Attention Getter: 390,000 people died last year. Each one of them spending an estimated 1,100 dollars a year on their deaths. In twenty-five years each person could have had an estimated 28,000 dollars of free spending money. Smoking is the root of the problem. Appeal to Audience: Weather you smoke or not it affects everyone in this room. You can be affected by either getting taxed for the medical bills or as simple as second hand smoke.Thesis Statement: Everyone must quit smoking.Preview: Your going to hear about Tobacco, second hand smoke, quitting smoking, ways of quitting, on the day you quit, withdrawal symptoms.Transition to body: These are the facts about smokingBODYI. TobaccoA. Dried leaves and stemsB. Nicotinia Tabacum1. Native to North America2. Now grown around the worldC. Contains the drug nicotine1. Powerful nerve stimulant2. Extremely toxici. Three drops could kill a personii. Most addictive drug in existenceD. 50 million Americans smoke1. Consume 540 billion cigarettes each yearE. 300 known poisons1. Arsenic2. Cyanide3. Carbon monoxide4. FormaldehydeF. 30% of cancer deaths are liked to smoking1. Mostly lung cancer2. Larynx3. Oral cavity4. Esophagus5. Bladder6. Kidney7. Pancreas8. Stomach Second-hand smokeTransition: Not only are you hurting yourself, but others around you.II Second-hand smokeA. Nations number 1 air pollution1. Killing more people than any other air pollution combined2. Lung cancer in healthy non-smokers3. Children grow up with respiratory problemsi. Miss three days of school a yearii. Seven weeks in twelve yearsiii. Lose their sense of smell up to 20%Transition: It’s actually realistic to give all of this up.III Quitting smokingA. Preparing yourself for quitting1. Decide that you want to quit2. List reasons for quitting3. Begin to condition yourself4. Set a date to quit5. Have realistic expectations6. understand withdrawal symptoms are temporary7. Involve someone elseB Ways of quit...
