Passive smoking means breathing in other people’s tobacco smoke. Exhaled smoke is called exhaled mainstream smoke. The smoke drifting from a lit cigarette is called sidestream smoke. The combination of mainstream and sidestream smoke is called second-hand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Second-hand smoke is a common indoor pollutant in the home‚ making passive smoking a serious health risk for both those who smoke and those who do not. Children are particularly at risk of serious
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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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Ashraf Barrada Chemistry –EH March 16th‚ 2013 Smoking Have you ever thought about what smoking does to you and the people around you? Have you ever thought of why it isn’t legal for you to smoke it at a certain age and isn’t a tolerated action? Once there was a young boy‚ who smoked when he was young and he grew up smoking a pack of cigarettes every day. Now that guy lives on hospital machines and asthma inhalers because the cigarettes have caused him to have lung failure and cancer. It has
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the hazards of smoking. With every drug store‚ local supermarket and corner store‚ each and every one of them own some brand of cigarettes. With this product at anyone’s basic reach‚ many things were done to warn people about the health risks of them. Back when smoking cigarettes was common‚ no one knew that these little white sticks of tobacco can cause lung failure‚ amputations‚ cancer‚ and heart disease. There were many things done to warn people about the health risks of smoking cigarettes‚ like
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infarction (heart attack)‚ cardiovascular disease‚ diseases of the respiratory tract such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)‚ asthma‚ emphysema‚ and cancer” (42). Smoking may lead to many unpleasant outcomes such as heart disease‚ throat cancer‚ and lung cancer. Cancer is one of the common hazards of smoking. Cancer tends to affect most of the common uses of cigarettes. According to the statistics provided by the article cigarette literacy‚ those who smoke less than 10
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Banned Books? A banned book is a book that is restricted from children under the age of eighteen. Many books are banned as a result of it being considered "sexually explicit"‚ "unsuited to any age group" or if the material contains "offensive language". Many books are being banned from children all over the world by public libraries‚ schools‚ parents‚ or even government. No one should have the right to restrict anyone from reading anything except for parents who should only be able
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cigarettes. Smoking cigarettes are bad for you so‚ smoke cigars. My name is ---------- and I am here to tell you why you should not smoke cigarettes. First of all I would like to tell you how unattractive it is to see a male or female smoking ESPECIALLY when they’re only 14-years-old. It is proven an addiction that is extremely hard to over come. If you think that when you smoke it only affects you‚ think again. When someone breathes in your smoke that you blow out it’s called secondhand smoking or passive
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Some of us get mixed up and do not make the right decision for ourselves. Smoking and other tobacco products are being used every second of every day. More young adults are consuming tobacco products now than before‚ due to big tobacco companies and society portraying them as harmless and the cool thing to do. Parenting can be difficult‚ but sometimes parents do not stress the important topics of health. We know that smoking is not good‚ but it seems that we need somebody to tell us. Just because
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is someone smoking a cigarette. Someone that is lowering their chances to live‚ taking a risk of cancer‚ and sometimes even lessening the time spent with their children‚ because smoking does kill. Nobody wants to get that news saying “you have throat cancer” or even worse “you have lung cancer”‚ regardless it will kill you in the end. So why are people so worried about telling other people not to try it and hiding it from their kids‚ when they should be ones fixing themselves? Smoking is one of the
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Why Shouldn’t it be Banned? One of the most popular argument against the ban on smoking in public places is that it is a clear cut encroachment on the personal life of the individual. Secondly‚ smoking ban in public places gives it unnecessary attention‚ and it is a normal human tendency to try something that is regarded as a taboo in the society. When forced to stop smoking at the workplace‚ an individual is likely to experience withdrawal symptoms‚ which can in turn hamper his performance. Making
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