Should Teenagers Be Allowed To Vote At 18?

The smoking age currently is 18, and with that age typically comes a whole new set of responsibilities like signing up for the draft, being able to vote, and the ability to smoke legally. With most of these newfound responsibilities, you are educated on what to do. How to pay your taxes, how to sign up for a voting registration, etc.. But no one ever tells adolescents the downsides of smoking before their body has fully matured. The lungs are not done fully growing until teens are around 21, causing the toxins in a cigarette to stunt the growth and cause problems. The brain is also still under development, so smoking can cause a reaction in teens and cause addiction more than in adult brains.
The lungs are a necessary organ in order for humans to thrive and survive, since they are the main star of helping us breathe. When a person, let alone a teen, starts to put toxins in their body that go straight to the lungs and pulmonary arteries, it can cause some major problems with their respiratory system. The lungs will be stunted in their growth, since they are typically not done fully maturing until the age 21. The nicotine in a cigarette, …show more content…
Society says that smoking in adolescent years is cool, and acceptable to smoke. The world also says that nothing bad will happen, and addiction is an off-chance. These statements are wrong, since it has been proven that addiction has a higher probability in teens than adults. Society also says that the human body will not actually break down functions and have a harsh reaction to the chemicals and toxins in cigarettes, but that’s a lie. The lungs stop growing, blood gets sticky and hard to pump through veins and the heart, and cancer becomes a very real possibility. Society and others that say smoking is cool have obviously not been educated on the