I'll apologize for submitting this since I had put it on a forum here once before and it it long. This is a song I wrote a few years ago for a hearing on second hand smoke. Kind of condenses the facts. I'm having it recorded by a local gospel group in a few months. Thanks - Bob SMOKE GOES EVERYWHERE Words by Bob Lusk c. 1999. Tune "I've Been Everywhere" Chorus: Smoke goes everywhere, smoke goes everywhere On your clothes and in your hair Smoke goes everywhere Smoke fills up the air, smoke goes everywhere Sung: And smoke will give you: Mouth cancer, gum cancer, throat cancer, larynx cancer, Kidney cancer, esophagus cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, Pancreatic cancer, cervical cancer, bladder cancer, and lun---g cancer Chorus: Smoke goes everywhere, smoke goes everywhere On your clothes and in your hair Smoke goes everywhere Smoke fills up the air, smoke goes everywhere Don't smoke, Please don't smoke! Don't smoke, Please don't smoke! Don't smoke, Please don't smoke! Don't smoke, Please don't smoke! Ple-a-s-e - don't smoke! And it will give you: Sung: Heart disease, hypertension, high cholesterol, emphysema, stroke, allergies, ulcers, headaches, Coughs, colds, wheezing, asthma, Bronchitis, pneumonia and - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Spoken: It'll also give you wrinkles and bad hair. It kills your cilia and it will kill you. Also burn down your house. 50% of all fires are caused by cigarettes. Chorus: Smoke goes everywhere, smoke goes everywhere On your clothes and in your hair Smoke goes everywhere Smoke fills up the air, smoke goes everywhere Spoken: There are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke. We know 43 cause cancer and that 401 are toxic. We're not sure about the other 3,556 but we don't think they are good for you. Not exactly from your health food store! Sung: And smoke has nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide, vinyl chloride, Hydrogen cyanide, methanol, ammonia, arsenic, Toluene, tolu-i-dine, naphthalene, naphthy-l-amine, Nickel, phenol, butane, pyrene, Benzo-pyrene, urethane, acetone, cadmium, polonium, DDT. DDDDD TTTTT DDT, DDT Chorus: Smoke goes everywhere, smoke goes everywhere On your clothes and in your hair Smoke goes everywhere Smoke fills up the air, smoke goes everywhere Smoke doesn't care, smoke goes everywhere. Spoken: And now the kids: (we haven't even talked about the kids yet) Sung: Spontaneous abortion – that means they won't even be born-, Fetal deaths, crib deaths, pre-term births, low birth weight, Bronchitis, pneumonia, ear infections. Spoken: It'll even make them smell bad. Nothing worse than a smelly baby! If the mother smokes, smoke goes in the bloodstream from the mother to the baby – kids born a smoker, doesn't stand a chance. Chorus: Smoke kills everyone, smoke kills everyone Your daughter and your son, Smoke kills everyone, smoke kills everyone Smoke kills everyone. Spoken ala Arlo Guthrie: And it kills more people than alcohol, car accidents, suicides, murders and AIDS combined. It kills more people than other drugs like heroin, crack ,marihuana, or cocaine. I mean it kills more people than all those things put together. Chorus: Smoke kills everyone, smoke kills everyone The old and the young, Smoke kills everyone. Smoke kills everyone, smoke kills everyone Don't smoke, Please don't smoke! Don't smoke, Please don't smoke! Don't smoke, Please don't smoke! Don't smoke, Please don't smoke! Ple -a-s-e - don't smoke! Don't smoke around my kid in restaurants, please!
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