There are drugs in the world that are hurting us all. The drug that I am going to talk about is the drug found in cigarettes: nicotine. Although some good people do no think that smoking cigarettes will directly affect their lives, they are wrong because smoking is nothing but a shortcut to dying.
Smoking is not a joke, although we see it on TV, in comics, and maybe right in front of our faces, it does affect our health. Did you ever take a close look at the bottom of the cigarette box? Well, if you did not, this is what it says: SMOKING MAY CAUSE LUNG CANCER, HEART DISEASE AND MAY ALSO COMPLICATE PREGNANCY. Does it not shock you that these tobacco companies are giving us a warning?
I do not know why kids think smoking is cool. Maybe they think it makes them look more like an adult or they do it because their friends are doing it, but that is not a very good reason to kill themselves, is it?
Smoking is the cause of many deaths around the world. Smoking causes diseases such as lung cancer, lip, mouth, and tongue cancer, and heart attack. Smoking can ruin all your hopes and your dreams. Have you ever seen a commercial for cigarettes? You have to admit that the people in that commercial do look like they are having fun. Did you notice that they never show you an "after photo"? The reason is that those people are ugly now that their bodies have had too many puffs. As General George Washington said, "Every puff is like a taste of death". Even if you just take a little puff, you still can get very ill. That is why you should never start to smoke because once you start you will not be able to stop.
If you are considering smoking, just remember it does not just costs two dollars a pack. It will also cost you your health and maybe even your life.
Why should we never start smoking? Even a three year old should know that!! 77 percent of people who smoke do it out of stress and peer pressure, but that is not an excuse! Well, they will get plenty of