The Effects of Smoking Cigarettes According to Centers Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‚ “Cigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the United States each year. It is estimated to cause more than 480‚000 deaths annually (including deaths from secondhand smoke).” Many people start smoking in their teens because of peer pressure‚ personal issues and media influences. In addition‚ most of them are addicted to cigarettes by the time they are adults. Smoking is related
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Smoking has become a trend in today’s world‚ even though people know how harmful it is. Smoking causes are obvious it will ruin your health and give you series of health issues. In America 85% teenagers first start smoking from the age of fifteen and sixteen‚ smoking tobacco is really addicting. Smoking causes heart diseases‚ blood pressure‚ series of cancers such as‚ lung cancer‚ mouth cancer and throat cancer. I have noticed that many people in my relatives who smoked all their youth quit smoking
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Causes and Effects of Smoking Cigarettes By Andrew Fowler 21% of American adults are current cigarette smokers‚ making the tobacco industry one of the largest industries in our country. With around 400‚000 smoking related deaths per year in the United States‚ it’s also incredibly deadly. Smoking can affect you negatively in many ways‚ both quickly and slowly. Causes of Smoking One of the biggest reasons people start smoking cigarettes is most likely peer pressure. Smokers typically start smoking
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Smoking Cigarettes Smoking cigarettes is harmful for many reasons. It is not only harmful to the human body but also affects the environment. This is because of many chemicals and substances that produce this hazardous product. There are many causes of smoking cigarettes. First of all‚ teenagers smoke because they want to be fit‚ and avoid gaining weight as smoking sedate hunger. Them they see their friends smoke and think it makes them look cool‚ be independent‚ and feel no tension and worries
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Smoking is Unhealthy for Everyone Smoking cigarettes is hazardous to the body for many reasons‚ and it also affects not only human beings but our environment. Smoking cigarettes can be harmful to both the environment and humans because of the many chemicals and substances that produce this hazardous product. Smoking cigarettes reduces your ability to do things that require endurance‚ such as sports‚ and exercise. The tar in the cigarettes covers up alveoli‚ which help you breathe‚ which makes
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“SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer‚ Heart Disease‚ Emphysema‚ and May Complicate Pregnancy.” Almost everyone in America can read this message and pin point exactly where it came from. It is well known for being printed on every single pack of cigarettes sold in America and in other countries as well. It is mandatory for this message to be printed on every pack because of how serious the effects of smoking are and how easy it is to become addicted to smoking them. There are millions
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Cause and Effect: Smoking Weed We’ve all listen to our parents tell us what happens to people who do drugs. Their brain melts‚ their teeth rot‚ and the live in a dumpster eating thrown out pizza crust. Obviously none of that sounds like the American dream to most people. With all this campaigning against drugs‚ an alarming 17% of 10th graders have smoked marijuana in the past month‚ according to http://www.drugabuse.gov. There is a lot of debate as to whether or not marijuana is actually bad
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The Cause and Effect of Teenage Pregnancy Each year‚ over seven hundred and fifty thousand teenage girls become pregnant. The United States has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the world followed by Slovakia‚ Hungary and New Zealand. Teenage pregnancy costs the American taxpayers 9.1 billion a year due to health‚ foster care‚ and social services (Porta). The teen pregnancy epidemic affects not only the parents‚ the children and their families; it also affects society as a whole. How can we
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Cause and Effects of Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy is considered an on-going problem in today’s society. Teens today are not well educated and don’t always take the right steps to prevent pregnancy‚ even if they are educated within the area. Teen pregnancy affects many people in the process and could end up having long term affects and health risks on the mother and child. Many people are very judgmental when it comes to teen pregnancy but they don’t truly understand that not every child is educated
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Teen Pregnancy Have you ever been flipping through the channels and come across one of the many shows involving teen mothers? They are hard to miss these days! I’m sure most people immediately begin ranting about how the media is giving unnecessary attention to these teens that have already made poor decisions. Many people feel these shows actually encourage teen pregnancy because in some cases it is glamorized by the media. Let’s discuss some of the many reasons that there is an increase
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