Persuasive+Essay

by Lizzie Jeon Considering the rights of non-smokers, write an essay about whether smoking should or should not be permitted in public places. Convince your reader of your position.**
 * Persuasive Essay

Many people, including me, immediately feels disgusted whenever they see a plume of smoke rising from one glowing end of a cigarette or when they detect the bitter, unhealthy scent of cigarette smoke. Smokers might have their individual reasons for why they smoke, such as to find a loophole from their daily stress. But whatever the reason, it is not acceptable for them to smoke in the public, especially in places where there are more non-smokers than smokers. Smoking should not be permitted in the public because it damages both the smokers and the non-smokers’ health, worsens environmental pollution, and shows a bad influence to children. As you probably already know, smoking is known for its danger to our health. Did you know that a cigarette holds many deadly poisons such as nicotine and arsenic, which is used in rat poison? Every time you inhale smoke from a cigarette, small amounts of those toxins get into your blood through your lungs. If you take in too much of those bad stuff, it can lead you easily to serious health issues. Smoking makes you ooze with body odor, give you early wrinkles, stains your teeth, and gives you really bad breath. That’s not all: It can go even worse and give you a lung cancer. Lung cancer is responsible for 31% of all deaths from cancer, and 90% of these could have been prevented if people hadn’t smoked cigarettes.