We all know that smoking is bad for health but we see so many people around us smoke. When people smoke, they become under the influence of a drug called nicotine. For new smokers, it soon becomes a habit that they become addicted. Smoking changes your mood in only 7 seconds because it goes to your brain directly and affects it. You start to feel relaxed and the effect lasts for a short time, until you smoke another cigarette.
Most children see grown-ups smoke. They think that it is cool to do so. When they start to smoke for the first time, they can get dizzy or vomit. After a short time, they feel that smoking makes them more relaxed. It becomes a part of daily life for them. Nicotine starts to take control of their bodies and they find it very hard to give it up.
Here are some facts about smoking that will shock you. Smoking causes 600,000 premature deaths each year. One cigarette contains 400 different chemicals and 250 of them are harmful. 50 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer. It causes heart disease and lung cancer. It even affects the health of unborn babies.
When you smoke, you not only badly affect your health. You also affect the health of those around you especially young children. They inhale the smoke that goes in the air. This is called passive smoking. There is a big chance that young children who see their parents smoke become smokers when they grow up.
If we all know that smoking is bad, why do governments allow the sales of cigarettes and tobacco products? The answer is simple. Tobacco companies pay a lot of money in taxes to governments. They are also very powerful. They sometimes offer government officials or their family members top jobs and offer them a lot of money.
In Australia, it is illegal to sell cigarettes to people under 18 years of age. A shop assistant can ask for proof of identity to check the age of the customer who wants to buy cigarettes before serving him or her. It is also illegal to smoke in a work place, a cinema, a theatre, on public transport or a restaurant. There are gory pictures on cigarette packets to warn customers about the dangers of smoking. Cigarette advertising is not allowed on TV, the radio or in newspapers. Shops are not allowed to display cigarette packs in public.
We need to take action to protect our health and the health of those around us. We need to create more and more smoke-free places, especially inside our homes. Smoking costs a lot of money. Australians spend more than 30 billion dollars a year on buying tobacco products. Now think how many schools, hospitals and factories we can build and how many lives we can save if we don’t spend that money on cigarettes.
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We all know that smoking is bad for health ...................we see so many people around us smoke. When people smoke, they become under the influence of a drug .......................nicotine. For new smokers, it soon becomes a habit that they become addicted. Smoking changes ......................mood in only 7 seconds because it goes to your brain directly and affects it. You ...................to feel relaxed and the effect lasts for a short time, until you smoke another cigarette.
Most children ....................grown-ups smoke. They think that it is cool to do so. When ..................start to smoke for the first time, they can get dizzy or vomit. After a .........................time, they feel that smoking makes them more relaxed. It becomes a part of daily life for them. Nicotine starts to ....................control of their bodies and they find it very hard .....................give it up.
Here are some facts about smoking ....................will shock you. Smoking causes 600,000 premature deaths each year. One cigarette contains 400 different chemicals and 250 of them .................harmful. 50 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer. It causes heart disease ......................lung cancer. It even affects the health of unborn babies.
When you smoke, you not only badly affect your health. You ....................affect the health of those around you especially young children. They inhale the ......................that goes in the air. This is called passive smoking. There is a big chance that young children who see their .....................smoke become smokers when they grow up.
If we all know that smoking is bad, why do governments allow the ..................of cigarettes and tobacco products? The answer is simple. Tobacco companies ..................a lot of money in taxes to governments. They are also very powerful. They sometimes ......................government officials or their family members top jobs and offer them a lot of money.
In Australia, it is illegal to sell cigarettes to people under 18 ...................of age. A shop assistant can ask for proof of identity to check the age of the customer who wants to ......................cigarettes before serving him or her. It is also illegal to smoke in a work place, a cinema, a theatre, on public transport or a ........................ There are gory pictures .....................cigarette packets to warn customers about the dangers of smoking. Cigarette advertising is not allowed on TV, the radio or in newspapers. Shops .................not allowed to display cigarette packs in public.
We need to take action to protect our health and the health of those ....................us. We need to create more and more smoke-free places, especially inside our homes. Smoking .................a lot of money. Australians spend more than 30 billion dollars a ..................on buying tobacco products. Now think how many schools, hospitals and factories .......................can build and how many lives we can ..................if we don’t spend that money ...................cigarettes.
