Original Research The smoking habits‚ attitudes towards smoking and knowledge regarding anti-smoking legislation of students in institutions of higher learning in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa Awotedu AA‚ FMCP (Nig)‚ FCCP‚ FCP (SA-PR)‚ Department of Internal Medicine‚ Walter Sisulu University‚ Mthatha Jordaan ER‚ MSc‚ Biostatistics Unit‚ Medical Research Council of South Africa‚ Tygerberg Ndukwana OZB‚ BACur‚ BACurHons (UNISA)‚ MPH‚ Department of Health Promotion‚ Walter Sisulu University
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Passive smoking means breathing in other people’s tobacco smoke. Exhaled smoke is called exhaled mainstream smoke. The smoke drifting from a lit cigarette is called sidestream smoke. The combination of mainstream and sidestream smoke is called second-hand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Second-hand smoke is a common indoor pollutant in the home‚ making passive smoking a serious health risk for both those who smoke and those who do not. Children are particularly at risk of serious
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Effects of smoking Cigarettes have been around for a long time; however‚ millions of people are becoming more hooked than ever. Smoking was permitted almost everywhere‚ including airplanes. Worldwide tobacco advertising plays huge rue in the amount of people who smoke. Companies target potential new smoker’s especially young adults‚ with the usage of catchy ads on television and bill boards. Smoking cigarettes is considered one the most hazardous habits known to mankind. Smoking is a hard habit
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Cigarette Smoking The effects of cigarette smoking can be horrifying. Smoking is dangerous not only to those who smoke‚ but to non-smokers and unborn children as well. Cigarette smoking is also physically and socially harming. The large particles in cigarette smoke‚ commonly known as "tar"‚ collect in the branching points of the lungs. The tar contains carcinogenic compounds that increase the risk of lung cancer. The small particles in cigarette smoke‚ including carcinogens‚ irritants‚ and
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Ashraf Barrada Chemistry –EH March 16th‚ 2013 Smoking Have you ever thought about what smoking does to you and the people around you? Have you ever thought of why it isn’t legal for you to smoke it at a certain age and isn’t a tolerated action? Once there was a young boy‚ who smoked when he was young and he grew up smoking a pack of cigarettes every day. Now that guy lives on hospital machines and asthma inhalers because the cigarettes have caused him to have lung failure and cancer. It has
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Abstract This essay‚ the Argumentative Essay‚ is about cigarette smoking. I will explain the harmful effects it has on people’s health‚ whether they smoke or not. I will also talk about how smoking can be bad for one’s financial status. I will show opposing sides of how smokers don’t find smoking bad. Cigarette Smoking Every day‚ over 3800 teens‚ eighteen and younger‚ smoke their first cigarette. It may be with friends that pressured them‚ or by themselves just to see how it is
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general public have debated a smoking ban on cigarettes for many years. However the issue of smoking bans is complex and there are several things that must be considered. In addition to the health advantages there are also questions concerning the economic impact on smoking bans on state and local communities‚ and the rights of smokers and non- smokers. Smoking in public places should be banned because of the negative effects of passive smoke on smokers. Banning smoking in public places such as parks
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the hazards of smoking. With every drug store‚ local supermarket and corner store‚ each and every one of them own some brand of cigarettes. With this product at anyone’s basic reach‚ many things were done to warn people about the health risks of them. Back when smoking cigarettes was common‚ no one knew that these little white sticks of tobacco can cause lung failure‚ amputations‚ cancer‚ and heart disease. There were many things done to warn people about the health risks of smoking cigarettes‚ like
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infarction (heart attack)‚ cardiovascular disease‚ diseases of the respiratory tract such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)‚ asthma‚ emphysema‚ and cancer” (42). Smoking may lead to many unpleasant outcomes such as heart disease‚ throat cancer‚ and lung cancer. Cancer is one of the common hazards of smoking. Cancer tends to affect most of the common uses of cigarettes. According to the statistics provided by the article cigarette literacy‚ those who smoke less than 10
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Some of us get mixed up and do not make the right decision for ourselves. Smoking and other tobacco products are being used every second of every day. More young adults are consuming tobacco products now than before‚ due to big tobacco companies and society portraying them as harmless and the cool thing to do. Parenting can be difficult‚ but sometimes parents do not stress the important topics of health. We know that smoking is not good‚ but it seems that we need somebody to tell us. Just because
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