Every year we lose 4.9 million people worldwide, not from aids, homicides, drugs, or even auto accidents, but from smoking. Smoking kills more than all of those combined. In America alone we have 1,200 smoking fatalities in one day. This is why I am against smoking. An estimated 46.5 million adults in the United States smoke cigarettes, even though this single behavior will result in death, or disability for half of all regular users.
The question is, why do people start smoking? Is it because society gives in to peer pressure, or do people just want to look cool? …
