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Persuasive Letter About Smoking

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Dear Mr. President,

Thank you in advance for taking the time to review my proposal to decrease the problem we have with teen smoking.

Everywhere we turn, we see the media promoting tobacco products. I believe that at age 18, it is too young to be legally able to purchase tobacco products. We need to take smoking seriously as drinking alcohol. Raising the age limit to smoke from 18 to 21 will help in decreasing the number of teens to not start smoking at such a young age. Also increasing the price of tobacco products will be very beneficial to our problem.

Banning of smoking in public places, such as restaurants and bars have been very positive outcomes for the recent years. Smoke-free policies do send strong and direct messages to …show more content…

The main problem that does not help convincing our teens that smoking is bad for them is the public media. We see it in commercials, magazines adds, billboards and all over the internet. We need to stop all these type of advertisements, we need to focus on positive advertisement. Why not advertise the consequences of smoking? How we harm our body and the people around us. Kids think it's cool to smoke and that the younger they are, the cooler they think they look. We need to educate our teens by having mandatory smoking prevention programs at school. Once a teen tries their first cigarette, those who continue to smoke will typically hang out with the same-aged friends as their steady source of cigarettes and tobacco (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 183). Typically, an increase in price of tobacco products of 10% causes a fall in smoking of 4% in adults and 6% in children (Jamrozik, 760). Once we increase the price of tobacco products, it will be difficult for our teens to

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