nicotine is a very addictive drug. For some people‚ it can be as addictive as heroin or cocaine. Some actually place it in a category 10 times more addictive than heroin. Smoking is also a very expensive habit. I was just at Wal-Mart and a carton of cigarettes is $40. Assuming a carton a week‚ that’s $2‚080 a year. Is that insane or what? Myself I would much rather spend that money on shopping or something. More than 450‚000 Americans die each year from smoking. Smoking causes illnesses such as cancer
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explanation of why people do reckless activities. His main point of thought is that people don’t think clearly about risk. He explains that "The American public‚ after years of education‚ wears seat belts at the rate of 20 percent and has reduced its cigarette smoking only somewhat‚ "The widespread success of lotteries alone shows that people do not think or act rationally‚ even in their own self-interest." This leads us to ignore some risks and overestimate others. "People are willing to pay indirectly
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Tobacco contains over 4‚000 chemicals most of which are harmful to the body. Smoking is the risk of four different types of cancer and several other illnesses. Smoking affects the lungs‚ heart‚ circulatory system‚ brain‚ and several other organs. Cigarettes and cigars can--and does--harm you physically‚ mentally and socially and even others around you. First of all the main problem with smoking is how it harms you physically. Smoking physically harms the main organs and organ systems of your body
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However‚ I don’t believe this is true because by her trying the first cigarette‚ it only shows her curiosity as a child‚ the influence from her family members who are addicted to cigarette and most importantly‚ her personal rebellion against her mom’s dictatorship which is somehow childish. Also‚ go from being a child to an adult is not as easy as Marjane thinks it might be. Even
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Smoking kills an average of 450‚000 people each year. That is more than car accidents‚ drunk driving‚ and illegal substances. So why is it that people still continue to smoke? What causes people to want to smoke even knowing the deadly effect? Cigarette smoke does not only effect the smoker’s body and health‚ it effects the non-smoker’s around them even worse. There are many causes which make people smoke and the effect of smoking to their health. Although smokers claim that it helps them to relax
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second hand smoke. Also another 8.6 million people live with a major illness that is caused from smoking. With knowing all the risk that smoking has it is estimated that 46.6 million United State adults still use cigarettes. Every day 3‚900 kids under the age of 18 try their first cigarette. Out of the 3‚900 kids 950 of them most likely will become regular smokers. So each year 1‚432‚500 kids under the age of 18 try their very first
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playing cards or reading the newspaper. However‚ in the present day it is quite different. It has been forbidden to smoke at a lot of places‚ either inside or outside and people may get fined if they do light a cigarette in a non-smoking area. Nearly every future-smoker tries his first cigarette while in high school and then proceeds to smoke in college‚ as the CDC study showed. In FSU Panama the smoking policy is a little weak compared to the smoking policy in FSU Tallahassee. The smoking policy in
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Upon reading the research article “Influence of Smoking on the Location of Acute Myocardial Infarctions” by Rahel Alemu‚ Eileen Fuller‚ John Harper and Mark Feldman it has become ostensible that smoking cigarettes increases the risk for acute myocardial infarctions. While smoking is a major risk factor in coronary heart disease as well as one of the major predictors of leading to myocardial infarctions. However there was not an awareness that smoking lead to different types of myocardial infarctions
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not like to breathe polluted air. For instance‚ when you enjoy the meal in a restaurant‚ you suddenly inhale the smoke from the neighbor. You will feel uncomfortable. It also spoils your appetite. Another reason is that air is polluted. Smoke of a cigarette has a lot of poisonous chemicals such as carbon monoxide‚ lead and tar. Therefore‚ you can consider how smoking affects the health. Smoking should be banned among teenagers as well .The future of the nation lies in the hands of the youth.
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Commercial 1 : Cigarettes and a Gun Smoking is perceived as harmful to the public. Three young boys were smoking together. One uses gun lighter‚ which signifies danger. Closely looking at their faces‚ I assume that they were smoking because of depression. This advertise is passing on a negative influence to upcoming generation. The advertise was created by the Center for Diseases Control‚ to inform non-smokers about the dangers of smoking. It compares cigarettes to bullets in a gun as a way to explain
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