Editorial+Writing+-+Smoking+By+Saffy+and+Sonam

Removing Smoking Ads From Local Malls. -By Saffy and Sonam-  Reasons:  - It’s bad for your health. - It’s a bad influence. - It costs a lot of money!

 I went to the local mall with my family to get some clothes for my little brother, when something caught the corner of my eye. There were smoking ads everywhere, near the pay phones and on the walls. I was shocked because it’s a local mall where teens and children shop, it could easily convince them to do what the poster says.

I think there shouldn’t be any smoking ads in the local malls because it’s a bad influence on the children. What if the person smoking in the ad is the child’s role model? They might want to do what their idol does, smoke.

The child who chooses to smoke could end up with a health issue, such as lung disease, heart attack or heart disease, mouth cancer or bloody pee, which may lead to bladder cancer. It also costs a lot of money to heal, especially because smoking causes you to slow down healing time.

Smoking cigarettes cost a lot too, for a pack of 20 it’s $10.00. On average a smoker smokes a pack of 20 a day. So, it adds up to about 7300 cigarettes per year. Which costs around $3650 a year – that’s really expensive!

Cigarettes are so bad for you! They can harm you in so many ways. People may think it looks cool to smoke, but it slowly kills you inside and wastes most of your money. I can’t believe that there are smoking ads in the malls; it’s where most of the teens hang out with their friends. So if some kids decide to smoke I’d blame the advertisements, after all, who convinced the kids to smoke? That’s why we think it should be illegal to have smoking ads in local places, like the malls. Thank you for listening.