Abstract Since the first major lawsuit settled against tobacco companies in 1998‚ there has been much controversy over whether or not these lawsuits are justified. On the pro side of the argument there is much evidence to support that the tobacco industries have long known about the dangers of cigarette smoking. Furthermore that this knowledge warrants the need for compensation. In addition the industry has concealed this knowledge from the public. On the con side of the argument evidence shows
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Department of Agriculture NATIONAL TOBACCO ADMINISTRATION Provincial Branch Office Bangued‚ Abra TRAINING DESIGN TITLE : MAKING CARROT CAKES VENUE : Barangay Hall Dumayco‚ Peñarubia‚ Abra DURATION : 1 day IMPLEMENTING AGENCY: National Tobacco Administration Abra Branch PARTICIPANTS : Tobacco Farmers’ wives RESOURCE SPEAKER : Carmencita T. Bersalona RATIONALE: It’s a mandate of the National Tobacco Administration to improve the quality
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Effects of Chewing Tobacco Every year in America‚ there are approximately 146‚023 people who chew tobacco that end up with cancer‚ according to mylastdip.com‚ a website committed to informing people of chewing tobacco. Those cancers include lip‚ mouth‚ throat‚ stomach‚ esophagus‚ pancreas‚ lung‚ trachea‚ and lastly‚ cancer of the bronchus. Chewing tobacco‚ also known as smokeless tobacco‚ is a term used to describe tobacco that is not burned or smoked. “Chewing tobacco is cut-leaf tobacco that must be
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Watershed Delineation: Tobacco River Will Tillmans Water Resources Engineering CE3620 August 20‚ 2013 Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..3 II. PROCEDRE / METHODS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………....3 III. RESULTS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..6 a. Figure 1. Keweenaw County Land Use Map[2] 4 b. Figure 2. Tables 3.1
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smokeless tobacco came to the fore front of health news at the turn of the millennium due to increasing evidence that it is just as dangerous as cigarette smoking. In fact‚ most medical professionals now agree that smokeless tobacco--also known as "chaw" or "chew"--is equally addictive and carcinogenic‚ and have come to consider the substance as contributing to the U.S. tobacco epidemic. Despite the medical community’s efforts to warn people beginning in the mid-1980s‚ the use of smokeless tobacco was
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Analyzing the Risks and Benefits of GMOs Perform and Record 3. The companies use tobacco to express the necessary proteins. They will first identify the viral protein that the vaccine will target and then finds the genetic sequence that codes for it‚ that DNA is inserted into a bacterium. The plants are then dipped into a solution of the bacteria where it will soak up the virus. The vaccine will go through many tests and trials to be approved. It has gotten funding from many medical companies
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Tobacco laws have started as early as the 1970s (ACOSH‚ 2010). Government has implanted laws‚ such that of the Tobacco Act (1987)‚ which goals are to discourage the smoking of tobacco‚ encouraging non-smokers; in particular young people to not start smoking‚ to limit the exposure of children and young people to the persuasion of smoking‚ to encourage and assists smokers to give up smoking‚ and finally the promotion of good well being and illness prevention. The tobacco act of 1897‚ had over the years
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Brain Nicotine‚ the drug that makes tobacco addictive‚ goes to your brain very quickly. Nicotine makes you feel good when you are smoking‚ but it can make you anxious‚ nervous‚ moody‚ and depressed after you smoke. Using tobacco can cause headaches and dizziness. Mouth Tobacco stains your teeth and gives you bad breath. Tobacco ruins some of your taste buds‚ so you won’t be able to taste your favorite foods as well. Tobacco causes bleeding gums (gum disease) and cancers of the mouth and
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toll from tobacco is equivalent to four fully loaded jumbo jets crashing each day each one without any survivors. In May 1984 General Everest Koop said tobacco is the single‚ chief‚ avoidable cause of death in our society and the most important issue of our time. He also stated that cigarette smoking is as addictive as heroin. Nicotine is 1000 times more potent than alcohol‚ and 10-100 times more potent that barbiturates and 10 times more potent that cocaine or morphine. More so‚ while tobacco may provide
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smoke of tobacco products such as cigarettes‚ cigars‚ and pipes. This addictive drug is the primary component in tobacco that acts on the brain. Tobacco can be found two ways‚ it can be dried brown leaves of various sizes or it can be a grown form of tobacco. When extracted from the leaves‚ nicotine is colorless‚ but quickly turns brown when exposed to air. It then becomes a poisonous‚ pale yellow‚ oily liquid with a pungent odor and acrid taste. The amount of nicotine contained in tobacco leaves
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