write an essay on use of tobacco in everday life and its impacts
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We all know that tobacco kills. In this speech, I want to tell everyone that tobacco kills non-smokers as well. Let us be clear about it. Second-hand smoke also kills.
It is well documented through solid science that exposure to second-hand smoke causes cancer and contributes to various lung and heart diseases. It can cause asthma and other …show more content…
Reality however, is different. We are all exposed to second-hand smoke nearly everywhere we go; in cafes, in airports, in shopping centres, often in the workplace. In countries where there are no controls on smoking, people are exposed to it all day, every day. So are people who work in restaurants or bars.
The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 700 million, or almost half, of the world's children are exposed to second-hand smoke. In spite of what science tells us, however, in many places it is considered so acceptable to smoke, and so rude and unaccommodating to protest, that we dare not speak out against second-hand smoke.
The time has come for us to speak out. We have a right to breathe clean air. We have a right to good health and to protect our friends and family. We need to clear the air of second-hand smoke.
Today, we are calling for a ban on smoking in public places.
Such a ban offers a comprehensive solution to keeping the air clean and safe for all people, both smokers and non-smokers. It puts the emphasis on people's right to health and helps to make smoking the exception rather than the norm. From Canada to Thailand, Australia to South Africaand Ireland, wherever smoking bans have been put into effect they have also been shown to help people quit smoking
It is well documented through solid science that exposure to second-hand smoke causes cancer and contributes to various lung and heart diseases. It can cause asthma and other …show more content…
Reality however, is different. We are all exposed to second-hand smoke nearly everywhere we go; in cafes, in airports, in shopping centres, often in the workplace. In countries where there are no controls on smoking, people are exposed to it all day, every day. So are people who work in restaurants or bars.
The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 700 million, or almost half, of the world's children are exposed to second-hand smoke. In spite of what science tells us, however, in many places it is considered so acceptable to smoke, and so rude and unaccommodating to protest, that we dare not speak out against second-hand smoke.
The time has come for us to speak out. We have a right to breathe clean air. We have a right to good health and to protect our friends and family. We need to clear the air of second-hand smoke.
Today, we are calling for a ban on smoking in public places.
Such a ban offers a comprehensive solution to keeping the air clean and safe for all people, both smokers and non-smokers. It puts the emphasis on people's right to health and helps to make smoking the exception rather than the norm. From Canada to Thailand, Australia to South Africaand Ireland, wherever smoking bans have been put into effect they have also been shown to help people quit smoking
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