Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to become a non-smoker. Thesis statement: Tonight I am going to discuss the effects on reasons many people smoke, the effects it has on the smoker, and then discuss the effects on the innocent people around you (the smoker). I. Introduction A. ...

Drugs in Disguise In the world today, drugs are one of the biggest problems in society. Every time the local news is broadcasted on television, someone is involved in either selling or taking drugs. The average person does not think of himself as an addict, but have you ever considered yourself a ...

Every ten seconds a person dies from smoking cigarettes according to the World Heath Organization. 54 million Americans smoke cigarettes while 434,000 people die a year from it . There are over 430 billion cigarettes made each year in America (http://www.thetruth.com/html/index.cfm?id=250, 2002). Ci...

Anti-Smoking Campaign I want to strongly promote the dangers of smoking to young children and teenagers around the world; however, I not only want to inform, but I want to take severe action. Over half a century ago, citizens did not have the privilege to the hazardous effects of smoking, and as...

Tobacco products kill more than 400,000 people in the United States a year. That is more than the number deaths from homicides, fires, AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, suicides, and illegal drugs put together. It is by far the number one cause of preventable death in the United States. Action should ...

As the cancer slowly ate away the smoker's lungs, three teenagers picked up their first pack of cigarettes. Only one product kills 1/3 of its users... Tobacco. As you finish reading this paragraph an estimated 21 people will have died because of tobacco. Tobacco is addictive and extremely harm...

Smoking is bad for your body and your overall health. There are many side affects that can hurt and even kill your body. It also can harm your lungs and make it hard for you to breathe. When you look at the statistics I don't understand why people do smoke. Cigarette smoking is the most...

Cocaine is the World's most powerful stimulant of natural origin. South American Indians have used cocaine as it occurs in the leaves of Erythroxylon coca for at least 5000 years. Traditionally, the leaves have been chewed for social, mystical, medical and religious purposes. Coca has even b...