Tobacco

Tobacco should not be legal. Nicotine is the main drug found in tobacco. Nicotine is highly addictive and many young people are getting into the use of tobacco. Children at age 12 have been recorded of using tobacco! That is way too young to be involved in drugs considering no one should be involved in its use. First of all tobacco is extremely unhealthy for your body. It can cause different types of cancers and lung problems. If you are using tobacco by smoking you are affecting others around you with secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke can cause lung and health problems as well. http://www.theantidrug.com/drug-information/commonly-abused-drugs/tobacco-nicotine.aspx

According to http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/drug_guide/Tobacco, about 3,000 non-smokers die from lung cancer each year from secondhand smoke and smoke in the environment. It also states the smoke in the environment causes about 300,000 children to have problems from lower repertory- tract infections. Overall this is not a very healthy substance for the user of tobacco or others in the surrounding environment such as their friends and family members. People also spend so much of their money buying tobacco when they could be using it on many other important things.

According to http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fast_facts/index.htm, more than 5 million deaths around the world each year are caused from tobacco. I think everyone should stay away from tobacco and try to live a healthier lifestyle and save some one else’s life by not getting involved!