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Smoking

Everyday 3,000 children start smoking, most of them between the ages of 10 and 18. These kids account for 90 percent of all new smokers. In fact, almost 90 percent of all smokers said that they first tried smoking when they were teenagers. These statistics show that teenagers are more venerable to smoking than any other age group. And that is because they are influenced by the environment around them whether it's because their parents or friends smoke, or because they think it makes them look older and more mature. Smoking actually does make a person seem older, that if yellow teeth and wrinkles is the look you want. Smoking wastes the consumer's money, shortens his life by approximately 14 years, and kills people in the United States more than AIDS, alcohol, drug abuse, car crashes, and fires combined. Therefore, smoking should be made illegal; for it's the number one cause of death in the United States.
Although some people say that smoking helps them get rid of their......

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