If teens knew what smoking would do to them would they still smoke? If they knew that they could die just by picking picking up a little habit would still try it it? Approximately 440,000 Americans die each year from diseases related to smoking (Teen smoking.com). If that many Americans are dying from smoking why are we letting our young Americans smoke? There should be much stricter laws that make tobacco products unavailable to underaged teens.
If a teen starts smoking they’re more likely to keep smoking as an adult. 90% of smokers started before the age of 20 and 60% before the age of 13 (Teen smoking.com). Each day 3,800 children under 18 start smoking. That’s 766,500 new teen smokers every year (teen smoking.com). Also kids that around people that do smoke …show more content…
Kids who start smoking during childhood have higher risk of respiratory illness, decreased physical fitness and lung growth (American Lung Association). If smoking continues at this rate 5.6 million of today’s Americans younger than 18 will die from smoking related illnesses (CDC). That’s about 1 in every 13 young Americans. Smoking also causes several autoimmune diseases like Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis (be tobacco free.com). If you have asthma tobacco smoke can trigger an attack or make an attack worse (be tobacco free.com). Smoking can really hurt your health. Cigarettes can hurt you now and later on too.
Rates of teen smoking have gone down. They’re actually the lowest they’ve been in 22 years. From 1991 with 27.5% to 2013 with 15.7 that makes it down by 11.7% (Alexandra Sifferlin). But e-cigarettes are becoming the new thing. E-cigarettes are becoming used more and more by teens. Just from 2011 to 2014 e-cigarettes rating went from 3.3% to 6.8% (Alexandra Sifferlin). 73% of high school students have used e-cigarettes in the last 30 days (Alexandra Sifferlin). All smoking related products should be unable to get by underaged
If a teen starts smoking they’re more likely to keep smoking as an adult. 90% of smokers started before the age of 20 and 60% before the age of 13 (Teen smoking.com). Each day 3,800 children under 18 start smoking. That’s 766,500 new teen smokers every year (teen smoking.com). Also kids that around people that do smoke …show more content…
Kids who start smoking during childhood have higher risk of respiratory illness, decreased physical fitness and lung growth (American Lung Association). If smoking continues at this rate 5.6 million of today’s Americans younger than 18 will die from smoking related illnesses (CDC). That’s about 1 in every 13 young Americans. Smoking also causes several autoimmune diseases like Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis (be tobacco free.com). If you have asthma tobacco smoke can trigger an attack or make an attack worse (be tobacco free.com). Smoking can really hurt your health. Cigarettes can hurt you now and later on too.
Rates of teen smoking have gone down. They’re actually the lowest they’ve been in 22 years. From 1991 with 27.5% to 2013 with 15.7 that makes it down by 11.7% (Alexandra Sifferlin). But e-cigarettes are becoming the new thing. E-cigarettes are becoming used more and more by teens. Just from 2011 to 2014 e-cigarettes rating went from 3.3% to 6.8% (Alexandra Sifferlin). 73% of high school students have used e-cigarettes in the last 30 days (Alexandra Sifferlin). All smoking related products should be unable to get by underaged