Welcome to the 10th Grade’s Forum
This page is a discussion forum of the 10th grade (4-5 points) of the 2007/2008 school year. We are going to discuss many subjects and the first is smoking. So, you are welcome to leave your comments and upload your posts.
Media on Smoking
Our first subject is about smoking and its effects. Here I am adding a few short movies on smoking. So, enjoy watching and don’t forget to leave your comments.
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Goofy of 1951 struggles desperately with nicotine addiction
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Every cigarette is doing you damage!
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Mam, have you seen my hamster?
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Smoking is a Deadly Weapon
Smoking Truly Kills by Eugenia Agafonov
Nowadays, smoking seems to be one of the most considered themes in the world. Like every subject, this one has two sides.
On the one hand, we see smokers who continue smoking though they know of its damages. On the other hand, there are the notification on cigarettes’ packs and million more damages caused by smoking. If it only were up to me, I would shut every factory up producing these toxic sticks. As I see that, these factories are criminals that should be punished.
I doubt if there were a person on earth who hasn’t heard that smoking causes lots of kinds of diseases, such as lung cancer, different dental problems and early death, and all these are facts.
Moreover, the smoke makes holes in the ozone layer and infects the surroundings. At last, as we know, smoking is addictive, that is probably the reason that the number of smokers does not decrease. It is easier to talk about the negative side of smoking than the positive one, still, some people are sure of smoking advantages, e.g. relaxation effects and – what is important for teenagers – to be popular in their groups. Shame on those who think that having lung cancer would help to be a group leader. At last, I would like to say that the questions: “To smoke, or not to smoke?” and “Does smoking kill?” have the one correct answer. Even if smoking does not kill you, it is doing you damage. Early or later every person will understand it. Thus, my goal was to help you to understand it earlier.
Smoking Kills…? By Valeria Rosinsky
Since the 10th century BC people have started using tobacco leaves for smoking and chewing. Its use was gradually adopted throughout the nations of Americas. With the time the cigarettes (which made of tobacco) developed and became better popular in the rest of the word.
More and more people began to addict to the cigarettes. Today there is a big percentage of people using them; for example, according to a 2004 national survey on tobacco use in Canada, twenty percent of Canadians aged 15 and older smoke cigarettes. Fifteen percent of Canadians smoke regularly and consume an average of 15 cigarettes a day, while five percent smoke regularly, but not necessarily every day. Have you ever thought of the consequences of smoking cigarettes? Many people die and get infected by the smoke of the cigarettes. One of the most common diseases in the world is cancer, and 30% of cancer deaths are the result of smoking! There are a lot of human beings who nonsmokers but still get sick with emphysema, get heart attacks, strokes and many more illnesses from the smoke that emitted from a cigarette that used by another person. Believe it or not but the smoking hurts not only internal organs but the external appearance, too. Fingers and fingernails become discolored with tarry, mustard-hued stains. Breath takes on the smell either of the cigarette or of old, lingering tobacco companies. Over time, skin takes on the appearance of advanced age, with wrinkles, crevices etc. Gums and teeth suffer as well, with periodontal disease, including gingivitis (painful, swollen, bleeding gums).e. Teeth become stained in shades from mustard yellow to dark brown. Not to think about myself, the cigarettes hurt our planet earth. Scraps of smoke and other cigarette litter infecting our environment, the particles that emitted from the smoke mixed up with oxygen that we breathe and damage ozone.
On the one hand, smoking cigarettes is positive. It may cause weight loss, production of an alert rational calm, improved memory and problem solving while under the acute influence of nicotine, analgesia- nicotine has pain killing properties, marked non-aggressive effect and decrease obsessive compulsive behavior and tics. Here are only a few positive effects of smoking!
After researching the negative and positive effects of smoking cigarettes it’s hard to decide if it’s worth smoking… Smoking can kill you or make you ill but, on the other hand, it makes you to fell better about yourself. My opinion about both of the sides – to be calm, lose weight and more- isn’t worth to lose your life… you can find many more ways and solutions to solve your problems but not by destroying your own and the people’s health and life who are close to you.
Smoking kills..? by Shir Butbul
A lot of people smoke cigarettes in the world. Smoking is common among all ages of the population from little children to old people. Smoking is addictive! There is an addictive substance called nicotine. It makes smokers to be addictive to cigarettes. People who started smoking about age 13-14 want to be more accepted socially. They know what the damage is, but they choose avoiding all dangers because they think that smoking makes them more popular. Smoking increases the chance to die in young age. His causes to harden sickness like cancer, to heart diseases and more. In addition, smoking is not aesthetic: fingernails are yellow; teeth are black and voice is hoarse. In conclusion, I want to say: Smoking is doing you Damage, not healthy and useless!
Just a few minutes ago I saw the video сlips that talking about smoking.
The video that most effected me is called “Every cigarette is doing you damage!”
When I saw it, I truly realized that cigarettes doing much more damage than we really see!
It’s very scary to know that many people today smoke and no one can promise then that they will be o.k. till the rest of they lives (tfu, tfu, tfu…).
I’m also scared – I’m a passive smoker (you can say), I’ve passed by hundreds or maybe thousands of smoking people in my entire life and I actually don’t really know how I would be influenced…
Well… what I’m trying to say here is that smoking is wrong! You harm yourself and other people by doing it…
So please think T-W-I-C-E before light a spark plug and smoke (if you are a smoker, and if you don’t, try to stay away from the smoke).
Well, each of these videos only strengthens my opinion about smoking. I’m sure that if I write again composition about this subject, I will have much more to say.
I have never doubted that smoking damages, but now I’m totally sure that any smoker who sees the video “Every cigarette is doing you damage!” will think about this problematic “hobby” again .
I’m glad that there are people who try to influence on smokers. It is the right thing to do.
The online newspaper and its contents are very interesting because have a lot exciting and modern topics topics.
The newspaper includes topics that are interesting for teenagers.
It’s very very good because this forum makes students of our school participate in the newspaper project.
The newspaper project is very enjoyeable and also educates you.
The newspaper project is very successful and to have fun for its surfers.
After seeing the movies, we think that smoking is very dangerous , because it may kill a smoker. If you are not dead yet, you will get some very dangerous diseases that may be a serious risk to your health.
Hello! My name is Moriyan Malul and I’d like to write a few words about the movies I have watched.
I do understand that smoking is doing us damage. My knowledge has increased after watching the movies because I have never thought of danger of smoking. Cigarettes do destroy your life and worst thing is that you do it to yourself!
Cigarettes are smelly, unhealthy, and even more… I really hate them!
So, people please stop smoking! You destroy your body!
Smoking is doing you damage. It is not healthy and useless.
There is an addictive material – nicotine. It causes the people to be addictive to cigarettes.
Smoking increases the chance to die at a young age. It causes to harden particular disease as it was shown in Every Cigarette is Doing You Damage.
I do not smoke! So, I have no problems!
I think that smooking is not good. But everyone has his own opinion!
I understood from the movies many things:
1. There are about 43 toxic materials in each cigarette. It can cause cancer in smoker’s lungs, and also it can cause heart attacks and strokes.
2. Smoking pregnant women do damage to their fetus, and smoking harms your brain and causes problems with the memory.
It’s also known that smoking can cause early aging and early death.
I think that these movies are so interesting and this forum is well-built. But this part of movies is not good because we see teenagers smooking cigarettes and doing drugs. It is not good for teenagers and harms their health. Cigarettes addict teenagers and may cause some diseases.