dare essay

Dear Josh Koch,                                                                                      Mr. Gebauer

Remember Grandpa? The one who suffered from esophageal cancer, which lead to liver cancer, which went to lung cancer, then finally lead to death. He was one of the 400,000 people a year who die from smoking related issues.  Our family still to this point doesn’t know how it all happened, even doctors. But all we do know is that he smoked… for thirty years. Could that be the cause? Most people believe so. Near the end we all said, who cares if he smokes, we know it’s near. So that is how it was put. He was addicted, got cancer, suffered, and then died. That’s how harmful tobacco can be. Cigarettes contain over 400 poisons, and those poisons are highly dangerous and kill people just like you.

          It’s hard to believe when you’re a kid that you will ever smoke or take drugs, but peer pressure and your surroundings could influence you. The one thing that is reasonable is that tobacco was a plant. Yes, they sold it for money and thought it wasn’t harmful. But when they found out it was harmful, for all the reasons in the world why didn’t they stop it!? Although a person is not bad if they smoke, their choices are poor. The first drug usually used by a person is tobacco and half of all youthful deaths including drowning, fires and suicide are alcohol related.  Those people made the choice of saying “maybe just one” or “it won’t hurt me” and they ruined their life.

The saddest, worst part is that your most loved ones choose that choice, to abuse their body and life with disgusting drugs and alcohol. Put their life and family in jeopardy, just why. But when they pass we ask ourselves “Why did he choose that? Why didn’t we stop them?” it’s all a matter of intelligence and choice.  Life is full of choices, so make smart ones. Live a life you were made to have not controlled by drugs.

          From,

          Josh Koch