Smoking Will Kill 1 Billion People!

One billion people will die from tobacco-related causes by 
the end of the century if current consumption trends continue, 
according to a global report released Thursday by the World Health 
Organization (WHO). 

At a press conference held in midtown Manhattan, New York City Mayor
Michael Bloomberg, whose charitable organization, Bloomberg Philanthropies, 
contributed $2 million to conduct the study, joined top WHO officials
to present the findings. Among the litany of sobering statistics:
5.4 million people die each year — one every six seconds — from lung
 cancer, heart disease or other illness directly linked to tobacco
use. Smoking killed 100 million people in the 20th century, and the yearly
death toll could pass 8 million as soon as 2030 — 80% of those deaths will
 be in the developing world, where tobacco use is growing most rapidly.
 "We're on a collision course," said Dr. Douglas Bettcher, director
 of WHO's Tobacco Free Initiative.

If the unveiling of the report felt more like an assault, it was meant to.
 Built into the report's six primary policy goals was a directive to 
countries to warn people about the many dangers of

Smoking dates back to 5000 BC (history, pg. 1). It has been a ritual in many civilizations all the way up to modern day. This practice is known to be the cause of many different health issues and diseases. Smoking can be a vice to people who have problems interacting with others. There are many different types of cigarettes now a day and some are even believed to be healthier than others. Most people believe that smoking is one of the worst things you could do to your body because of all the problems that come with it. Others don’t see anything wrong with smoking because they have been doing it for so long and it hasn’t affected them yet.

    
    There is such thing as second hand smoking as well. Basically, this is when someone that is smoking is so close to you that you inhale the smoke yourself,and it gets into your lungs, causing you to feel ill. It doesn’t take a lot of smoke to get into your lungs and start to blacken them. It is a tragedy that people who smoke are not courteous enough to make sure other people can’t breathe in the smoke around them. It is not fair that the world is being polluted by this dangerous poison. People who choose not to smoke should be able to wander around freely without the worry of cigarette smoke seeping into their lungs.

          Everybody knows what smoking can do to their body. We’ve all seen pictures and read articles about how smoking is bad for you,