Misty Hill
Media Literacy Final Project
08/03/2012
Up In Smoke
Smoking has always been a big issue in my life.
Although I never smoked myself, I grew
up with my parents both chain smoking in the house where we lived and in the cars we traveled
in.
It wasn...
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Misty Hill
Media Literacy Final Project
08/03/2012
Up In Smoke
Smoking has always been a big issue in my life.
Although I never smoked myself, I grew
up with my parents both chain smoking in the house where we lived and in the cars we traveled
in.
It wasn t until I was in upper elementary school and middle school that I realized that second
hand smoke was an issue.
My older sister had always hated that my parents smoked and swore
she d never touch the things, but she ended up in the same boat smoking at least a pack a day.
When I was in high school, my mom was sick of dealing with the effects smoking was
having on her.
She would cough all through the day and the night and was constantly getting
bronchitis.
She knew she needed to stop and tried several times.
I saw how much of a struggle it
had been for her, and I am so proud of her for what she has now accomplished.
August 12, 2005,
my mom and I traveled down to Southern California to visit my brother and my uncle Tim who
had c
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