“More than half of adult New Yorkers are obese or overweight‚ according to the city’s health department‚ which said it believed 5‚000 New Yorkers died every year as a result of health problems related to obesity” (Grynbaum). This mind-boggling statistic is what lead the mayor propose a soda ban that would limit the size of soda that could be sold. This ban‚ in an effort to fight obesity‚ would discourage people from buying larger sodas by banning the sale of sodas of more than 16 oz. Although this
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estimated forty-one million adults‚ aged eighteen and older‚ in the United States smoke cigarettes‚ and on top of that number there are over eight million Americans that use smokeless tobacco. That means there are over forty-nine million American citizens putting themselves and the people around them in danger of disease and permanent damage to their body. Tobacco in any form is very harmful. The use of tobacco should be illegal in all fifty states because it harms people in so many different ways and
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promoting the Blu e cigs brand electronic cigarettes. The article “Smoke signals” by Alessandra Potenza in New York Times Upfront Magazine reveals that some well-known celebrities are being used to advertise e cigs. Although e cigs are beneficial because they are a less harmful alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes‚ today’s youth are trying e cigs and becoming addicted to them. Marketing for today’s e cig companies target youth to try electronic cigarettes‚ while the FDA tries to regulate them
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Smoking in public is a bad habit and is dangerous for innocent by standers. Recent studies have confirmed that when you smoke in public you put others health at risk. The dangers of second hand smoke have caused a lot of controversy and therefore there have been a lot of restrictions and new laws about smoking in public places. Second hand smoke is very dangerous because it can cause nicotine and other bad chemicals to enter the secondhand smoker’s lungs. Secondhand smoke can damage the body in
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The Drinking Age in The U.S. Should Be Lowered When a person turns eighteen‚ he or she can get married‚ vote‚ pay taxes‚ purchase cigarettes‚ be tried as an adult for crimes‚ legally use their own credit card‚ purchase real estate‚ and even enter the military. When a United States citizen turns eighteen‚ that person is considered a legal adult. According to The United States Constitution‚ “The right of citizens of the United States‚ who are eighteen-years of age or older‚ to vote shall not be denied
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Should smoking be prohibited in a public place? Whether smoking should be banned or not is a debatable issue for the public to fight for their rights. On the one hand‚ while citizens have the civil right to smoke‚ on the other hand‚ it can also be argued that they have their right to refuse to inhale the second-hand smoke. The term` public place’ in this essay refers to the area open for every citizen who has the right to use‚ such as parks‚ beaches‚ streets‚ etc. This essay will argue that smoking
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politicians and educators discuss‚ is that the majority of the students use them to chat with their friends over Facebook‚ Twitter and Tumblr and cellphones are very distracting not only for the students but also for teachers. Therefore cellphones should be banned during class time. Supporters of the use of cellphones in class say that the phones can be used as an educational learning tool in some lessons‚ but only when the teacher specifically asks for the use of it. Almost all modern smart phones
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The effects of cigarette smoking on the development of thyroid eye disease in patients with Graves’ disease: A clinical review Summary points * Thyroid eye disease (TED) is thought to be caused by the stimulation of retro-orbital TSH receptors by thyrotropin receptor stimulating antibodies. * There is a strong association between cigarette smoking and the development and progression of thyroid eye disease. * Cigarette smoking has adverse effects upon treatments for Graves’ disease
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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Cigarette smoking has been prone to Filipinos due to the influences of the foreign culture. Alcoholic drinks are believed to ease the problems of the Filipino men and even women. As time goes by‚ younger and younger ages of Filipinos are engaging themselves to it. Filipinos are known for close family ties and our peer groups or “barkada”. “Among the high school students‚ majority of them are engaged to alcohol drinks at young age. Early in
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Heroin According to The National Institute on Drug Abuse‚ heroin is an illegal‚ highly addictive drug. It is both the most abused and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is processed from morphine‚ a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants. It is typically sold as a white or brownish powder or as the black sticky substance known on the streets as “black tar heroin”. Although purer heroin is becoming more common‚ most street
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