The introduction basically states facts about smoking, and what the authors viewpoint is towards anti smoking legislation's. The author compares the way death takes place between black men and any other race. The author states black men get killed for just breathing while other races die from smoking or consuming alcohol. Towards the end of the intro the author mentions another great topic about how, smoking isn't the only thing killing people, its there minimum wage jobs as well, " shit jobs for shit pay is making the working class sicker,faster.". The way the intro is written just interests the reader so much, to continue to read the rest of the essay!