Many teens in King City smoke. Perhaps they feel as if they are older and wiser. Teens often act as if they are invincible. The problem is that when they take the first puff, it can become addicting. These KCHS students gave their opinions on teen smoking.

Megan Landon, said, “I think that they know the consequences and if they want to chance it and get cancer then that’s their problem.”

     Teens know the consequences of smoking and they know that they can get cancer.

 “I think teen smoking is wrong because it causes lung cancer and it’s nasty just to smell smoke, said Anahi Silva.

     Smoking is a cause for lung cancer. It also causes other diseases. Cigarette smokers have a higher risk of developing several chronic disorders. These include fatty build ups in arteries, several types of cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (lung cancer). Every system in your body is affected when you smoke. Smelling the smoke can be revolting. In fact, it is worse for your health to inhale smoke than to actually smoke the cigarette itself.

“First of all it’s bad for your lungs. Not only can the smoke affect the smoker, it can also affect their friends, and if they keep it up for a while then it will eventually kill them or scar them for the rest of their lives,” said Tiffany Pineda.

     Usually if people smoke then their friends feel pressured and want to smoke as well because they want people to think they are cool. After they start, there going to have a hard time stopping.

The more you smoke the more life you take away. In general, male smokers lose an average of 13.2 years in life and females lose 14.5 years of life. That’s a lot of life to lose. When you smoke, it becomes harder to breathe walk or get around.

You don’t have to smoke to be cool because smoking isn’t cool. The reality of it is that you have a much higher chance of getting lung cancer, and even worse, it can kill you.