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Dear Cosmo,
Do you know how bad smoking is for you? Not only is it a waste of money, it also affects your body, and causes disease! Smoking kills 400,000 people a year! I don't want you to be one of those people, so I strongly urge you to stop!
It's a waste of money. A pack of cigarettes cost about $3-$5. Not much right? You're wrong. If you smoke one pack of cigarettes a day, the cost of smoking goes up to $20 or more a week, $80 or more a month, and $760 or more a year! That's almost enough to buy 3 Play Stations and have some money left over. That's only smoking the cheap cigarettes. The expensive ones can cost up to $31.00 or more for a carton!
It affects your body. Disgusting, black tar builds up in your lungs. That alone could cause lung cancer and death. Your teeth turn a gross, sickly yellow. That could cause mouth cancer and, you guessed it, death! Your delightful smile won't seem so "delightful" any more. You also lose 7 seconds of your life every time you smoke. Doesn't sound like a log right? Wrong again! Say you smoke 1 pack of cigarettes a day. That's about 20 cigarettes, 7 days a week. Guess how many minutes of your life you end up loosing? 10 minutes and 20 seconds of your life gone every week? Smoking kills a person like hunger starves a person.
Not only does smoking affect your body, it causes diseases in your body too! It gives you mouth cancer which distorts your face and makes you very ugly. It can give you heart disease also, both of which can kill you or have serious effects on your health. Smoking kills more people a year than breast cancer, AIDS, and many other diseases combined!
Please stop smoking! It's a waste of money, it affects your body, and it causes disease. Smoking kills 400,000 people a year. I don't want that number to grow because of you. Please, please stop!
Your Concerned Friend,
Megan
Pequea, PA