I.

TOPIC: SMOKING

II.THESIS STATEMENT: "Although many teenagers start smoking for reasons that seem
good to them at the time, they don't realize how much harm smoking can cause." 

III.OUTLINE: TEEN SMOKING

A.

1. “Yellow teeth, bad breath, lung cancer, heart diseases, emphysema, and may complicate
pregnancy. There are the problems smoking causes!”

2. Most youth attribute their tendencies of smoking to the improvement of smoking in media,
depression, and lastly easy access to tobacco.

3. The facts about smoking at their disposal, every day almost 17.3 million teens by cigarettes
for the first time and about 14.6 million continue to become regular smokers.

B.

1. According to Joe Camel, the cigarette smoking camel, was reported to be as familiar to13-
years-old children as Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse.

2. The FDA plans to significantly reduce the number of teen smoking amongst teens

3. Factors of teen smoking

3.1. Smoking associated with depression

3.2. Smoking’s effect on the development of depression may be attributable to central nervous
system of nicotine

3.3. These include previous experimentation with tobacco products, poor school performance,
peer tobacco use, and parental report of bad tempered

C.

1. Many reasons behind teen smoking

2. Summary of teen smoking

IV. Final copy

 TEEN SMOKING

The facts are right there in the packed. “Yellow teeth, bad breath, lung cancer, heart
diseases, emphysema, and may complicate pregnancy. There are the problems smoking causes!”
Many teen smokers say that they regret beginning to smoke when such particulars are conveyed.
However, most youth attribute their tendencies of smoking to the improvement of smoking in
media, depression, and lastly easy access to tobacco. Yet, with all the facts about smoking at
their disposal, every day almost 17.3 million teens by cigarettes for the first time and about 14.6
million continue to become regular smokers.

Therefore, the question remains, why exactly are teens lighting it up. Some guess that
many young people start smoking because of the progression of smoking on television, in the
movie and in advertisements. According to Joe Camel, when he was still alive the cigarette
smoking camel, was reported to be as familiar to13-years-old children as Walt Disney’s Mickey
Mouse. Youth are more impressionable as far as reacting to what they see and hear on the
television. Therefore, Joe Camel was the perfect marketing tool to attract the attention of teen
worldwide. To counteract the FDA made a ruling. The FDA rule places restrictions on Tobacco
Company marketing practices that targets large numbers of kids that all outdoor advertising will
be banned within 1,000 feet of school and playgrounds, and tobacco company sales or giveaways
will be prohibited , with this newly instituted plan, the FDA plans to significantly reduce the
number of teen smoking amongst teens.

There are also a couple other factors of teen smoking .One is that smoking associated
with depression. Anxiety and low self-esteem in some cases parallel many hours usage tobacco
products as a way to “self- medicates”. Smoking’s effect on the development of depression may
be attributable to central nervous system of nicotine or other smoking by products the
effectiveness of antidepressants in smoking end. Independent of previous or current depression
provides additional support for this view. While heavy cigarette use is not necessarily a result of
depression, it has been said that other social factors do predict progression to heavy smoking.
These include previous experimentation with tobacco products, poor school performance, peer
tobacco use, and parental report of bad tempered.

Finally, whatever their reason is young people say they and it easy to obtain cigarettes
despite laws banning the sale of tobacco to minors. Becoming aware of this, the Federal
Government implemented new previsions. Vendors and shopkeepers caught selling or serving
alcohol or tobacco related products face a fine of P1079.50fine, which will be doubled if the
offence is repeated.

In short, there are many reasons behind teen smoking. It may be due to the improvement
smoking in the media, depression, easy access to tobacco, the Federal Government is keeping
down. This is most evident within the following recently instated ordinance and laws. The
banning of vending machine sales and self-service displays except in places where minors are
not allowed, such as certain bars and nightclubs, the prohibition of the sale of single or loose
cigarettes and requires packages to contains at least twenty, lastly the prohibiting of three
giveaways of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products. Our fast paced society may offer us
many new daily adventures and challenges. One would think that in the quest to survive as long
as that cigarette smoking would be a more hindrance. However, where there is a will there is a
way, and unless cigarette smoking is banned. It’s unfortunately to say the number of teenage
smokers will probably ascend.