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Smoking should be banned

SMOKING SHOULD BE BANNED
Smoking is and expensive habit and it should be banned. Although smokers claim that it helps them to relax and release stress, the negative aspects of the habit take over the positive. It is a health hazard for both smokers and non-smokers and it is especially harmful to unborn babies. Cigarettes are also addictive because of the nicotine they contain.
Cigarette smoking causes a number of health problems which are expensive to treat 79%-90% of lung cancer is directly attributed to smoking and 50% of all strokes in the United states are directly attributable to cigarette smoking. Cigarette smokers have a lower lever of lung function and one who smokes a pack or more of cigarettes each day lives 7 years less than someone who never smoked. Teens who smoke are 3 times more likely to use alcohol , 8 times more likely to use marijuana and 22 times more likely to use illegal drugs like cocaine and heroine. Smoking is associated with a host of other risky beh...

Posted by: Chad Boger

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