Hello my name is ---------and here to persuade you to stop smoking. Smoking is not only bad for health it is also as bad for the people around you. Breathing other people’s smoke is called passive‚ involuntary or secondhand smoking. The non-smoker breathes "side stream" smoke from the burning tip of the cigarette and "mainstream" smoke that has been inhaled and then exhaled by the smoker. Secondhand smoke is a major source of indoor air pollution. How does this affect the passive
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Journal Of Medical Sciences 63.11 (2009): 520-533. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. From this journal I learned more about the direct risks from smoking cigarettes and how it increases the chances of getting some sort of cardiovascular disease. Also how smoking has been claimed to cause eleven percent of cardiovascular deaths. Haustein‚ K. O. Tobacco or Health?: Physiological and Social Damages Caused by Tobacco Smoking. Berlin: Springer‚ 2003. Print. This book gave me a lot of information
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suffering from shortness of breath. The patient had been prescribed the oxygen therapy due to deterioration in their breathing ability (Higgins‚ 2005). The patient in question had been diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). COPD comprises of a number of illnesses including chronic bronchitis and emphysema; in each of the conditions there is an obstruction to airflow (NICE 2010). COPD is a long term condition that is usually progressive and cannot be reversed‚ however in some
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because they believe smoking will make them act‚ look‚ relax‚ feel different or to fit in. There are many reasons why people start to smoke‚ but is it worth it to start? Cigarette smoking causes a variety of life-threatening diseases‚ including lung cancer‚ emphysema‚ and heart disease. An estimated 430‚000 deaths each year are directly caused by cigarette smoking. Smoking is responsible for changes in all parts of the body‚ including the digestive system. This fact can have serious consequences because
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Tanya Hicks Anatomy & Physiology Respiratory Assignment. ! 1.) The control center inside of the brain is called the medulla oblongata. Our breathing is controlled by the level of carbon dioxide that we have in our blood. The pons sends out a signal from the medulla to the diaphragm to activate. The diaphragm is also sent a a signal from the phoenic nerve‚ that comes from the cervical plexus in the spinal cord. This makes the diaphragm contract and flatten and increases the space inside of the thoracic
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enviroments‚ and increasing financial problems for smokers. Smoking affects health of both smoking person and people around him. Every day‚ in Viet Nam‚ there are 100 people die for smoking tobacco and every year‚ about 40000 people die because of diseases related to tobacco. In addition‚ smoke is easy to spread in the air‚ therefore not only smoking people but also people around them are affected. That means‚ when a person smokes‚ he is harming both himself and many people‚ especially children. These
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The Asthma Epidemic: Diagnosis‚ Treatments and Management‚ all prospects towards a better future Asthma is a multifactorial chronic disorder that has displayed a significant increase in prevalence and incidence worldwide over the past two decades‚ particularly in developed countries (Hazeldine‚ 2013). The World Health Organization estimates that 235 million people currently suffer from this common respiratory condition. Despite this growth‚ over that same period of time‚ global asthma mortality
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good health and prevent disease. One goal for this teaching plan is that students will be able to promote respiratory heath in their patients. Another goal is that students will be able to learn how to prevent pneumonia in their patients. One intervention to promote health is to know who is at risk. Nurses need to know how to recognize who is at risk for pneumonia. Patients at risk for developing pneumonia are “the very elderly‚ smokers‚ and those with chronic lung disease or any severe illness or
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Guys‚ today im going to talk about a disease that affects 25 million Americans today. The annual cost of this disease is said to be nearly 18 million each year. It is the fourth leading cause of work absenteeism which totals to as much as 15 million workdays missed each year. Close to nine people die a day because of it‚ and in the last decade the amount of people with this disease has increased by nearly 15% in the United States. I’m talking about asthma. A disease that the Department of Health and
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and E may inhibit nitrosamine formation. Studies have linked it to various types of cancer. * It has been linked to the triggering migraines in migraine prone individuals. * Frequent ingestion of cured meats may cause COPD‚ Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. * If ingested in high concentration‚ it may cause methemoglobinemia‚ a disorder characterized by the presence of a higher than normal level of methemoglobin (metHb) in the
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