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Topic: Should Smoking be Banned?

Argument 3: Attitudes of Smokers

-Start before age 20

-most need approval to smoke

-about 500,000 deaths per year

-people who smoke become irritable and have mood swings

Argument 2: Exercise and Physical Fitness

-decline in exercise with people that smoke

-smokers workout less than people who stopped smoking or do not smoke

-smokers have a higher percentage of body fat

-people that are heavier and smokers are more likely to quit smoking

Argument 1: Damages to the Body and Environment

-primary organ effected: lung

-diseases: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

-emphysema

-refractory asthma

-chronic bronchitis

-38% of litter is from cigarettes

-harming of sea animals and wildlife

-air pollution

Counter argument:

-loss of jobs

-100 million people work for the tobacco industry

-industry is helping people find new jobs

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