Should Cigarettes Be Banned
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Cigarettes have caused around 5 million deaths, which is 8 people dying each minute. Therefore cigarettes should be banned as they don’t just do physical damage but also moral damage. However banning cigarettes might lead to more criminal offense.
Cigarettes have become a serial killer and have brought to people several different illnesses. The ingredients in a cigarette are so bad for you that they can kill a large rat in a matter of minutes. Did you know we inhale over 4,000 different types of chemicals when we smoke and 51 of them cause cancer?). 90% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking and the increased health risks can be as much as 23 times higher than a normal person. There are many ads to try and persuade you not to smoke and inform people about the dangers of smoking. For example: “It’s not their choice to smoke it’s their choice to live, and have freedom to go out.” and “Cigarettes takes your life and then kills you”. But the addiction still can’t be wiped away. This is why cigarettes have become so destructive and harmful to not only us but also to our society.
However, bans for other products have not been effective but led to more criminal offense. If smoking was banned the consumers who were unable to quit smoking would be forced into buying black market cigarettes therefore being sent to prison. People would go crazy as they can’t consume the things they are addicted to and their body would allow them to cause many more criminal activity. For example on last week’s paper a cargo was found filled with tomato cans but instead it was filled with speed. The person was charged for 18 years of jail but it is not enough for all the actions that he has done. Most of the drugs sold illegally in Australia are sold by the bikie gangs such as the “Hells Angels”. These people have made the ban of cigarettes very difficult to make an effect on the society as they can still get the product even if it
Ladies and Gentlemen, Cigarettes have caused around 5 million deaths, which is 8 people dying each minute. Therefore cigarettes should be banned as they don’t just do physical damage but also moral damage. However banning cigarettes might lead to more criminal offense.
Cigarettes have become a serial killer and have brought to people several different illnesses. The ingredients in a cigarette are so bad for you that they can kill a large rat in a matter of minutes. Did you know we inhale over 4,000 different types of chemicals when we smoke and 51 of them cause cancer?). 90% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking and the increased health risks can be as much as 23 times higher than a normal person. There are many ads to try and persuade you not to smoke and inform people about the dangers of smoking. For example: “It’s not their choice to smoke it’s their choice to live, and have freedom to go out.” and “Cigarettes takes your life and then kills you”. But the addiction still can’t be wiped away. This is why cigarettes have become so destructive and harmful to not only us but also to our society.
However, bans for other products have not been effective but led to more criminal offense. If smoking was banned the consumers who were unable to quit smoking would be forced into buying black market cigarettes therefore being sent to prison. People would go crazy as they can’t consume the things they are addicted to and their body would allow them to cause many more criminal activity. For example on last week’s paper a cargo was found filled with tomato cans but instead it was filled with speed. The person was charged for 18 years of jail but it is not enough for all the actions that he has done. Most of the drugs sold illegally in Australia are sold by the bikie gangs such as the “Hells Angels”. These people have made the ban of cigarettes very difficult to make an effect on the society as they can still get the product even if it