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lutant."(Waxman 1995) Surprisingly secondhand smoke causes as many deaths as the tobacco smokers do. "Most people die from secondhand smoke each year than from car accidents."(Waxman 1995) There are a lot of reasons that causes the deaths from secondhand smoke. "Lung cancer is the best known risk from secondhand smoke."(Wilson 1997) The simple smoke from a cigarette is more complex then it really looks. "Each time a person breaths in smoke about a million particles of very tiny complex materials are breathed in and only 20% of that is breathed out."(Hyde 1990) From these little millions of particles is the reason it causes problems for the human body. The main material in the some is nicotine. "Nicotine is an alkaloid poison found in Tobacco leaves that defends the plant against insect attacks. Nicotine affects the nervous system."(Mccuen 1997) Nobody wants that in his or her bodies. But people still light up every day knowing well enough that the tobacco smoke will kill them eventually or cause permanent damage to their bodies. The reason is because the nicotine in the cigarettes is very addictive, let me tell you from my personal experience that it is very addictive. As time goes by a person tolerance goes up. "Tolerance of nicotine begins with the first does of nicotine, people have to smoke more to feel it."(Hyde 1990) "Smoking causes enphasima, heart disease, lung cancer, gum disease, and many more."(Elders 1994) "Of all the disease casually associated with smoking, lung cancer is the most well know. Largely because in most populations, almost all lung cancer deaths are due to smoking."(Machenzie 1995) We most take well care of ourselves before we kill everybody. "Deaths from smoking-related illnesses, however, have climbed, possibly reaching a peak or plateau in 1998."(Machenzie 1995) With all this knowledge of tobacco smoke people are still smoking. It's 1999, people are taking better car of themselves but t...

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