Just Don't Smoke!

(This persuasive paragraph was written by my sixth grader Ben for Language Arts.)

Disgusting! Hazardous! Costly! Why do it?!

Until we can stop the making of cigarettes, more and more smokers will die. First off, there are many surprising toxins found in cigarettes that many people don’t know about. There’s chemicals found in toilet bowl cleaner, arsenic, pen ink, and over 3,000 other toxic products. In addition, horrible things can happen to your health.

My grandpa smoked in his 20’s, and died of intestinal cancer in his 60’s. Smoking can also cause many other types of diseases like tooth decay, strokes, lung cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, osteoporosis, and many others. Lastly, cigarettes are extremely expensive. An average smoker uses about 2 packs a day, which costs about $7.50. For one week, it’s $55. One year is a whopping $2,800! Would you rather have a new laptop or cigarettes?

As you can see, smoking is just a horrible thing to do, so spread the word! Help make this world smoke-free!