Essays About Smoking

Teen SmokingProblems With Teen Smoking in AmericaTeen smoking is a serious problem in the United States because the tobacco industry targets teenagers with their persuasive advertising. We see often in public places, teenagers who are standing around, smoking cigarettes. Recently, there has been legislation that has been turned down by Republicans in Congress, which was…

SmokingStudies of ex-smokers show that their risk of dying from smoking-relateddisease decreases with each year of non smoking. Encouraged by such evidence,more than 40 million people in the U.S. quit smoking in the year following the1964 surgeon general’s report. The proportion of males who smoke decreased frommore than 60 percent to about 25 percent; however,…

ause of illness and premature death in North America. In the United States alone, more than 500,000 deaths are attributed to tobacco use each year. This exceeds the total number of American lives lost in all of the wars fought since the country was founded. In 1962 the Royal College of Physicians of London had…

pope of disease and premature death in the United States. Secondhand smoke causes numerous lung cancer deaths annually. Measures have been taken in both workplaces and public places to limit exposure to secondhand smoke. The economic cost of smokers to society is phenomenal. It includes monetary costs, lost workdays and shortened work lives. Many states…

Americas Teens Up in SmokeOn every street corner in America, you will find a teen smoking. Even though a number of commercials and school orientations have given the effects of smoking, the kids feel they are invincible to the effects smoking can cause. Tobacco companies have targeted the youth, ages eleven to seventeen, because they…

The Effects of SmokingIntroductionSmoking cigarettes damage the body in a number of different ways. Over several years, the American Council on Science and Health and many others have documented the effects of smoking. Everyone knows that it is bad for you, but not many know how it affects the body. There are many myths about…