Survivors on Smokers Island

    Have you ever wondered how many people have died from lung cancer from smoking cigarettes? Well on Smokers Island there were 4 people who smoked and one who was a non-smoker. The person who won got 1 million dollars. They had to stay on the island for 2 months, and here is what happened to them.

    First, Joe Camel is this guy from Tennessee who enjoyed smoking. He took 2 packs of cigarettes with him on the first day he ends up smoking the whole two packs. Since he had been smoking for such a very long time he had to go into chemotherapy. He was so ill that he had to be sent home because he was not able to survive the next two months without the help of a doctor.

    Then, Marlboro Man, a guy from Washington who loves to smoke, took about 30 packs of cigarettes with him for the trip. He was thrown off the island because he had reeking breath that smelled worse than his dog’s. People were not able to sleep because he had the most awful breath.

    Next, there was Mr. Winston, a guy from Florida who also enjoyed smoking. He was suffering from heart disease. Winston took 2 packs of cigarettes. On the day he got to the island he smoked a whole pack and the following day he smoked the last pack he had he ended up dying because he had smoked for a very long time that it caused him heart disease.

    Furthermore, there is this girl named Lucky Strike who brought with her 3 packs of cigarettes on the first day she smoked one pack. She ended up losing the other 2 packs, so she wanted to leave the island.

    Finally, the last person was a non-smoker named Jennifer Janssen. She ended up winning because she didn’t have anything to worry about because she didn’t have to worry about having to carry cigarettes, having heart disease, lung cancer, and bad breath. With the money she won she went on vacation and gave the rest of the money to a program that could help teens stop smoking.

Written by Cassandra. Revised by Megan, Rebecca, and Kearby.

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