smoking speech

Name: Topic: Smoking General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience not to smoke cigarettes Central Idea: Today I would like to persuade you to realize the dangers and health risks of smoking cigarettes, I would like to give you some options of how not to start smoking and or even stop, and I would like you to visualize with me a nation that is smoke free. Emotional Appeal: Disgusted, appalled, and baffled …

…and I need for all of you who do not smoke to really think twice before you do start smoking. Memorable Statement: According to “American smokers have consumed 17 trillion cigarettes; if laid end to end, those cigarettes would cover 900 million miles (a distance long enough to circle the earth and Jupiter in certain alignments) or circle the earth at the equator more than 36,000 times and also smokers have consumed almost 20,000 tons of nicotine. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**