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Smoking Causes Cancer

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it has been

established that cigarette smoking has adverse effects on almost every part of the human body. In

fact, it is closely associated with many diseases, and it affects the health of not only the passive

smoker but also the active smoker. To a larger extent, smoking has been claimed to be one of the

causes of cancer. As such, individuals are usually asked to refrain themselves from smoking, and

those who do not smoke are usually asked not to start smoking. Moreover, the behavior of

smoking has been termed as expensive and also leads to the deterioration of an individual’s

health. This paper presents an inductive logical argument that seeks to come out with an

argument that elucidates the existence of a link between smoking and cancer. Furthermore, the

paper explores on the strength of the argument and the type of argument that could result if other

claims are added to it ("CDC - Fact Sheet - Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking - Smoking &

Tobacco Use," n.d.).

Ideally, the causal argument that smoking causes cancer would indicate that there is an

existence of a link between the behavior of smoking and cancer. As a matter of fact, this

argument is highly supported by various reasons. To begin with the nature of the argument, it

inductively justifies the causal relationships that exist between smoking and the events that lead

to cancer and most importantly lung cancer. On the other hand, the behavior of smoking has been

argued as one of the biggest causes of cancer that is preventable. According to the various

research that has been carried out by the institution of cancer research in the United Kingdom, it

was discovered that cigarette smoking had accounted for more than one out of four of the cancer

deaths in the UK. To make matters worse, the general cigarette smoking has been viewed as a

contributor of up to a fifth of all cases of cancer. Even though there are several cases of lung

cancer that have been reported in individuals who have never smoked, a higher percentage of

lung cancer patients are people who are either passive or active smokers.
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Logically, it can be viewed that this argument is causal once the claims are added to it.

This is due to the reason that its validity is based on the laid down premises and events that

depict that there is a relationship between the causes and the outcome. Due to the behavior of

smoking cigarettes, the disparities which for this case is cancer is systematically related to the

effects of the behavior. As for the premises, they are highly supported by the evidence from

various research reports. At the latter stages, this type of argument will be assessed based on the

justification of the possible claims. As such this claims should present vital information and

evidence on the claims that cigarette causes cancer, deterioration of an individual’s health and

they are expensive. Moreover, the latter type of argument will be assessed based on the certainty

of the events that makes smoking cause cancer.

Apparently, either type of argument will prove that smoking causes cancer and therefore

an individual should not smoke. This is because of the reason that the events present shreds of

evidence that lead to the formation of premises that when carefully accessed by application of

various methods such as tautology, they highly support the conclusion. In conclusion, smoking

has been seen as one of the preventable causes of cancer. Most of the patients suffering from

lung cancer are smokers. Finally smoking affects an individual’s health. Therefore, smoking

behavior causes cancer.

Reference
CDC - Fact Sheet - Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking - Smoking & Tobacco Use. (n.d.).

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