Cigarettes Kill
Is smoking cigarettes really worth it? I mean come on, the only thing you are doing to yourself is killing yourself slowly. Smoking causes a lot of bad effects on humans. People all over the world have different views on whether smoking should be banned or not. Some people think “Well, it’s their body, they can do what they want to it!”, honestly, I totally and utterly disagree with that. I think that it should be banned because it doesn’t just affect them as an individual, but others as well.
Cigarette smoking poses a lot of danger to not just the smoker and their wallet but the individuals around them. According to National Health Council (2014, Why you should stop smoking section, para. 2), second-hand smoking is just as harmful to nonsmokers as it is to smokers who actually do the smoking. Secondhand smoking causes all sorts of cancer just like smoking a cigarette does. Do you really want to harm people like that? Your kids, or someone else 's kids will be inhaling all those terrifying chemicals into their body, which …show more content…
Some of them say “My life is so stressful that I need to smoke a cigarette sometimes.” You know, there are so many other ways to take down your stress level, such as therapy, taking time to yourself, talking to a friend or someone close, etc. There is always more ways than just one to solve an issue. Now and then you’ll hear this excuse, “It’s an addiction, I can’t stop it.” Oh please, they have the power to stop smoking if they have the will. People have to realize that stopping an addiction will be hard, but can happen and make their lives so much better. Mostly in teenagers you will hear this nonsense, “Well everybody else is doing it so why shouldn’t I?”. This is why I say you have an influence on everyone around you, especially the ones who don’t fully understand the consequences of their
Is smoking cigarettes really worth it? I mean come on, the only thing you are doing to yourself is killing yourself slowly. Smoking causes a lot of bad effects on humans. People all over the world have different views on whether smoking should be banned or not. Some people think “Well, it’s their body, they can do what they want to it!”, honestly, I totally and utterly disagree with that. I think that it should be banned because it doesn’t just affect them as an individual, but others as well.
Cigarette smoking poses a lot of danger to not just the smoker and their wallet but the individuals around them. According to National Health Council (2014, Why you should stop smoking section, para. 2), second-hand smoking is just as harmful to nonsmokers as it is to smokers who actually do the smoking. Secondhand smoking causes all sorts of cancer just like smoking a cigarette does. Do you really want to harm people like that? Your kids, or someone else 's kids will be inhaling all those terrifying chemicals into their body, which …show more content…
Some of them say “My life is so stressful that I need to smoke a cigarette sometimes.” You know, there are so many other ways to take down your stress level, such as therapy, taking time to yourself, talking to a friend or someone close, etc. There is always more ways than just one to solve an issue. Now and then you’ll hear this excuse, “It’s an addiction, I can’t stop it.” Oh please, they have the power to stop smoking if they have the will. People have to realize that stopping an addiction will be hard, but can happen and make their lives so much better. Mostly in teenagers you will hear this nonsense, “Well everybody else is doing it so why shouldn’t I?”. This is why I say you have an influence on everyone around you, especially the ones who don’t fully understand the consequences of their