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** Don’t Smoke **
Streams of smoke fill the room, is this what you want? A smoker’s life. Smoking is dangerous. The reasons smoking is dangerous are what’s in the cigarette, what it does to the inside of your body, and how it effects the outside. Don’t even try this peer pressure.

Do you know what’s in a cigarette? There are 11 deadly toxins in one. Would you want to breathe in lead? Another thing is, all the around the house products they use. Some are, toilet cleaner, paint, batteries, tar, YUCK! A cigarette is basically just shredded tobacco wrapped in paper. Don’t risk killing yourself and others for paper. You’ll never forgive yourself.

Also, smoking hurts the inside of your body. Cancer is a disease you can get, lung cancer is the worst. Almost no one survives it. Another disease you can get is Emphysema. It inflates your lungs and your air sacks break. Though lung cancer is the worst throat cancer is GROSS! You would have a huge red lump sticking out of your throat. Do you want diseases like this?

Lastly smoking damages the outside of your body too. You’ll have disgusting golden teeth. You know, you’ll probably have gross breathe and never get a date. Also, you get wrinkles, who wants them? I’m telling you, you’ll up one day looking like an elephant. Another effect is that, it will slow you down. If you want to be the star on your sports team, then say good-bye to that dream. As you can see with smoking fitness is off limits.

To conclude, never get sucked into the dangers of smoking. The actual cigarette and the effect it has on the inside and outside of your body. So, think about this, do you want to be one of those 1,200 people that die each day from smoking?

2009 Resolutions
It’s that time of year again. The New Year is coming. As 2009 comes along I will make resolutions. Having a clean bedroom, learning to like my siblings better, and staying focused in class are some changes I will make. 2009 is almost here. My first resolution will be having a clean bedroom. First, I’m going to try not to buy little toys. Saving my money for more useful things will help me buy an iPod. Also, I can donate some items such as stuffed animals to charity. There are tons of kids all around the world that would absolutely love my things. Lastly, going through my dresser more often would keep it clean. I’ll do it every other month instead of every six months so my stuff isn’t killed by dust bunnies. Maybe walking through my room would be a possibility for once. Another resolution I will make is to learn to like my siblings better. One way I could do that is to spend more time with them. Then the little monsters would be better to relate to. Also, I can try not to get too upset at my sister, Ava. If I’m not upset at her she won’t be as mad at me. Lastly, fighting has to stop. If they’re angry at me, usually you wouldn’t see me anywhere near them but that will change, from now on I will try to calm them down. My last promise is, to stay focused during class. First, going to lala land is a definite no. I’m gone in the blink of an eye. Also, my focus has to stay glued to the paper. That way it’s harder to zone out. Finally, I’ll pay a lot more attention than usual. My fingers will skip across the page instead of wrestling in my desk. To sum up, I have many promises to keep for the New Year. A few resolutions I intend on keeping are, having a clean bedroom, getting along better with my siblings, and staying focused in class. If you check in with me in 2010 these changes may have been kept (I doubt it.)