Persuasive Speech: The Harm Of Cigarettes
Dillon Wosyluk
Period 2
Persuasive speech
The Harm of Cigarettes
I stand here before you not as a stranger, but as man trying to make a difference. I
am here today to talk to my public about the tobacco industry, and their death sticks,
cigarettes. Cigarettes are the single most preventable cause of disease and death.
cigarettes do absolutely no good for our society. Some argue that America make a lot of
money off of tobacco use, but this is false. The truth is that it costs America fifty billion
dollars a year annually in increased healthcare costs and lost productivity, that and four
hundred lives of course. I don't see how this is worth it, but who am I to the tobacco
industry? In their eyes I'm …show more content…
just another whinny protester that is trying to make them lose
money.
The tobacco industries have said it themselves that nicotine is just as addictive
than heroine or cocaine, which are to very destructive drugs.
Why does this over usage of
tobacco products exist if we know how addictive and dangerous it is to smoke cigarettes?
Because of how many people are already addicted and have no intentions of quitting.
Most of the time it is not even adults making the decision to smoke. Sixty percent of
smokers start at age 14 and ninety percent of them are addicted to cigarettes at age
nineteen. It is estimated that 3,000 kids under the age of 18 start smoking every day.
Something must be done about this epidemic of underage smoking.
The side affects of smoking cigarettes are just incredible. It is amazing that people
don't quit after seeing that they really do just kill you over time. Cigarettes cause all sorts
of cancers, which lung cancer is the most common, increase risk of a stroke, and physical
harm. Smoking just about makes your entire body weaker. It's said that for every cigarette
you smoke, your actually smoking 5 minutes of your life away. Also, a fifty year tobacco
study shows that smokers will die about 10 to 15 years earlier than a nonsmoker. Of the
current 44.5 million smokers in 2003, 32 million wanted to quit. It's obvious that
they
can't quit because of their addiction to nicotine. People just under estimate it all the time.
Some people smoke a pack or two packs a day, this can cost up to 3,200 dollars a year. It
really isn't a cheap habit. Smoking in public places has been a pretty big issue lately. People don't want to
be around smokers if they don't have to, and with studies of second hand smoke it is only
a matter of time until smoking isn't allowed in more public areas. For those of you who
do not know what second hand smoke are, it is the breathing in of smoke from someone
else's cigarette. Three thousand people die from second hand smoke annually. It appears
smokers do not just harm themselves with their dirty little habit anymore. It should be
clear for them to quit not just for themselves but for others who don't wish to breath their
filth. Smoking is not as harmless as it used to be, in fact it was always harmless.
Knowing what we know now is useless if we don't use our knowledge to
mankind. We know something that kills people and is sold frequently across the world,
but we don't get rid of the product, we buy and sell it because there's never enough
money for the people who run the world. One day the greed of mankind will lead to its
downfall. Maybe one day everyone one will realize how horribly smoking is bad for you
and that affects every aspect of a persons health.
Period 2
Persuasive speech
The Harm of Cigarettes
I stand here before you not as a stranger, but as man trying to make a difference. I
am here today to talk to my public about the tobacco industry, and their death sticks,
cigarettes. Cigarettes are the single most preventable cause of disease and death.
cigarettes do absolutely no good for our society. Some argue that America make a lot of
money off of tobacco use, but this is false. The truth is that it costs America fifty billion
dollars a year annually in increased healthcare costs and lost productivity, that and four
hundred lives of course. I don't see how this is worth it, but who am I to the tobacco
industry? In their eyes I'm …show more content…
just another whinny protester that is trying to make them lose
money.
The tobacco industries have said it themselves that nicotine is just as addictive
than heroine or cocaine, which are to very destructive drugs.
Why does this over usage of
tobacco products exist if we know how addictive and dangerous it is to smoke cigarettes?
Because of how many people are already addicted and have no intentions of quitting.
Most of the time it is not even adults making the decision to smoke. Sixty percent of
smokers start at age 14 and ninety percent of them are addicted to cigarettes at age
nineteen. It is estimated that 3,000 kids under the age of 18 start smoking every day.
Something must be done about this epidemic of underage smoking.
The side affects of smoking cigarettes are just incredible. It is amazing that people
don't quit after seeing that they really do just kill you over time. Cigarettes cause all sorts
of cancers, which lung cancer is the most common, increase risk of a stroke, and physical
harm. Smoking just about makes your entire body weaker. It's said that for every cigarette
you smoke, your actually smoking 5 minutes of your life away. Also, a fifty year tobacco
study shows that smokers will die about 10 to 15 years earlier than a nonsmoker. Of the
current 44.5 million smokers in 2003, 32 million wanted to quit. It's obvious that
they
can't quit because of their addiction to nicotine. People just under estimate it all the time.
Some people smoke a pack or two packs a day, this can cost up to 3,200 dollars a year. It
really isn't a cheap habit. Smoking in public places has been a pretty big issue lately. People don't want to
be around smokers if they don't have to, and with studies of second hand smoke it is only
a matter of time until smoking isn't allowed in more public areas. For those of you who
do not know what second hand smoke are, it is the breathing in of smoke from someone
else's cigarette. Three thousand people die from second hand smoke annually. It appears
smokers do not just harm themselves with their dirty little habit anymore. It should be
clear for them to quit not just for themselves but for others who don't wish to breath their
filth. Smoking is not as harmless as it used to be, in fact it was always harmless.
Knowing what we know now is useless if we don't use our knowledge to
mankind. We know something that kills people and is sold frequently across the world,
but we don't get rid of the product, we buy and sell it because there's never enough
money for the people who run the world. One day the greed of mankind will lead to its
downfall. Maybe one day everyone one will realize how horribly smoking is bad for you
and that affects every aspect of a persons health.