Smoking Smoking is a bad habit which we must avoid. A lot of people start smoking due to peer pressure, depression, the need to lose weight, or to relax. For yo

Smoking
Smoking is a bad habit which we must avoid. A lot of people start smoking due to peer pressure,
depression, the need to lose weight, or to relax. For young people, they usually start to smoke
in order to make them feel more relaxed. They think that it is the only way to get through their
problems. Nevertheless, there are so many negative e_ ects of smoking.
Firstly, smoking is not good for our health. It causes lung cancer, yellow teeth or nails, bronchitis,
and other diseases. Secondly, smoking can become very addictive and it kills more people than
car accidents, suicide, murder, and other causes. In addition, mentally, if someone has been
smoking, they can encounter some loss of concentration or balance which can in_ uence their
social life, although the opinion merely comes from the smokers.
From the reason above, we can conclude that smoking is a bad habit that doesn’t give us any
advantages for us.

1. What is the topic of the text?
2. What is the writer’s opinion about smoking?
Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of smoking according to the text?