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Grace Ha : 11th Grade / Staten Island, NY /Tottenville High School

 

A Smoke-Free Home is a Healthy, Wise, and Respectable Home. A smoke-free home is a home where the surrounding is safe and clean for the members of the family and unaffected by the toxic chemicals released by cigarettes, cigars, and other unsafe drugs. These three descriptions of a smoke-free home represent the truth about a home that is smoke-free.
A Smoke-Free Home is a Healthy Home. A person's health is extremely significant and directly related to that person's survival. If a person's health is at risk, that person's life is on the line. A home that is not smoke-free affects everyone in that house. It harms everyone in the family. It would harm the smoker because smoking infects and destroys the inner organs as he or she inhales the smoke. It would also harm anyone near the smoker because of what is known as second-hand smoking. By inhaling the chemicals released by the cigarette or cigar smoked by another person, the person inhaling the smoke is experiencing second-hand smoking. Today, research has proven that second-hand smoking is just as dangerous as ordinary smoking. First-hand and second-hand smoking can cause lung cancer, heart disease, nasal sinus cancer, respiratory disease, and other illnesses. By avoiding first-hand and second-hand smoking in the home, the health of everyone living in the home is protected and unharmed.
A Smoke-Free Home is a Wise Home. A wise person is a person who thinks before they act. A wise person would consider all the pros and cons of smoking before actually doing it. A wise person would see how unsafe and dangerous smoking is to that person's body and, therefore, would refuse to do something that would harm himself or herself. A wise person is similar to a wise home. A wise person won't harm his or her body. A wise home won't harm its' body which refers to anything inside the home. A wise person wouldn't want to harm his or her organs and body parts inside that person's body. In the same way, a wise home wouldn't want to harm the people living inside its body. A home that is not smoke-free is harming the people living inside it by exposing them to the toxic chemicals released by the drug. However, a home that is smoke-free is protecting the people living in it from the toxic chemicals. A home that is smoke-free would consider all the pros and cons of how smoking can affect the home. The pros would obviously beat the cons. Therefore, by being a smoke-free home, the home is also being a wise home.
A Smoke-Free Home is a Respectable Home. If a person respects another, then the other person would respect the person back. By maintaining a home that is smoke-free, the home is respecting everyone living inside the house and any guests who arrive at the home. By respecting the people inside the home, the people will respect the home in return. Everyone would view a smoke-free home as a respectable home because of how that home respects others. Guests arriving at a smoke-free home would respect the home more than guests arriving at a non-smoke-free home. Everyone is aware of how dangerous smoking is and, by not considering this harmfulness while guests are visiting, the non-smoke-free home is disrespecting the guests. People show respect and appreciation for one another by showing that they care about them. Homes are respected in the same way. A smoke-free home cares about everyone's health and wants to provide a clean environment for one another and any guests that arrive.
In a smoke-free home, health is ensured, the surrounding is fresh and clean, and the chance of fire occurring in the house is reduced. A healthy, wise, and respectable home is what makes up an ideal home for adults and children. Having a smoke-free home is a great way to show one another that you have great self-respect not only for yourself but also for those you love and care for.