e hazards of tobacco than any generation in history. As kindergartners, alarmed by the dangers of smoking, we flushed our mothers' menthols. We have been shown the tricks cigarette makers used to seduce children. We have seen the anticigarette ads that use humor to prevent smoking. And we have seen stomach-turning photos of smokers' blackened lungs and ulcerated tongues. That kind of reminds me, this can happen to me, but does it really make me stop smoking? "Does seeing fat people make you stop eating? You've got to do what makes you happy, and smoking makes me happy." Nothing can stop us from getting rid of something that we think to be just a bad habit, not even ruining health of other people that are around us. Secondhand smoke is harmful to the health of nonsmokers. According to John R. Garrison, secondhand smoke causes lung cancer and increases the risk of heart disease. This leads to about 53,000 deaths that are caused by cigarette smoke among nonsmokers in the United States. Secondhand smoke affects the health of adults and children who can not always protect themselves: “Children do not choose to live in smoke-filled homes, and nonsmoking adults can not control the smoky air they breathe at work.” Take for example Bucks County Community College, even though smoking inside of all the buildings on campus is restricted, nonsmokers still have to breathe the air full of smoke while walking along buildings’ entrances. Especially at the entrances to Penn Hall and Founders Hall large clouds of smoke are rising up from the mouths of young adults who are standing in a little groups that from far away look like ant - hills. Sometimes the amount of smoke in these areas is so large that it is hard to see a person that’s standing next to you. It also becomes very hard for people that do not smoke to get in or to get out from the building. I have noticed how some of them close his or her mouth, hold the breath and t...
