Philip Morris Pakistan is beginning to feel a financial pinch‚ and is already reducing the scale and scope of some of its manufacturing operations inside the country. In a statement released to the press on Saturday‚ the company announced that it will be reducing the operations in its smallest factory‚ located in Mandra‚ near Rawalpindi. The company cited “difficult economic conditions” including high taxes and low consumer purchasing power as a primary reason for the decision. The decision was
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ALCOHOL Drinking alcohol is like taking a drug. It is a form of drug abuse‚ and drug addiction. This is a worldwide problem that many people are involved in. There are good effects of alcohol if it is in small amounts and in self-control. On the other hand there are bad effects‚ if you take for long time. The effects that a person will get are all based on certain factors like‚ how much and how often alcohol is consumed‚ the age of the person‚ when the person started and how long they have been
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Medical Marijuana A debatable topic in the United States has been the talk of making Marijuana legal for medicinal purposes. Included in the legalization of marijuana contains the right to sell‚ grow‚ use or buy marijuana. The origin of marijuana‚ cannabus satiba‚ came from Eastern Europe‚ India and Iran. Marijuana is the dried blossom of cannabis sativa and cannabis indica plants‚ leafy annual plants with parts that are used for as herbs‚ animal food‚ medicine and as
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What are the dangers of Tobacco? What are the dangers of smoking cigarettes? Well some dangers of smoking cigarettes are you can develop lung cancer or emphazima. With either of these life would be pretty bad‚ you wouldn’t be able to do very much with out getting tired or having to stop for a few minutes to catch you breath. Smoking can even make it hard to play sports. Because it can cause shortness of breathe‚ dizziness‚ and coughing. And if you use smokeless tobacco it can cause dehydration
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How Does Marijuana Affect a User’s Life? Research shows marijuana may cause problems in daily life or make a person’s existing problems worse. Heavy marijuana users generally report lower life satisfaction‚ poorer mental and physical health‚ more relationship problems‚ and less academic and career success compared to non-marijuana-using peers. For example‚ marijuana use is associated with a higher likelihood of dropping out of school. Several studies also associate workers’ marijuana smoking with
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2013 Ann O’Phelan LA 280 Perspective Journalism Marijuana? What’s the Big Deal About? The big debate in California is wether the state should legalize marijuana‚ and then tax it to bring in revenues to help California climb out of the mountain of a debt it got in. Although Marijuana is deemed as a gateway drug that can lead into harder drugs‚ legalizing Marijuana will help In the past twelve months‚ only two states have legalize marijuana for recreational use‚ and California was not one of
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Background information for Tobacco Stocks Divestment 1 1.1 Responsible Investment Framework The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation (Guardians) have made considerable progress during the year in the development of their responsible investment framework. The Guardians approved their revised Responsible Investment Policy‚ Standards and Procedures‚ to encompass both the Guardians ethical investment and voting requirements‚ with regards to the New Zealand Superannuation Fund (Fund). The Responsible
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TOBACCO – History TOBACCO is a plant native to the Americas and historically one of the half-dozen most important crops grown by American farmers. More specifically‚ tobacco refers to any of various plants of the genus Nicotiana‚ (especially N. tabacum) native to tropical America and widely cultivated for their leaves‚ which are dried and processed chiefly for smoking in pipes‚ cigarettes‚ and cigars; it is also cut to form chewing tobacco or ground to make snuff or dipping tobacco‚ as well as other
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Alcohol versus cocaine‚ these are two different substances by the physical appearance. Alcohol is normally only ingested the one way‚ where as cocaine can be taken by ingestion‚ inhalation‚ intranasal and intravenously. The effects however are quite similar. The effects of alcohol are many‚ and each is very likely to take place. Alcohol effects judgment‚ motor coordination‚ reflexes‚ sensation‚ breathing and the way the heart functions. When a person is using alcohol they may experience a feeling
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such progress‚ tobacco use remains widespread. About one in four American adults mokes‚ and each more than 400‚000 Americans die from effects of cigarette smoking. Nonsmokers subjected to the smoke of others also suffer: Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke causes more than 50‚000 annual deaths among nonsmokers. Smoking by pregnant women is responsible for about 10% of all infant deaths in this country. Smokeless tobacco and cigars are regaining popularity. The use of smokeless tobacco tripled since
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