Multiple Perspectives Free write

Tara Link

Haley Stokes

English 1010

April 14

Multiple Perspectives Free Write

1. Point of view: Smoking is difficult to quit.

Quitting smoking can be very difficult and hard fot the mother. Cigarettes have very addicting agents in them that hook the smoker. Smoking helps the smoker to relieve stress and when they try to quit it becomes very stressful and all the person wants is a cigarette. Chewing gum does not always help either and neither do the patches, because it has been said that the hand motion you do when smoking triggers something in your brain, like when you are sad the action of smiling sends a message to your brain to release endorphins that make you happy, same idea with the hand motion in smoking. My father and mother have both struggled for many years trying to quit and they can usually quit for a couple months but then their back on them again. My father finally was able to beat the addiction of cigarettes by family support and by using suckers. Every time he had the urge to smoke a cigarette he would get out one of his suckers and suck on that to keep him busy and keep his mind off cigarettes. Although he was able to beat his addiction the journey was not easy, during the whole process he was unhappy and stressed, he was not pleasant to be around. So even when you have smoking mothers who know it bad for the baby, its not easy for them to quit smoking. No one who is not a smoker could possibly know how hard it really is to quit. This is why some mothers smoke while their pregnant, they are not able to beat their addiction to cigarettes.

2. Point of view: Smoking during pregnancy is bad for the baby.

Babies with smoking mothers are most likely going to get asthma which can affect a lot of things in their life. Babies can have language development problems as well as central nervous system problems. Women who know that smoking is wrong and know it can hut their babies by doing it, but continue to smoke anyways are 100% responsible for what ever problems/issues, or defects the child might bet because of smoking. Smoking is harmful for not only the baby but the mother too, so why not quit!? Smoking restricts the amount of oxygen the baby receives while in the womb. There have been some cases where the child has died because of the mother smoking. There have also been some cases where the child became addicted to cigarettes and after they are born they still want that nicotine drug. Some children whose mothers smoked with them when they were babies may become addicted to cigarettes too and at a young age. There are so many things that happen or could happen to babies because of mothers who smoke. We need to start educating people more about the affects of cigarette smoke on unborn babies.

3. Point of view: Smoking during pregnancy is not bad for the baby.

Smoking during pregnancy is not that bad for the baby. It is not as bad as drinking alcohol during pregnancy. There are not as many bad affects. So what the baby might get asthma, that is not that bad, now days there are medications people can take for asthma. The chances of the baby have central nervous development problems are rare, and not worth quitting over. If the child develops a language problem then you only have to get them help or put them in special classes. The chances of the baby dying because of smoking cigarettes is also rare, and nothing to really worry about. If the child has problems because of cigarettes it is not too much to worry about their is a lot of help and things people can do now days to reverse or help fix the problem. There is not too much research out there about smoking while pregnant, the only reason that must be is because there is not too many bad things related to smoking while pregnant.