Cigarettes are highly addictive‚ so why are they legal? What leads the user to continue smoking‚ even when they know that it is harmful for their health? The physiology reason: The inhaled substances trigger chemical reactions in nerve endings within our body. This activity increases heart rate‚ memory‚ alertness‚ and produces a measurably faster reaction time after individuals have smoked. Dopamine and other endorphins are released‚ which are associated with the sensations of pleasure and reward
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the risks of smoking? Smoking has two kinds of effects‚ long term and short-term effects. The short term effects happen after a few years of smoking and usually are coughing‚ wheezing‚ dizziness‚ nausea‚ shortness of breath‚ phlegm production‚ bad breath‚ decreased physical fitness and reduced lung function. Although those may not seem bad or even noticeable at the time they are nothing compared to the long-term effects. The long-term effects‚ which happen after years and years of smoking‚ include Emphysema
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enthusiasm but when the time comes for them to ask for help‚ they will be drowned out by the sport player’s fame and grandeur. The Pep band‚ its own team in its own sport‚ will not be appreciated‚ and left in the background once more. Even so‚
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The writer‚ Moller‚ of the article “We‚ the Public‚ Place the Best Athletes on Pedestals.” believes that athletes using drugs despite the rules to win games is the same as students using drugs to boost their grades. This writer feels that people make more of a deal out of an athlete using drugs than students‚ because they are put on a pedestal. He uses his own experiences and those of theirs to try to prove his point. I think he is trying to open the minds of other to let them know that athletes
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Being in both band and choir can be tough‚ but the nerve-racking performances can be even tougher. Just in band alone‚ you have to make sure your instrument works‚ you have to know and remember your notes‚ and learn how to play the music which is pretty difficult. In choir‚ you have to make sure you’re in the right seating arrangement‚ the right octave‚ and you have to make sure you’re singing the right part. The performances are perhaps the most stressful part of both band and choir because you
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cherished place. When I was younger‚ I remember my two widowed aunts tidying up the kitchen. They lived in the province with their brother‚ my widowed grandfather. When we visited them‚ we ate in their simple kitchen built with bamboo floors. They came wearing traditional Filipino dresses. They looked so beautiful for me (in their old age and single blessedness)‚ and the kitchen smelled like fresh flowers. The other kitchen I can remember is the kitchen of my grandmother in a far remote place‚ along
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Michael Rymar 1/17/14 Cigarettes‚ cigars‚ and pipe tobacco are made from dried tobacco leaves‚ as well as ingredients added for flavor and to make smoking more pleasant. The smoke from these products is a complex mixture of chemicals produced by the burning of tobacco and its additives. The smoke is made up of more than 7‚000 chemicals‚ including over 60 known to cause cancer. Some of these substances cause heart and lung diseases too‚ and all of them can be deadly. Tobacco smoke also contains
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Heroes” Reflection of Band of Brothers Book and Television Series World War II was one of the most gruesome and devastating events in the history of mankind. One of the best-known companies in United States Army history was Easy Company‚ 2nd Battalion‚ 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 101st Airborne Division. The Easy men fought from June 5th‚ 1944 until May-November 1945 . In 1991‚ Stephan E. Ambrose interviewed the surviving members of Easy Company and wrote Band of Brothers‚ which in
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My band director is one of the most important and influential people in my life. He always helps boost my confidence in my playing abilities‚ and he always believes in me. I started band a year after everyone else‚ because my mom wanted me to focus on school for the first year of middle school. When I finally did join band in sixth grade‚ Mr. Sacco was very helpful and patient with me. There’s something he’s said that I believe is the best advice I have ever received : “It’s not the mistakes you
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solutions‚ and then contributed to the implementation of those solutions. As a member and officer of the marching band‚ I often work with others to solve problems. I served the past two years as the Equipment Technology & Logistics Manager‚ and in my senior year I continue to serve‚ now as the Band Captain. One of the biggest logistical problems I have worked to solve is the loading of the band trailer. My position involves me taking responsibility in both loading the trailer and designing a layout that
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