
Harmful effects on the fetus include miscarriage, retardation, pre-term birth, fetal mortally-morbidity, post-partum infant death, lung disease, attention deficit, etc. Mothers should know that smoking during their pregnancies can harm the fetus.Ī. (Internal Preview: Let’s begin by discussing how smoking can have harmful effects on the fetus during pregnancy, and so should not be done.) I will show you the reasons why smoking is bad and shouldn’t be done, and how smoking can have harmful effects on the fetus during pregnancy and how it can lead to second hand smoking to others, and the benefits of being a non-smoker.

III.I think it’s important for people to know how smoking can affect their lives. Though you probably don’t know how smoking can affect others who are around you. I’m sure everyone here knows someone who smokes, or has seen someone smoking if you don’t smoke yourselves. Today I want to talk to you about why you shouldn’t smoke.Ī. In the world we live in it is very common to see someone smoking around every corner of a street and not see anything wrong with it, even though it shouldn’t be done. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that smoking is not only bad for you, but for others too.Ĭentral Idea: The two major reasons why smoking is bad for not only you, but to others is because it can cause harmful effects on the fetus during pregnancy and it can lead to second hand smoking to others and the benefits of being a non-smoker.


New York City College of Technology Rocio Reyes Gomez Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that you should not smoke because smoking is not only bad for you, but for others too.Ĭentral Idea: The two major reasons why smoking is bad for not only you, but to others is because it can cause harmful effects on the fetus during pregnancy and it can lead to secondhand smoking to others.
