Satoshi Takizawa
Professor James

ARW Section AI
23 May 2007

Fluency journal “Cigarette”

Today, a campaign against smoking is done considerably. Outside, many cities prohibit smoker from walking with smoking. And inside, a smoking place is separated. Also in ICU, a movement to exclude smoking places has been done. But, what makes smokers so bad impression? How much is it bad? I would like to point out two points about this. First point is a health phase. A cigarette contains about 200 toxic chemicals and 40 carcinogens. The most dangerous disease is cancer. Smokers are liable to get cancer about 3 to 33 times as much as nonsmokers. It is said that smoking one cigarette shortens the life expectancy about 5 minutes. Smokes damage not only smoker but also nonsmoker. Passive smoking is worse than direct smoking. However, I think that nonsmokers don't breathe all passive smokes. So I think of how much passive smokes harms nonsmokers in doubt. Furthermore, smoking by a woman who is pregnant causes premature birth and disabled person delivery. Next point is an economical phase. Japanese economy gains about 2,800,000,000,000 yen by tobacco tax and so on, but Japanese economy gives a loss of 5,600,000,000,000 yen by medical cost of smokers and fire extinguishing costs of a fire by a cigarette. So the deduction is 2,800,000,000,000 yen damage. By these reasons, we can conclude it that there is the great damage in smoking. Now, it becomes a problem that a cigarette company should take responsibility for a person narrowing life by oversmoking of a cigarette. But people make too much fuss. For example, I try to compare it with a shrink age of life by a death of a motorcycle. About 10,000 people lose their life by an accident by motorcycle a year. This is considerable amount. If it is so, a motorcycle company should warn it and should take responsibility for a person of death by accident. However, an individual takes responsibility. So smokers should take responsibility for their health. Harm to the human of a cigarette is very clear, therefore, cigarette should disappear from the world.

(333 words)