"Every day, about 1,000 children and teenagers become regular smokers, and 4,000 try smoking for the first time. About 440,000 people die every year from smoking-related health problems, and the cost to treat such problems exceeds $96 billion a year." - Gardiner Harris
Addictions to smoking are continuing to start at younger ages as the years progress. Over 1,000 children and teens begin to smoke on a regular basis every single day. About 440,000 people die from smoking related illnesses each year. The cost to treat these illnesses due to smoking costs more than $96 billion a year.
I believe that the reason so many people are becoming smokers is because there are people smoking all around us. Cigarettes have become much more readily available and easily obtainable as the years progress. If there was a ban on smoking in public places, the I believe that the smoking rate would decrease immensely; since there wouldn't be people around you tempting you to smoke, you simply wouldn't have the desire.
Harris, Gardiner. "F.D.A. Unveils Proposed Graphic Warning Labels for Cigarette Packs." New York times. New York Times, 10 Nov. 2010. Web. 11 Nov. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/health/policy/11tobacco.html?scp=1&sq=effect%20of%20smoking%20ban%st-cse>.
I love your topic. Personally, people who smoke disgust me and when they are smoking in front of me while I am eating... ew. Plus, I have bad reactions to cigarette smoke. Hopefully sometime in the future SC can find a way to designate a certain spot that is not in view of the public. Fingers crossed :)
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