Smoking is an addiction

Smoking is an addiction. When a person smokes a tobacco product, they inhale the smoke, which contains nicotine as well as over 500 other chemicals. A cigarette contains cover paper, tobacco, nicotine, filter, and tar. The tobacco is where the tar comes from in a cigarette. The other substances that are in the cigarette produce this tar. The tar causes problems with the throat, mouth, and lungs. This causes lung cancer, emphysema, and bronchial disease. The …

…is sad to know that there are so many young smokers in our society and era. More than 3,000 American youths start smoking every day-over 1,000,000 every year. This number continues to grow. It is so alarming because young smokers are more suceptible to disease and pre-mature death. Statistics also show that students who use other drugs, get in fights, carry other weapons, attempt suicide, and engage in high risk sexual behavior are more likely to smoke.