Smoke Break Essay

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For the third time in the past hour one has gone outside to get away. Get away also being known as taking a break from life. A smoke break. “On average, every cigarette takes away eleven minutes off one’s life each time they light. On average, smokers die at least 10 years younger than non-smokers” (“Did you know?” 8). Most people assume that smokers are unaware of the consequences it can have on themselves and others; however this is not the case. Smokers are in fact well aware of the costs tobacco and other smoking products bring. If they are not considerable about caring for their own body, how can people allow them to still have benefits with health systems? It like saying “no” to a two year old, but still providing them with the resources …show more content…
A baby’s proper development can have similar defects or grow into those of cigarette smokers. They may develop or be born with Asthmas and put at a higher risk for cancers. These effects come from nicotine’s and chemicals passing through the umbilical cord or breast milk straight into ones system. The nicotine causes premature birth effects and babies whom are born to develop faster heart beats along with being more prone to allergies (“GCSE Science” 1). When pregnant and smoking, mothers are at an increased risk of miscarriage and more children are born with unnatural weights. Smoking kills babies and it puts their lives under more risks and dangers. The rights of a child need to be controlled and justified. People can’t keep letting children be born with defects that they did not want in the first place. It is morally wrong. For kids who have grown up with parents that smoke, are more likely to smoke themselves. They are mutual to the toxins and view that it is okay to do the same. By demonstrating the wrongful acts of smoking, people are put in unsafe conditions. Smoking as a teen can stunt lung growth and lead to skin aging which creates premature wrinkles. Imagine going to get pictures taken, when realizing that one just finished smoking an hour ago. Rancid breath still lingers around and one forgets the cost of what smoking really brings. Smiling is no option for smoking that cigarette was worth the stained teeth and gum disease one now has. However one is still aware of the fact that tobacco causes cancer of the mouth, making loosing teeth increasingly possible, of the pancreases, and esophagus. “Three out of four teens who think they will stop smoking in a few years actually don’t. In fact, nearly 9 out

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