Stub that cigarette or loose your life
How do you fancy eating all your meals through a tube in your throat? Doesn’t sound too good, however this problem is being faced by many young smokers these days as a rise in teenage smoking threatens to destroy the health of the under-20s. Would you like to damage your heart beyond all repair? Would you like to damage your lungs, filling them with a tar-like substance? Would you like to smell disgusting? All you need to do is smoke, it’s that simple.
“Here, try this; one can’t hurt..”
The uneducated think that one-a-day can’t kill you, but they’re wrong. As soon as the first lighted cigarette touches your lips, your body plays host to a cocktail of noxious, toxic chemicals that wreak havoc on your bodies internal organs. 89% of all teenage smokers started because their friends were smoking, and they wanted to fit in. Think you’re individual by smoking? Think again, since peer-pressure last year caused more than 65,000 new teens to take up the habit. Peer-pressure is the leading cause of starting smoking, and is basically when you do what your friends want you to do; the organisation DARE - that teaches teenagers how to keep off the fags - gives teens this advice: “If you’re ever in the situation where a friend wants you to start smoking, try giving them an excuse. For example, ‘I tried and I don’t like it’ works well, and so does ‘I’ve already had one, I don’t feel like another one yet.’ Whatever you do, don’t give into it.’
