Smoking Persuasive Research Paper

Do any of you smoke? I’'m just joking! Do any of you know anyone that smokes? Do you know how much they spend on cigarettes per month, when they purchase a pack of cigarettes each day? For one packet of cigarettes it costs about $10 or more according to healthycanadians.gc.ca, which is about $250 to $400 a month. This money can be useful in many different ways. For instance, save up for future vacations, save up for education, to have fun with family and friends and many other things. This is why cigarette prices should be increased in order to raise government income, smokers will develop less diseases and the smokers would not influence friends and family in negative ways. As King James I once said, smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs, but people still smoke! Why? If you want to know more stay tuned! …show more content…
Fin.gc.ca/tax-import A website the government of Canada says, this is important because it will provide Canadian citizens with better health benefits by providing money for research towards illnesses. Also the government will offer Canadians better education and will expand the resources that are given to them. It will also increase the amount of shelters and food banks in Canada.

Did you know, according to statcan.gc.ca in 2013 about 25% or more of Canadians smoke. They also said, over 47,000 Canadians die each year from smoking. Smoking leads people to health problems like heart disease, stroke, emphysema, and many types of cancer including lung cancer, throat cancer, stomach cancer, and bladder cancer. If we increase the price of cigarettes, the amount of smokers and deaths will decrease and they will develop less