Cigarettes Persuasive Speech

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Topic: Cigarettes should be illegal in the United states
General Purpose: The general purpose is to persuade my audience that cigarettes are bad for your health.
Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech listeners will be able to identify why cigarettes are harmful
Central Idea: The central idea of my speech is show my audience why I believe that cigarettes should be illegal

INTRODUCTION
Image living in a world where marijuana was always legal and in many places still is and cigarettes were always illegal. Sounds crazy doesn’t it. Smoking causes more than 4 in 5 cases of lung cancer. Lung cancer has one of the lowest survival rates of all cancers, and is the most common cause of cancer death in the UK according to an article oncancerreaserchuk.com.
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Secondhand smoke causes numerous health problems in infants and children, including more frequent and severe asthma attacks, respiratory infections, ear infections, and sudden infant death syndrome

B. Don’t believe that because people smoke around you daily and because you don’t participate that your health isn’t compromised
C. (Cite) Between 1964 and 2014, 2.5 million people died from exposure to secondhand smoke, according to a report from the U.S. Surgeon General. The report also concluded that secondhand smoke is a definitive cause of stroke. (Transition:) In conclusion we should want to keep our bodies health and pick up another pastime.

CONCLUSION
I came to you guys today to explain why I believe that cigarettes should be illegal in the U.S I hope some of you have changed your views on cigarettes. Thank you for your time and remember the herbal way is the better way any way.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
1.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. 2014
2.NHS.uk.com smoking and cancer 2013
3.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Report on Carcinogens, Tenth Edition 2002. National Toxicology

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