Smoking Persuasive Speech

assive smoke is when non-smokers are breathing in the smoke that a smoker is smoking. Passive smoking is not good, because non-smokers breathe it in, as well as the smoker, and it is very harmful for the non-smokers as well as the smoker. It is also a huge source of indoor air pollution. Four-fifths of the smoke that builds up in a room with a smoker is the more harmful "sidestream" type. Tobacco smoke has over 4,000 chemical compounds, which includes 40 carcinogenic agents that are cancer-causing. Tobacco smoke also has carbon monoxide, which is a poisonous gas, that inhibits the transportation of someone's oxygen to their body's vital organs via the blood. Also, the smoke that is emitted from the tip of a cigarette has almost double the concentration
Also, pregnant women should not be exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke, because it has been estimated that the infants of mothers who smoke, have about five times the risk of dying of "cot death" when compared to the infants of mothers who do not smoke. Also, a poll that was organized by 'SmokeFree London' had stated that only three percent of the adults that were surveyed, knew about the connection between passive smoking, and "cot death". Also, passive smoking could cause pets to get cancer. There was a study in the U.S. that showed that the incidence of feline lymphoma in cats, and the likelihood of them having health problems increased the longer they were exposed to passive smoking. I do know of situations where I was forced to breathe passive smoke. My mom, and I live in an apartment, and the people who lived downstairs from us would smoke, and the smell of smoke would be in our apartment, and we had to breathe it. I think that passive smoke should not be allowed in public places, because it is not healthy. I would address someone who was exposing me, a member of my family, or a friend to passive smoke by, telling them that they should not do that, because it is not