Why You Shouldn T Smoke Persuasive Essay

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Even though people are told, now in this current day, that you shouldn’t smoke, many of them still do it anyway. We warn them and warn them constantly of the consequences and yet they ignore us like nothing is going to happen to them. They somehow think that they are invincible to the harmful effects of smoking. I’m going to tell you why you shouldn’t smoke.
Ok, first things first, when I say smoking I’m talking about cigarettes and tobacco. I’m not talking about marijuana. After having many scientific studies done, marijuana has been shown to be more helpful than harmful. Marijuana does not have the same effects that tobacco has. And though that doesn’t mean you should smoke it, if you did you would probably be just fine. So let us get into …show more content…

This here is probably the main reason as to why you shouldn’t smoke. Smoking tobacco does many things you can’t see to your body. Starting at the top of your body, your brain is affected in many ways. The main way your brain is affected is how your mind and thought processes work. The nicotine, which is the substance that actually comes from the tobacco that affects us so badly, goes to the brain very quickly (NEED SITE). A large reason why some people haven’t stopped smoking is because the nicotine gives them this relieving feeling when they are mad, sad, stressed, depressed, you name it. Though smoking can relieve those feeling it can also make you feel the same way. The nicotine can make you feel nervous moody anxious or depressed. Smoking also affects your heart and nervous system. Smoking tobacco has been known to increase heart rate and blood pressure and even cause heart attacks in some situations. Heart attacks can kill you in case you were unaware, so that means that smoking can kill you and it actually has killed many people. Probably the most affected part of the body when it comes to smoking tobacco is the lungs. Smoking slowly damages your lungs over time. It will basically destroy your lungs over the course of time that you smoke. Your lungs blacken and they shrivel. Don’t plan on doing any kind of irregular physical activity because you probably won’t be able to breathe well …show more content…

If you are under 21, it’s illegal, as in not allowed or banned from doing so. You can get into a large amount of trouble if caught smoking under the age of 21. There is a reason why there is an age limit on smoking. It harms children and teens by a substantial amount more than it does to adults. Children and teens are still in the process of developing and becoming full size human beings. If they smoke, it will mess with the process and cause things to go wrong, whether it be mental or physical problems. The point is it’s even worse for you at a younger