Institute. Each Year an estimate of 443‚000 people die from smoking‚ but the damaging effects of smoking do not stop with the smoker. An estimated 88 million nonsmoking Americans‚ including 54% of children under the age of 12‚ are open to secondhand smoke and about 46‚000 non-smoking Americans die from second hand smoke exposure a year. Over the past few years two of my uncles have had to have open-heart surgery in consequence to smoking most of their life. One of my uncles even got out of his bed
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Alcohol consumption should be banned A dizzying array of research suggests alcohol can have both good and bad effects‚ but making sense of such studies all comes down to preaching about the evil effects of alcohol and the substantial impact on our health. Alcohol is more than just an ordinary beverage. Alcohol’s consequences weigh more than any of its positives. This debate points out few of the reasons as to why alcohol should be banned. Firstly‚ alcohol should be illegal because it is just
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generally accepted that smoking is bad for health. However‚ it is pity that rather than putting a ban on it. The government instead is imposing even higher taxes on it. This is simply because first of all banning tobacco‚ cigarettes would mean that these products will also lead to a loss of revenue in form of Excise duty and VAT tax for the government‚ and unemployment for lakhs. Taking the case of a reputed Indian company ITC‚ ITC is responsible for selling about 82% of cigarettes available in the country
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Smoking and public health Every day‚ one is confronted with smoking and its consequences. On the outside of cigarette packets you can read warnings about the risks of smoking. Constantly there are more and more bans against smoking in cafes‚ school etc. It is especially important to inform the younger generation about the danger and the addiction to smoking. Prohibitions and warnings are the best way in order to reduce the number of smokers. The more information about smoking and its harmful effects
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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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CIGARETTE SMOKING Cigarette Smoking American InterContinental University Abstract Cigarette smoking is something that has because second nature to most people. They wake up‚ smoke a cigarette. Before they go to bed‚ they smoke a cigarette. And all throughout the day‚ as they feel the urge‚ they smoke a cigarette. It has become a very dangerous habit that a lot of people don’t realize is a dangerous habit. In this paper I will discuss the negative effects that smoking cigarettes
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Smoking is the most common method of consuming tobacco‚ and tobacco is the most common substance smoked. The agricultural product is often mixed with additives[8] and then combusted. The resulting smoke is then inhaled and the active substances absorbed through the alveoli in the lungs.[9] Combustion was traditionally enhanced by addition of potassium or other nitrates. Elimination of these would result in a fire safe cigarette‚ This subject has never been addressed by the cigarette manufacturers
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Smoking in Public Places Should be banned Argumentative Justin Brennan I think smoking in public places needs to be banned. As a citizen I feel that my family and I should be able to have a choice whether we want to be around cigarette smoke or not. The laws on smoking in public areas are getting much better‚ but we still need to make more changes. There is no smoking in places like restaurants‚ bus stops‚ and some buildings and parks‚ but not all the laws get enforced as well as they could
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Topic: cigarette smoking In this day and age‚ we hear so much about cigarette smoking against delinquent humans . Cigarette smoking is a bad behavior in our daily life. Cigarette smoking has become an precarious act in today’s age of information and technology. In a recent press conference‚ our Prime Minister stated that the rate of cigarette has been raised drastically over decade. Therefore‚ to overcome this negative act‚ the relevant authorities have identified the effect of cigarette smoking
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I believe smoking should be banned inside and outside of workplaces‚ due to the Worksafe health and safety procedures and wellbeing for fellow employees‚ customers and the general public. Work safe health and safety requirements require smokers to smoke at least 5 meters from any business or undercover areas including schools‚ kindergartens/daycare’s etc. I believe this is important to promote to the outer community for safety of others who do not smoke‚ who could have breathing problems such as
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