Informative+speech

**A. Attention Getter: I will tell a story about Bryan Curtis who suffer from lung cancer**

 * =====Bryan Curtis started smoking at 13 and building up to more than two packs a day.=====
 * =====He never thinks that 20 years later it would kill him and leave a wife and children alone.=====
 * =====He had oat cell lung cancer that had spread to his liver.=====
 * =====Bryan realize that smoking already harm himself.=====
 * =====He somehow try to save a least one people from the same fate.=====

link: [|bryan lee curtis]

**B. Background Information:**
Smoking cigarettes already accepted as a part of human lifestyle. It is one of the harmful product that sold legally even it contains more than 4000 substances and chemicals which are made up of particles and gases that can be inhaled and absorbed into the body. Most of these chemicals are extremely dangerous and carcinogens, not only for the smoker but also the nearby people. Many people start smoking during they are teenage due the influence of friends, family and environment and in the ends it become a habit.

Smoking causes a lot of harm to our organs especially to our lung, heart and reproductive system.
**Transition to body of speech: //Let me begin with the first common effect of smoking to the smoker which is the lung.// **

**Supporting detail 1:** Lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

 * =====It is characterized by abnormalities in the lungs that make it difficult to exhale normally.=====
 * =====There are two types of this disease includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema that are largely due to smoking.=====

**Supporting detail 2:** Inhalation of poison smoke harm the lungs.

 * =====The inhaled smoke contains many harmful substances, such as tar, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, heavy metals and free radicals.=====
 * =====Tar cause stains to the lung tissues because it is sticky and brown, containing many chemicals known to be carcinogenic, including benzopyrene.=====
 * =====Hydrogen cyanide prevents the lungs from cleaning themselves of poisonous chemicals and damage cilia (the tiny hairs that help to clean the lungs).=====

link: [|lung disease] [|effect of harmful substances in cigarettes to lung]

**Transition to main point 2: //Now we will focus on another organ that may damage by the smoking habit that is heart.// ** 

**Supporting detail 1:** Smoking damages the heart and blood vessels

 * ===== Heart disease includes coronary artery disease, heart attack and stroke are far more common in smokers. =====

**Supporting detail 2:** Smoking causes reduced circulation by narrowing the blood vessels (arteries).

 * ===== Fatty deposits build up inside coronary arteries will narrowing the arteries and reduce the flow of blood to the heart. =====
 * =====The blood becomes thicker and stickier, further taxing the heart.=====
 * =====It cause arteriosclerosis due to blood clot formation.=====

link:
[|heart disease] [|additional info about heart disease]

**Supporting detail 1:** Smoking adversely affects the reproductive system, especially in women.

 * =====The female smoker will experience irregular or absent of period.=====
 * =====Fertility is compromised, and menopause occurs one to two years.=====
 * =====The risk of cervical cancer is increased.=====

**Supporting detail 2:** Men will experience lower sperm count.

 * =====The number of sperm decrease, more abnormal sperm with decreased motility.=====
 * =====There is also an effect on the man’s level of sex hormones.=====
 * =====Decrease circulations also predisposes male smokers to impotence as a result of overall compromised circulation and damage to the blood vessels in the penis.=====

**Supporting detail 3:** Risks the unborn child.

 * =====If the mother smoke, the miscarriage may occurs.=====
 * Infants of smoking mothers are at increased risk of low birth weight, prematurity, cleft lip and palate, infections and SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)

link: [|reproductive disease] [|additional info]

**Transition to conclusion: // The most effected organ results from smoking are lung and heart. Beside that, smoking also gives negative effect to the reproductive system. // **

** A. Summary of main points **
> As the conclusion, the smoker should get treatment because it not only affect's the smoker health but also affects the nearby people. Quitting smoking could be simple if we follow the right methods.

**B. Memorable final statement/Call for action** I will end my speech with 'Smoking gives a slow poison to our body, quit for good because smoking causes you damage'.