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Smoking is a very important social issue that has been around for a long time but made bigger in the last few years with the immersion of vapes and electronic cigarettes. Everyone knows there are many negatives effects that smoking can has on a smoker’s body parts like, the lungs, brain, throat and mouth, etc. The American Lung Association, https://www.lung.org, is a nonprofit organization with a mission statement of “The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy and research.” The ALS leads the charge to hopefully, one day, making the world free of lung disease. Even though they don’t focus on only the issue of smoking, it is a major issue to them because the lungs of the smoker and others are affected by smoking.
The American Lung Association works every day to help those with a lung disease and to prevent others from getting one. Obviously, smoking is a way to get a lung disease. On their website, they explain the dangers of smoking and the effects doing so can have on the smoker and those around him/her. There is also a big section on their website about quitting smoking, how to quit smoking, and the benefits of doing so.
It’s well known that half a century ago, lots of people smoked and thought nothing of it until a couple decades later, people started dying as a result. The societal view of smoking changed along with that. The ALS played part in that by informing people about the dangers or smoking and they worked to help people with smoking related lung diseases. This organization has been around for 114 years, but in the past few years, with the emergence of vapes and electronic cigarettes, their work has started to feel even more important than it already was. They have informed people very well of the dangers of smoking and drilled home the fact that it affects more than just the person smoking. They have also done great work for those with lung cancer and other lung issues.
