Smoking brings with it much harm‚ regardless whether it is with respect to health‚ finance‚ environmental or social issues. The World Health Organization (“WHO”) estimates that tobacco kills one person every 10 seconds (WHO‚ 2005). Smoking causes cancer‚ and is a major risk for illnesses such as coronary heart disease‚ stroke and chronic obstructive lung disease. These account for close to two-thirds of all deaths in Singapore in the year 2000 (Health Promotion Board (“HPB”)‚ n.d.). Tobacco is the
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Gun violence is one main thing that tears families apart. Crazy‚ non-educated people roam the streets with dangerous weapons killing people and causing tragedies. Society would have done better if only police had the access to weapons and guns instead of civilians and criminals‚ although they could be confiscated. Gun violence incidents have been happening for a very long time‚ most of the time without a reason. Shootings‚ robberies‚ etc. all include the use of a weapon like a gun. These things
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Dear Jay Asher (author)‚ In the United States today‚ more than 11‚000 books have been challenged or banned. Many people disagree with how authors write about graphic topics like sex‚ drugs‚ partying‚ abuse‚ religion and much more. Although‚ what they fail to realize is how accurate these topics written about are to the everyday events in our lives. The banning of your book‚ Thirteen Reasons Why‚ is unreasonable and unfair because it focuses on suicide which is a growing issue today‚ emphasizes
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Smoking is a expensive habit and it should be banned. Although smokers claim that it helps them to relax and release stress‚ the negative aspects outweigh the positive. It is a hazard for both smokers and non - smokers and it is especially harmful to unborn babies. Cigarettes are also addictive because of the nicotine they contain. Smoking should be outlawed due to the hazard it causes to the smokers and non - smokers‚ the negative aspects and dangerous consequences it causes‚ and also the harmful
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majority of the points come from the beauty and grace of the contestants as well as their outfits. Contestants try to sway the judges by having the brightest smile‚ cutest clothes‚ and prettiest hair. I. INTRODUCTION A. Child beauty pageants should be banned. It causes children‚ especially little girls‚ to use artificial means to boost their self-esteem. People were born as-is‚ not with makeup‚ spray tans‚ big hair‚ and false teeth. Not only does it cause low self-esteem in young girls‚ but it also
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Child Labour Should Be Banned By fiona_jones Jan. 2007 790 Words 70 Views Page 1 of 3 For many of us it is hard to imagine what it would be like growing up‚ having to work from the age of five and not being able to go to school. ’Child Labour’ is defined by the United States Department of Labour (DOL) as ’the employment of boys and girls when they are too young to work for hire; or when they are employed at jobs unsuitable or unsafe for children of their ages’ It is not something we are too familiar
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Late-Term Abortion Should Not Be Banned Abortion is a widely debated topic that has been conflicting politicians and women around the world. Abaluck’s article‚ “Late-Term Abortion Should Not Be Banned” did not provide half as many sources or facts as Boland’s article‚ “Second Trimester Abortion Laws Globally.” Boland provided more statistics and alternant resources for the reader. It can look impressive if an author throws in an extensive reference list‚ but if he does not persuade you in an
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there where the economy and living conditions are so bad that children have to work in unsuitable and unsafe situations. There are certain charities that help‚ but that it is. Not enough is being done to stop child labour. It is very wrong and should be banned thought out the world and looked at as a disgrace. Figures from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) show that 218 million children aged between five and seventeen are involved in child labour worldwide. That means globally one in six
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Boxing is Barbaric and Should be Banned Cuts and bruises‚ broken ribs‚ internal bleeding‚ brain damage‚ death. Is the sport of boxing too much of a risk? Although cockfighting and bearbaiting have been banned for several decades in most civilized countries‚ fistfights between people are still allowed. Boxing first started out as a sport in the Olympic Games from as early as 688 BC. Boxing (sometimes also known as pugilism) is a combat sport in which two participants‚ generally of similar weight
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smoking. It was a dreadful scene. Those families were sad‚ because they had went bankrupt because of the great expensive of treating the sick at the hospital but now they were despairing as their sons and daughters were dying. Cigarette smoking should be banned‚ because it’s hazardous for people’s health‚ and it is also very expensive. First of all‚ cigarettes contain four thousand chemicals in it‚ and 69 are known to cause cancer! First-hand smokers get yellow teeth‚ skin‚ and fingernails from smoking
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