CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF SMOKING p.1 Scientists and health officials have been arguing the detrimental effects smoking has on our health for many years. Smoking can lead to serious complications including asthma‚ pancreas‚ lung and stomach cancer due to the large number of carcinogens (cancer causing chemicals) and other various substances added to it. It is a health hazard for both smokers and non-smokers and it is especially harmful to unborn babies. Although smokers claim that it helps them to
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July 6‚ 2009 Eng 112 Causes and Effects of Smoking Scientists and health officials have been arguing the detrimental effects smoking has on our health for many years. Americans pay nearly $100 billion in added health care cost due to smoking. Each day about a thousand young people become regular smokers (President Barack Obama). Smoking can lead to serious complications including asthma‚ pancreas‚ lung and stomach cancer due to the large number of carcinogens (cancer causing
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Between 1870 and 1900‚ American society was referred to as the Gilded Age. It was called this way because America looked very lavish and ritzy‚ but in reality‚ Americans were living in poverty as they did not have good paying jobs. Many jobs included factory workers‚ clerks‚ and strikebreakers. The workers received less than minimum wage‚ especially if they were not white native-born Americans. As more immigrants moved to America‚ crime‚ violence‚ fire‚ disease‚ pollution rates increased dramatically
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Cause and Effects of Depression Depression is one of the biggest diseases between teenagers and adults. Depression is not just a state of mind. It is related to physical changes in the brain. It is connected to an imbalance of a type of chemical that carries signals in your brain and nerves. It’s more than just a feeling of being “down in the dumps” or “blue” for a few days. There are more than 20 million people in the United States who have depression and they will tell you that the feelings
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The legal drinking age should remain twenty-one. It should not be lowered because teenagers are not mature enough to drink responsibly. If you are allowed to have a credit card‚ provide for a family‚ and vote‚ you should be able to drink at the age it already is. We all know the consequences to what we do to our bodies‚ that is why we have choices. Drinking can be addicting just like coffee‚ cigarettes‚ medications‚ and body building. Teenagers are not mature enough for the drinking age to be lowered
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Manitoba—a province in Canada. In the United States however‚ the age at which one is legally allowed to consume alcohol (21)‚ and the age of adulthood (18) are completely at odds. Once an “adult‚” one can get married‚ vote for our leaders‚ and serve our country. However one is not adult enough to go for drinks with friends. It is high time‚ that all adult freedoms are granted at the age of adulthood‚ age 18. The change of the drinking age‚ being as controversial an issue as it is‚ would face many critics
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The legal limit is point zero eight‚ but the government is trying to lower the legal limit to point zero four. A group called (MADD) or Mothers Against Drunk Driving said‚” The truth is that a drinking age at eighteen would cause more funerals.” Quoted in 60 minute‚ ”Debate on Lowering the Drinking Age.” A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows connections between alcohol abuse and young people (CDC Facts). Most people do not know this but drinking affects every
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Lowering Legal Drinking Age (OUTLINE) 1) Human rights. * Individuals who are legally allowed to vote and get married‚ sign legal contracts‚ smoke cigarettes‚ can be responsible when it comes to drinking alcohol as well. Turning 18 allows one to make their own decisions in life. * Evidence #1: “National Youth Rights Association does not feel this is an issue primarily about alcohol; rather it is an issue about equality‚ respect‚ discrimination and freedom. Americans of all ages‚ races
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especially for young adults who are of ages around the minimum legal drinking age. As of right now‚ the current minimum legal drinking age is 21 years of age in the United States. There is a lot of debate on whether the drinking age should be lowered‚ raised‚ or stay the same due to the problems alcohol abuse is causing‚ particularly at colleges. According to Beth McMurthie of The Chronicle of Higher Education‚ “More than 1800 students die every year of alcohol-related causes. An additional 600‚000 are injured
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they buy or consume alcohol? The alcoholic drinking age should be lowered to age eighteen because at that age you are responsible‚ mature‚ and it will help send the right message. Society states that eighteen year olds can not handle alcohol because they make a lot of mistakes so therefore they are “irisponsible “. If you start to drink at age eighteen or twenty one your tolerance is still going to be the same. So in that case it does not matter what age you start to drink because you do not know
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