Smoking is a very significant issue in the world today. Smoking tobacco and
            
             marijuana are both important issues in society today. I always see commercials on TV
            
             against smoking and why you (especially young kids) shouldn't smoke. I was wondering if
            
             these commercials and other advertisements were really telling the truth and if smoking
            
             was all as bad as they made it out to be.
            
             I will do a lot of research on this topic such as if these ads are really true or if they
            
             are expanding the truth or even if they are lying. I will do most of my research on the
            
             Internet and maybe an encyclopedia or magazine.
            
             What I Know, Assume and Imagine
            
             I know smoking tobacco is bad for you. I know that it has many negative short and
            
             long term effects on its users. I also know that it can be addictive. What I know about
            
             marijuana is that it is illegal and is sometimes referred to as the gateway drug that gets you
            
             into more harmful and expensive drugs. For a lot of people, this is not true though.
            
             I assume that smoking marijuana is not very bad for you because there aren't very
            
             many things that are bad for you when you smoke it. I know that it does sometimes cause
            
             short term memory loss and maybe it makes you paranoid but these symptoms are not
            
             present in all users. Smoking tobacco I think, is much more harmful and dangerous
            
             because of its known effects even short term such as decreased blood circulation and cold
            
             hands and feet. These symptoms happen after only 24 hours after you smoke a cigarette. I also assume that marijuana will be legalized in a very short time because of its wide use and also because there are too many crimes related to marijuana where people are caught
            
             with a small amount of the substance but are put in jail for long periods of time. Most
            
             marijuana users are harmless to the public and smoking marijuana does not make you a
            
             threat to the publ...