Persuasive Speech On Lung Cancer

There are, and have been many illnesses that humanity has had to face throughout the centuries. Lung cancer, and other types of cancers are one of the worst afflictions that humanity has had in decades. According to the American Lung Association lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in the United States for both men, and women (Lung Cancer Fact Sheet). Although lung cancer is one of the deadliest cancers with a survival rate of only 17.8% in the “five years survival rate”, there are still many steps that can be taken to prevent it (Lung Cancer Fact Sheet). Simply making small changes in your personal life style can have a tremendous impact on whether you will have a greater chance of getting lung cancer or your chances being reduced. There …show more content…
According to the American Lung Association approximately 158,040 people in the United Sates alone will die from lung cancer in 2015 (Lung Cancer Fact Sheet). The epidemic of lung cancer death is not just isolated to the United States, roughly one million eight hundred thousand new cases (1.8million) in 2012 alone, and one million six hundred thousand (1.6million) death in 2012 alone (Lung Cancer Fact Sheet). The amount of people who die yearly of lung cancer in the United States is tremendous enough, but the amount of death around the world because of this illness is outrageous. There are many things in our environment that increase the chance of a person getting lung cancer that are out of the control of the individual, but there are also small life changes that a person can make to lessen their chances of getting lung …show more content…
Smocking hookah has also been proven to increase the possibility of a person developing lung cancer. According to Aljarrah, K. (2009) the use of hookah is actually more dangerous than smoking cigarette for several reasons. For one the perception hat many people have about hookah is wrong, many people believe that hookah is not as harmful as cigarette, because the smoke gets filter in the water, which is false (Aljarrah, K. 2009). The use of hookah’s can also transfer other disease, because of the use of the same mouthpiece that people share when they are smoking in a group. Another astonishing fact about hookahs is that a single puff of Hookah is equal to ten puff of a cigarette (Aljarrah, K. 2009). Lastly, according to the study hookah smoking contains “thirty-six times the amount of nicotine and higher concentrations of heavy metals” (Aljarrah, K. 2009). This means that you are getting much more nicotine with a single puff of a hookah than you would from a cigarette puff, as well as getting metal particulars into your lungs, which will increase your chances of lung cancer. Smoking hookahs, and cigarette are things that we as individual can control, but there are also many things in society that increase the chances of us developing lung cancer that are out of our