Smoking is a bad idea for several reasons. It is addictive, so that once you start, it is usually very difficult to stop. It is extremely bad for your health. Statistically, it is estimated that half of all smokers will eventually die of a smoking-related disease such as lung cancer or emphysema. Even if smoking does not kill you, it will definitely make you less healthy. And smoking is expensive. People waste enormous amounts of money on smoking. And smoking is inconsiderate of others, who are subjected to secondhand smoke.
So you can live your life, go to school and be someone in this world when you grow up.
It can, and usually will, ruin your life.
3,000 teens start smoking every day.
Every day 1200 Americans die from smoking-related illnesses. 1/3 of teens who start smoking will eventually die from it.
all of them. Providing smoking is legal in that particular country.
Yes. Smoking ads make teens think that it's cool to smoke. Smoking kills thousands of people every year, it's not cool.
No.
Fewer than one in four teens smoke.
Every day 1200 Americans die from smoking-related illnesses.1/3 of teens who start smoking will eventually die from it.
Teens who smoke, are more likely to start drinking alcohol and taking drugs than teens who don't smoke. People who start smoking at a young age, are at a greater risk of getting lung cancer.
Peera, families, and Media
in her early teens (probably 13)
Conservatives and others who do not wish teens to read about other teens being rowdy, drinking underage, and smoking.
Show them information about why it is bad for their health. But let them decide for them selfs to continue or not.