl is 22. This shows the viewer that she will most likely have life long asthma due to her mother’s blatant disregard of her daughter’s health. Asthma is also another one of the many detrimental effects that so many children have to go through due to secondhand smoke exposure. For many children asthma is a daily routine that they have to deal with and “Asthma attacks are perhaps the most well-known health effect of secondhand smoke exposure among children. Secondhand smoke exposure increases the frequency of episodes and the severity of symptoms in asthmatic children. The EPA estimates that 200,000 to 1,000,000 asthmatic children have their condition worsened by exposure to secondhand smoke” ("Health Effects Of Secondhand Smoke On Children). Many children are handicapped by this asthma and are unable to participate in every day life activates such as recreational sports, playing outside and literally being able to breathing. The asthma however, …show more content…
Normally starting out as a social event and can eventually end in huge medical bills, painful and time consuming medical treatments and even death. Cigarette addiction is extremely powerful and does not cater to age, race, sexual orientation, or gender. However, when an adult exposes their child to secondhand smoke they become more than just a smoker, they become a actual source of cancer and pain to their children. This video was made to show smoking parents how selfish and detrimental they are being toward their child. Secondhand smoke is a very real issue and should not be taken lightly because it kills thousands every single year. Weather it be lung cancer, asthma, heart disease, or just a chance of future addiction smoking kills millions. Children deserve a better life and should be given a chance to live a normal, healthy and smoke free life. Please do not be a parent who wrongly subjects their children to the life threatening effects of secondhand