Why Do Cigarettes Be Banned

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Cigarettes? Band or Banned? This spring I was privileged with the opportunity that many people around the world don 't get to achieve. Turning 18. Becoming 18 in America is a very important stage in life especially as an African-american male. However, not drifting away from the subject at hand, when you turn 18 in South Carolina you are allowed to buy tobacco products. As some of us may know, the leading tobacco product that causes cancer is: cigarettes. Although compared to drugs such as marijuana, which can cause hallucinogenic reactions over time. Tobacco may cause cancerous tolls on your body(which is the main side effect/cause of tobacco cigarettes). As a child I watched my grandfather (father 's dad) and my grandad (mom 's dad) go

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