In spite of all of the health warnings, teenagers continue to get hooked on tobacco even though they all know that it is bad for them. It is therefore logical to conclude that a shallow knowledge of the health risks is not enough to convince teenagers not to smoke. One in every three teens who begin to smoke will eventually die from it or have a smoking-related problem in the future. We need to stand up as one to solve this rising epidemic. It is taking away our future of young people by turning them into addicts. There are many things we could possibly do to prevent more addiction and deaths.
A simple way that I have become involved in anti-smoking organizations is through the internet. Standonline.org and truth.org are two very informative web sites that gives people chances to fight against smoking. They have online petitions that you can sign that say you do not want smoking in movies or on television anymore. They also have support g
Lastly I believe that the best thing I can do to help cut down on smoking addiction is to get out there and inform people on how wrong and harmful it is. Although I am willing to do whatever it takes because this is something that I strongly believe in and it is worth all of the hard work I am going to put into it.
One more thing that I would like to see get done for the future is to educate teenagers more about the effects and problems associated with making smoking a daily habit, with more emphasis on the social aspects of smoking. In school health classes, smoking is taught to be bad for your health. Teachers go over the long term effects such as lung cancer and emphysema to try to scare their students into not smoking. This is not very effective because teens don’t look down the road that far. They are thinking about the present, not twenty years from now. Something should be said about all of the lifestyle changes smokers go through, such as only being able to smoke in certa
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