Persuasive+Essay-+Rachel+S.

Puff, Puff, and Away! Rachel S. Smoking is a nasty addiction that many people suffer from. Once you light the first one you don’t want to stop. So I think that people should stop smoking because, smoking kills around 435,000 people in the U.S a year. Cigarettes contain more than 4,000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances, and people would be in better shape if they stopped smoking.

The first reason people should not smoke is because 435,000 people die each year from smoking in the U.S. The U.S population is around 304 million people so that means that 42.1 million people in the U.S smoke. And one of the most horrible things of all is that 1,192 people die each day in the U.S because of smoking or smoking related illnesses. But thankfully the ratio to non-smokers to smokers is seven to one. Do you know any one that’s smokes are you around them a fare amount of time? Second hand smoke is also immensely tragic. About four million kids get sick each year from it. And in an even more serious note about 38,112 people get lung cancer and heart disease. Annually caused by exposure to second hand smoke.

Besides about a fourth of the U.S population dieing from smoking, cigarettes contain more than 4,000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances. So in one little stick there is a colossal amount dangerous substance that your body doesn’t need or want. Smoking also causes 90% of lung cancer deaths. In the U.K around 42,800 people die from smoking. 30,600 from cardiovascular disease, and 29,100 die a slow painful death from emphysema and other chronic lung diseases. And the other couples thousands are from old age or regular illnesses. Cigarettes my not look dangerous eye to eye, but once they get in your body they can be more than dangerous…. they can be life threatening!

And lastly people would be in better shape if they stopped smoking because smoker’s lungs are like black tar. So imagine cheetah that normally runs as fast as light, but was a smoker. That cheetah wouldn’t be able to run very well when their lungs are filled with disgusting, gooey, nasty awful junk. Another example is that out of shape smokers probably aren’t motivated enough to try to improve their fitness, because a lot of smokers are depressed. And even if they were motivated the might not be able to do much because, their lungs aren’t producing enough oxygen with the nasty junk in them. Studies show that there are more out of shape men smokers than women. But studies don’t know any statistics or ratios on this topic.

Obviously people should stop smoking not only because it is life threatening, cigarettes are extremely, immensely, crazily bad for you, and that people would be in better shape if they did stop. Smoking is an awful addiction, and clearly the numbers show how dangerous the results can be. So please don’t smoke! And live a longer happier life!