1. Have you ever been around someone who was smoking a cigarette and they blow
smoke in your face? I have and I took it disrespectfully because I personally think it’s a disgrace
to human kind. Cigarettes are the worst thing ever to put into your body because of all the
things that are harmful in them. There is more knowledge behind smoking now than before
like what their made up of, what they do to you, how people start, and how people stop the
habit. I would like people to stop smoking cigarettes this very moment because it’s only going
to harm you in the long run.
First, it’s incredible what studies have found about cigarettes over many years. There
arementhol and non-menthol types of cigarettes. Menthol cigarettes are the worst that
anyone could possibly smoke because when inhaling there are fiberglass particles that’s cut
your throat and lungs. The cutting of the fiberglass in the menthol cigarette will make you
cough up blood when you smoke for a long time. Studies have shown that 80 percent of black
people who use menthol cigarettes and lesbian, gays, bisexuals, and Tran’s gender people also
have disproportionately high menthol smoking rates. (Tucker) Non-menthol cigarettes don’t
have fiberglass particles like menthol has. Half of all habitual cigarette smokers were killed by
their habit and a quarter died before age seventy. (Kaufman) More likely non-menthol
cigarettes are the better kinds for you. Smoking is putting 4000 different toxic materials, which
51 of them are known for carcinogenic. Carcinogenic is something that causes cancer. Basically,
carcinogenic divides your healthy cells and forming them into new cells. The new cells are
called abnormal cells. These abnormal cells destroy the healthy cells and if the healthy cells are
divided when not needed they grow hard mass forms. This hard mass growth is cancerous
growths that are called malignant tumors. The number one thing that people should know

2. about cigarettes is carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is what comes out of the tail pipes of a
vehicle. There are more toxic chemicals like nicotine, tar, arsenic, ammonia, sulfuric acid,
Germanic acid, and maltitol. Those chemicals are what you would see one a caution sign that
says “do not use for human consumption”. Cigarettes have that sign on the side of every pack
that is bought. Knowing all the toxic chemicals in cigarettes, I hope no one would pick up
another one.
Secondly, cigarettes don’t just have horrible toxic chemicals in them. They also have the
power to mentally, physically, and emotionally demolish you.About a week ago I interviewed
my brother Jamie Mursewick and he is a thirty years old. Jamie has been smoking for seventeen
years and he told me it’s the worst possible thing and addiction that you could ever start to do
in your life. I was shocked for what he told me because he loves his cigarettes. (Mursewick) I
got some good news for Jamie because studies said that someone who stops smoking by age
thirty has the same average life expectancy as a nonsmoker, and someone who stops smoking
at fifty will lose four years of your life. (Kaufman) Mentally cigarettes will get you to the point as
were you can’t just have one a day but you now will need more daily. The days you can’t get a
cigarette it will make you feel like you have to have one and mentally that cigarette will be the
only thing that will be on your mind. Physically, there was a time were you could go run a mile
and be fine, but when you start smoking for a while you will see that it makes a mile two times
hard to run it. You will be fast to lose your breath while doing any physical labor. Your desire to
go run a mile will be less likely because the cigarette can make you lazy. This is why you don’t
see people that are in sports smoking. Which this ties into emotional effects of smoking. When
living your life there are always times were you will be stressed out about something. That

3. stress makes that cigarette pop in your mind saying “I need or want a cigarette”. Cigarettes
shouldn’t be a stress reliever because it’s hurting you and not only you but all the people
around you. The secondhand smoke effects brain and lungs as much as a habitual smoker.
(Harvard mental health) centers for disease control and prevention says that secondhand
smoking kills 50,000 Americans every year. (Harvard mental health) smoking doesn’t hurt
others only by secondhand smoking but it affects friends and family by the risk of it killing you.
The reason I say that is because my grandfather was diagnosed with lung cancer. I had to sit
there and watch my grandfather pass away, which was the worst thing in the world for me to
have happen to me. Lung cancer, mouth cancer, skin cancer or any types of cancer is nothing
to play around with and quitting is best for anyone and everyone who smokes cigarettes.
Then, reason why people start smoking is because of many reasons like looking cooler,
peer pressure, chemical rush, stress reliever, and even to lose weight. (Mortensen) Peer
pressure is most likely is the start of a lot of people because the social situations. Many people
say the simply like the feeling that smoking gives them a chemical-filled rush and gives people
motivation to do something. (Mortensen) Mostly girls start smoking because the taste and
smell may reduce appetite and could help girls lose weight. (Mortensen) There also are people
that have been around smokers and start liking secondhand smoke so they end up smoking As
well. Secondhand smoking plays a huge roll in why people decide to start smoking. Knowing
that secondhand smoking is just as bad as smoking a cigarette, people start thinking if it’s Just
as bad why don’t I just smoke anyways. Children are the ones that are in the most risk if their
parents are smokers. The children see that their parents smoke so children think it’s okay for
them to do it too. Also secondhand smoke from parents can get there child addicted at younger

4. ages. In most situations the parents children will be smokers when they get older if the parents
smoke around there child. It’s really easy to start smoking, but make it a challenge so that you
won’t be another statistic.
Finally, many people around the world try to quit the terrible addiction of smoking.
More than two-thirds of smokers want to quit. (Corwin) There are many different ways to quit
like using patches, gum, shots, and the electric cigarettes. Those different ways are very helpful
for all people. The most common is the electric cigarette. The reason it was most common is
because you inhale the smoke but it isn’t smoke its water vapor and it does hurt you or other in
anyway. Its only one metal cigarette that gives you all the nicotine you crave and when it dies
you can plug it into the wall to recharger. In the long run you will find out that you will save
hundreds of dollars a month because you won’t have to pay for another pack of cigarettes.
Patches and gum is not the greatest thing to use because most people say they don’t work like
the doctors say they do. By you using the patch or the gum it’s costing you just as much as if
you were still smoking. More than two-thirds of smokers want to quit. (Corwin) only 6 percent
actually quit, however that rate varied widely by education, with college educated people
kicking the habit three times better than those with high school education or less, researchers
said. (Corwin) For some people using the fear tactics to help a person quit is a great way to
prevent or stop smoking. Basically, fear tactics are health warnings and painful images feed fear
and reinforce the smoker negative self-images to quit. (Star) Some ways to do that is putting up
posters in your office at work or at home of pictures of different cancers and graphs of how
many people dies a year from smoking. Fear only feeds on itself and drains motivation. (Star)
anxiety or fear is the key to giving up smoking.

5. In conclusion, smoking cigarettes daily is a choice of your own and nobody can force you
to smoke or anything you choose to do. I have just talked to you today about what cigarettes
are made up of, what they do to you, how people start, and how people stop the habit. They
are only there to hurt you and bring danger to your health. Cigarettes are very addicting and
once you start, you might not stop for most people. The law should try harder to prevent
people from smoking because it hurts everyone. Remember you only have one life so don’t use
your one life on smoking and harming yourself. Just put the cigarette down and never pick it
back up again!