Death From Squares
Every year hundreds of thousands of people die from smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes cause more than 480,000 deaths per year (Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking). Cigarettes ruin slowly but surely the lives of numerous smokers and even nonsmokers. Cigarettes should be illegal because of the products in cigarettes, the damages they cause to the human body, the negative effects they have on pregnancy, how addictive they are, and how they affect nonsmokers. With the banishing of cigarettes the world would be a much healthier and safer place for everyone.
One reason why cigarettes should be illegal is because of the harmful substances in cigarettes. The majority of people who smoke cigarettes aren’t even aware of what they’re …show more content…
Many people smoke a couple of cigarettes and before they know it they’re hooked and can’t shake the bad habit of smoking cigarettes. The product in cigarettes that get people addicted is nicotine. Nicotine is not one of the cancerous products in cigarettes, nicotine is what makes smokers addicted (Is Smoking Really Addictive?). There is a huge psychological connection between the mind and nicotine, this is what often causes relapses after one does quit smoking (Is Smoking Really Addictive?). Nicotine is a poison, in small doses nicotine is extremely hard to shake. About 70 percent of smokers say they want to quit and about half try to quit each year however, only 4 percent succeed without help (Is Smoking Really Addictive?). Of the 45 million people who smoke, each year about 16 million try to kick the habit, but only 1.2 million actually stop smoking (Parker-pope 137). While nicotine does appear in other products, the main product nicotine is in is cigarettes. If cigarettes were to be illegal, people wouldn’t take in the usual amount of nicotine they do now, which means less …show more content…
Cigarettes have a lot of negative effects on smokers and nonsmokers, while they have absolutely no benefits. Cigarettes should be illegal because of the products in cigarettes, the damages they cause to the human body, the negative effects they have on pregnancy, how addictive they are, and how they affect nonsmokers. In a perfect world, no cigarettes would be amazing. However, we live in a world where cigarettes are a big part of everyone’s life. Making cigarettes illegal would be the closest thing to living in a perfect world. If cigarettes were illegal so many people would live longer and reduce the chances of getting cancer. Cigarettes should be
Every year hundreds of thousands of people die from smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes cause more than 480,000 deaths per year (Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking). Cigarettes ruin slowly but surely the lives of numerous smokers and even nonsmokers. Cigarettes should be illegal because of the products in cigarettes, the damages they cause to the human body, the negative effects they have on pregnancy, how addictive they are, and how they affect nonsmokers. With the banishing of cigarettes the world would be a much healthier and safer place for everyone.
One reason why cigarettes should be illegal is because of the harmful substances in cigarettes. The majority of people who smoke cigarettes aren’t even aware of what they’re …show more content…
Many people smoke a couple of cigarettes and before they know it they’re hooked and can’t shake the bad habit of smoking cigarettes. The product in cigarettes that get people addicted is nicotine. Nicotine is not one of the cancerous products in cigarettes, nicotine is what makes smokers addicted (Is Smoking Really Addictive?). There is a huge psychological connection between the mind and nicotine, this is what often causes relapses after one does quit smoking (Is Smoking Really Addictive?). Nicotine is a poison, in small doses nicotine is extremely hard to shake. About 70 percent of smokers say they want to quit and about half try to quit each year however, only 4 percent succeed without help (Is Smoking Really Addictive?). Of the 45 million people who smoke, each year about 16 million try to kick the habit, but only 1.2 million actually stop smoking (Parker-pope 137). While nicotine does appear in other products, the main product nicotine is in is cigarettes. If cigarettes were to be illegal, people wouldn’t take in the usual amount of nicotine they do now, which means less …show more content…
Cigarettes have a lot of negative effects on smokers and nonsmokers, while they have absolutely no benefits. Cigarettes should be illegal because of the products in cigarettes, the damages they cause to the human body, the negative effects they have on pregnancy, how addictive they are, and how they affect nonsmokers. In a perfect world, no cigarettes would be amazing. However, we live in a world where cigarettes are a big part of everyone’s life. Making cigarettes illegal would be the closest thing to living in a perfect world. If cigarettes were illegal so many people would live longer and reduce the chances of getting cancer. Cigarettes should be