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. ...

Lindsey Roper Helen Crump EN 1113-24 21 April 2000 Smoking or Non-Smoking...Should There Be A Choice? Imagine sitting in a restaurant unable to enjoy a meal due to the cloud of smoke coming from a neighbor's table. The fact that there was not a designated area for smokers has put the s...

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...

Many smokers don not like the new by-laws, but others support them. Secondhand tobacco smoke is a cause of disease, including lung cancer, strokes, heart disease and asthma, in otherwise healthy nonsmokers. They should not be able to completely outlaw smoking. If one wants to smoke they sho...

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...

Introduction In recent years, the cigarette industry has come under attack for a variety of issues, including second-hand smoke. It is important to examine the effect this second-hand smoke has on non-smokers. Preventable Killer The use of tobacco "remains the leading preventable c...