Smoking is known as one of the worst habits to break. Most people who start never quit just because it is just too hard to quit or they are just so addicted to the chemicals that the tobacco companies use in their cigarettes and don’t see the real problems that smoking can cause. If smoking did the same thing as it did on the outside as it does on the inside, how many people do you think will smoke then?Everyday, about 3,000 teenagers smoke their first cigarette. About half of those teenagers become addicted and then regular smokers before the age of eighteen. About one third of these teenagers will die of lung cancer, heart disease, leukemia, or some other smoke related problems or diseases.Cigarettes contain formaldehyde, cyanide, and nicotine, three very dangerous drugs. Formaldehyde is a substance that preserves frogs for most science classes. Then there’s cyanide, which is found in rat poison. And finally there’s nicotine, which is the substance found in most of the common bug sprays. Nicotine is also the most addictive part of the cigarette. It is a highly toxic substance found in all tobacco products. Smokeless tobacco is just as dangerous as regular smoking, but more addictive that a regular cigarette.Teenagers who smoke have signs of blood vessel damage. This can lead to serious types of heart disease or even one day a stroke. They also have shortage of breath three times more often than a non-smoker and can’t run nearly as long. Almost three-quarters of teenagers, who smoke regularly, find it harder to quit than if you just start as an adult does. They also go through the same thing adults do.Most children become addicted before the age of fourteen. Kids under the age of eighteen spend over one billion dollars a year on trying to buy cigarettes. The C.D.C. says that the earlier you talk to kids about smoking, the better off they will be in the long run and never start this bad habit. Studies show that...
