Why smoke?

Sweta Patel
12/22/10
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Persuasive article first draft
Why Smoke?

There are many harmful things that can effect you body in bad ways and smoking is one of them. Smoking effects your body because of the ingredients in it such as nicotine. Nicotine is a harmful drug that causes the addiction for smokers. People may have a couple of great things to say about smoking but there are also thousands of horrible things. In the following paragraph you'll find out more about smoking and cigarette's.
There are so many reasons smoking is horrible. First reason is that you will get bad breath and yellow teeth. Smokers get yellow teeth and bad breathe because of the products in cigarette's. Also, there is no benefit of smoking. Many smokers say they smoke because it releases stress and for fun but they are ruining their bodies. In a recent poles of Herbert Hoover Middle School's sixth graders, 100% of students said there is no benefit of smoking. This is an good that they think this way because they don't want dirty teeth and a smelly breath.
The second reason smoking is bad is that is causes nasal and breathing problems. The problem with smoking more and more is that you can get asthma. In recent poles 25% of people said this is a big problem. Would you smoke if you would get breathing problems? You can also get mouth and lung cancer which can kill people over a period of time. Over 50% of people say this is the worst possible affect of smoking. This is partially correct because it can put smokers in horrible condition. Moreover, smokers can get heart disease which they can stay alive but suffer forever. Lastly smoking is bad because smokers can have financial problems. Cigarette's are a lot of dollars and can put some addicts in debt. Right now, some cigarette boxes like Marbolo cost more than $6.00 and many smokers have one pack a day. The average amount of money spent every year because of cigarettes is about 8,000 dollars. Why would you want to waste your hard earns money?
Smoking is a dangerous addiction in which poeple are harming their bodies. Smokers should not try to quit smoking automatically because they are only killing themselves this way. Quitting should be a slow process and smokers should get help from outside resources such as nicotine patches. Would people smoke if what happened in the inside of their body showed on the outside? Furthermore people may have there personal opinion about smoking but some day they will suffer or pass away because of it. Thank you for reading this essay. Make the right choice for you and I hope you'll be happy with it!