Imagine you get home and find your five year old holding a cigarette to her mouth, inhaling, zipping and puffing. Strange? Can we blame the little child for aspiring to be like the grown-ups in her life? After all, children are expected to learn from us. Our children can hardly wait to be young adults to start smoking, risking their health to smoke. When our society allows smoking in homes and private smoking areas, what picture are we creating in the mind of our future generation? Cigarettes/tobacco smoking is dangerous to our health, period! There is absolutely no benefit in this habit, only serious harm. If we work toward banning cigarettes/tobacco smoking in the state of Florida, together we will make Florida a healthy state that other
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American Lung Association (2014) stated that, “Non-smokers exposed to secondhand smoke at work are at risk for adverse health effects”. A ban on outdoor smoking at work and in public places will not only result in cleaner air and better health but also increased productivity.
In addition, some pregnant women simply don’t care! If she can harm herself, what is the law doing about the life within her. The effect on unborn children is really terrifying, as most babies’ abuse starts even before they’re born. Most babies having survived low oxygen and increased heart rates while in the womb, come out to battle with birth defects and respiratory problems. “The nicotine, carbon monoxide and numerous other poisons inhaled from cigarettes are carried through the blood stream and go directly to the baby,”(WedMd,2015).
“Heart Disease is the leading cause of the death in the world and smoking is an instigator,” stated Randy Shuck of Bay News 9. Cigarette smoking; however, is the number one cause of preventable diseases and death in the world. Short-term exposure can increase heart attack. In fact, just a brief exposure can actually trigger a heart attack. Lung cancer, COPD, stroke and other cancers and diseases are increasing due to smoking and exposure to it. Studies explained that addiction to smoking started at as early as age fourteen. (Smoking Aloud, 2014) Most smokers had their first cigarette by the age of nine. Currently, over 5% of our high school students are smokers yet Florida has not put an end to this killer. (Smoking Aloud,
American Lung Association (2014) stated that, “Non-smokers exposed to secondhand smoke at work are at risk for adverse health effects”. A ban on outdoor smoking at work and in public places will not only result in cleaner air and better health but also increased productivity.
In addition, some pregnant women simply don’t care! If she can harm herself, what is the law doing about the life within her. The effect on unborn children is really terrifying, as most babies’ abuse starts even before they’re born. Most babies having survived low oxygen and increased heart rates while in the womb, come out to battle with birth defects and respiratory problems. “The nicotine, carbon monoxide and numerous other poisons inhaled from cigarettes are carried through the blood stream and go directly to the baby,”(WedMd,2015).
“Heart Disease is the leading cause of the death in the world and smoking is an instigator,” stated Randy Shuck of Bay News 9. Cigarette smoking; however, is the number one cause of preventable diseases and death in the world. Short-term exposure can increase heart attack. In fact, just a brief exposure can actually trigger a heart attack. Lung cancer, COPD, stroke and other cancers and diseases are increasing due to smoking and exposure to it. Studies explained that addiction to smoking started at as early as age fourteen. (Smoking Aloud, 2014) Most smokers had their first cigarette by the age of nine. Currently, over 5% of our high school students are smokers yet Florida has not put an end to this killer. (Smoking Aloud,