argumentative essay for cigarette smoking should be banned.
i picked yes that it should be banned but i need to start a claim, and intro.

my different pieces of evidence are that it causes lung cancer, it can cause secondhand smoke, and that cigarette smoking can block your arteries around your heart.

reason 1: cigarette smoking can cause lung cancer.
evidence: doctors have proven that tobacco can damage
or even destroy cells inside your lungs.

reason 2: cigarette smoking can block arteries around your heart.
evidence: atherosclerosis occurs when there is narrowing and clogging of arteries.

reason 3: cigarette smoking can cause secondhand smoke to people around you from burning the cigarettes.
evidence: secondhand smoke harms children and adults and the only way to protect it is to remove smoking from places.

instructions:
you have previously chosen a side to an issue, stated a claim, and you have written ideas about your claim in your argument organizer. now you will use your ideas from the organizer (and tips from this lesson) to write the introduction to your argument.