I have been learning some things in DARE. I have been doing DARE for weeks! I have made up my mind what to talk to about. Here are some things about smoking.
Smoking is harmful in certain ways. If I smoke, I can get lung cancer, bad breath, and shortness of breath. There are also harmful chemicals in cigarettes. Smokers have more colds and upper respiratory problems. Also, cigarettes have nicotine in them.

There are sometimes pressure in smoking. People pressure me into smoking. Also people might even do things to me to get me into smoking. When people will try to pressure me into smoking, I will say no! The way I will say no is: I will say no thank you, or walk away, or keep repeating no.

Guess how many people die each year from smoking? 400,000 people die each year from smoking. 3,000 nonsmokers get lung cancer from other people's smoke. Most of the kids under 18 smoke cigarettes

I will never smoke anything or harmful things might happen to me. I am so glad that I am in DARE because it has taught me a lot. I will convince other people to stop or not to smoke. I had a lot of fun in DARE.

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