Bryce Wawrzyniak
February 19, 2012
Eng-106
Prof. Eleanor
Smoking
Smoking has been the center of many health studies and controversy around the world. There are many reason people smoke, but the one thing every smoker has in common is that they are becoming less healthy with every cigarette that they consume. These health issues are a direct cause of the cigarettes and the toxins that are incased in a small piece of paper. How can such a small 3-inch item contain so many harmful elements that can be so detrimental to the body? Also, why do so many people insist on continuing to smoke even though they know the side affects and how it can deteriorate your body? As many research studies have shown smoking has a direct correlation to lung disease. With smoking, there are many other problems such as; lack of breathes, rotten teeth, coughing spells, smelly odor and others. With all of these problems that stem from smoking, why would anyone continue to smoke? Starting with the first problem, lung disease. The toxins that are inside of the cigarette are the cause of the lung disease. Of these toxins include tar, butane, formaldehyde, arsenic, and many other terrible ingredients (Breyer, 2011). So every time you smoke a single cigarette you are ingesting dead body preservative, lighter fluid, and poison. There is no reason to smoke and put these harmful products into your body. Cigarettes will change your life and not for the better. Cigarettes not only cause health issues but also become a social and financial burden as well. The social burden is that the smell repulses many people. Also, a person’s teeth become rotten and the skin begins to wrinkle. These are very undesirable traits and usually cause a loss of friends. In terms of the financial burden, cigarettes cost on average around five dollars for a single pack. With smokers many of them smoke a single pack