Smoking… some see it as something that is cool; some see it as a stress reliever; many don’t see the problems that it possesses! Smoking is proven to destroy the body in multiple fashions; it affects the mind and body of the person smoking. Stopping smoking in places frequented by children; educate people of the dangers of smoking, and abolish secondhand smoking for good should be a top priority. Although any normal conversation or essay about smoking typically would highlight the effects on the smoker in great detail, the problems with second hand smoking are worthy of discussion.
Given a public park at most times, visible to anyone would be children laughing and frolicking, adults watching them, and the smell of smoke dancing through the air. This smell may be faint or fresh but either way it is doing damage to those people. On one hand, the smoke is just smoke: it may be old or fresh but still how could it be …show more content…
Hundreds of these chemicals are toxic or deadly. In fact, nearly 40,000 people die prematurely from secondhand smoking annually. In addition, about 70 of these chemicals contain cancer causing carcinogens! These chemicals aren’t received most of the time by smokers, but the innocent people around them. Secondhand smoking in infants causes many health problems including respiratory infections, ear infections, asthma, and SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). Not only are babies affected by secondhand smoking, adults are too! The CDC states that some of the health problems in adults include strokes, lung cancer, and coronary heart disease. Secondhand smoking creates a 20-30 percent greater chance of having a stroke, and more than 8,000 people die from strokes caused by secondhand smoking. Secondhand smoking is truly worse than many people believe it to be. We need a plan to save the world from the dangers of secondhand
Given a public park at most times, visible to anyone would be children laughing and frolicking, adults watching them, and the smell of smoke dancing through the air. This smell may be faint or fresh but either way it is doing damage to those people. On one hand, the smoke is just smoke: it may be old or fresh but still how could it be …show more content…
Hundreds of these chemicals are toxic or deadly. In fact, nearly 40,000 people die prematurely from secondhand smoking annually. In addition, about 70 of these chemicals contain cancer causing carcinogens! These chemicals aren’t received most of the time by smokers, but the innocent people around them. Secondhand smoking in infants causes many health problems including respiratory infections, ear infections, asthma, and SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). Not only are babies affected by secondhand smoking, adults are too! The CDC states that some of the health problems in adults include strokes, lung cancer, and coronary heart disease. Secondhand smoking creates a 20-30 percent greater chance of having a stroke, and more than 8,000 people die from strokes caused by secondhand smoking. Secondhand smoking is truly worse than many people believe it to be. We need a plan to save the world from the dangers of secondhand