Cigarette smoking has become a major health issue in the United States. People have begun to discuss the idea that smoking should no longer be available for everyone. In the United States smoking is the number one cause of preventable death. Due to this fact, people believe the issue could be resolved by no longer allowing cigarettes to be sold, but other people believe that the issue is being taken care of by all the federal laws and policies that the government has in place against the cigarette. Would banning the cigarette benefit the public’s health or would they find their way around it like any other drug and create an even bigger problem? A cigarette is a thin cylinder of finely cut tobacco rolled in paper. About fifteen-billion cigarettes
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The amount of people that die or become ill from smoking is ridiculously large. About 53,800 people die every year from second-hand smoke exposure. The second-hand smoke exposure means that they didn’t even have to put their lips onto the cigarette, other people basically did it for them. They inhaled so much smoke from other people that it also affected their organs. Smoking affects the air that we have to breath in every day. Imagine how many infants unwillingly inhale cigarette smoke each day. There are also those people that smoke in front of children or smoke in public places where anybody can see. Smoking a cigarette is no different than smoking any other illegal drug. It does the same amount of harm to your body and brain just like the others. Nicotine is often compared to plenty of other drugs that exist today. Just like a cigarette, cocaine was once a legal drug. Cocaine started as a pain killer and eventually made its way to being inappropriately used. They were not aware of the horrible affects that it would cause the body. As soon as they discovered all the harm that it caused they made that substance illegal. Nicotine is just as addictive and dangerous. Cocaine did not stay legal for very long, so why didn’t the same happen with a cigarette? A cigarette is known to make a person feel light headed or relaxed and cocaine can give a person the same type of
The amount of people that die or become ill from smoking is ridiculously large. About 53,800 people die every year from second-hand smoke exposure. The second-hand smoke exposure means that they didn’t even have to put their lips onto the cigarette, other people basically did it for them. They inhaled so much smoke from other people that it also affected their organs. Smoking affects the air that we have to breath in every day. Imagine how many infants unwillingly inhale cigarette smoke each day. There are also those people that smoke in front of children or smoke in public places where anybody can see. Smoking a cigarette is no different than smoking any other illegal drug. It does the same amount of harm to your body and brain just like the others. Nicotine is often compared to plenty of other drugs that exist today. Just like a cigarette, cocaine was once a legal drug. Cocaine started as a pain killer and eventually made its way to being inappropriately used. They were not aware of the horrible affects that it would cause the body. As soon as they discovered all the harm that it caused they made that substance illegal. Nicotine is just as addictive and dangerous. Cocaine did not stay legal for very long, so why didn’t the same happen with a cigarette? A cigarette is known to make a person feel light headed or relaxed and cocaine can give a person the same type of