Smoking Needs to Be Stopped

Smoking needs to be stopped

Millions of people around the world enjoy the disgusting habit of smoking.

This habit contributes to an epidemic of disease, which brings pain, suffering and

death to millions every year (Active Smoking). We need to end this suffering by

banning smoking in all its forms. Smokers, non-smokers, and the environment are

all adversely affected by smoking.

Smoking is one of the worst things you can do to your body. Butane,

arsenic, acetone, carbon monoxide, methanol, cadmium, and hydrogen cyanide, no

one in their right mind would willingly ingest any of these things into their bodies,

but these are just a few of the ingredients found in today's cigarettes. Every day

people all around the world light up and inhale rat poison, lighter fluid, paint

stripper, and tar (Cigarette Ingredients). Studies show that smokers are much

more likely to die prematurely than non-smokers. Smoking is also linked to the

onset of many health problems, including heart disease, lung cancer, stroke,

circulatory diseases, and even bronchitis (Active Smoking). Smoking also causes

sexual and reproductive harm, such as impotence in men and a marked decrease in

conception rate in women (Reproductive Health).

Smoking is harmful to the environment. The average smoker only inhales

fifteen percent of the smoke from a cigarette; the rest goes straight into the air

(Effects of SHS). That's over four thousand chemicals polluting our air supply

from each cigarette. And after the cigarette is gone the filter is usually cast to the

ground and stepped on or tossed casually out a window, leaving a non-

biodegradable mess that keeps adding up.

The main problem with smoking is that it affects those who do not smoke

just as much as those that do. No matter where you are, home,