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PERSUASIVE SPEECH

What if every morning you woke up and on the breakfast table there was a chemical mixture of around 4000 different chemicals, 40 of which are scientifically proven to cause cancer?

Chemicals such as Benzene, Formaldehyde, Ammonia, Tar, Nicotine and Carbon Monoxide... and you had them every day for the rest of your life. You’re probably thinking, “Why on earth would someone want to eat that?” And you’re right, why on earth would someone want to eat that? They’ve got to be stupid to even consider it right?

But sadly for 1.43 billion people worldwide and around 5.3 million people in Australia this is a reality.

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I’m talking about Smoking, the leading cause of cancer in the world.

An average smoker, smokes around 15-20 cigarettes a day. It’s said that by smoking you can drastically shorten your life by around 7-9 years, that’s about 8 minutes every cigarette you smoke, or 120 minutes a day, eventually equalling up to around 730 hours a year.

Cigarettes cause more deaths than

  • Murder,
  • Car Accidents,
  •  Work-related Accidents,
  • Drugs
  • & Alcohol combined

 It’s fair to say that cigarettes are a killing machine, as smoking is the leading cause of cancer and diseases, such as:

  • Cardiovascular ...

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