Major Tobacco Companies Paying for Public Health Care? Edna Hacker once said‚ “No company should be made to pay because people misuse its products.” Major tobacco companies have paid financial settlements to several states funding health care for smoking related illnesses. Should fast food restaurants pay health costs for obesity related illnesses? Customers abusing a company’s products is out of the companies control‚ and consumers should be required to pay for their own medical costs. While some
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self-determinations. In Alaska‚ Nevada‚ Montana‚ Oregon‚ Utah‚ Nebraska‚ Missouri‚ Michigan‚ North Dakota‚ Ohio‚ Kentucky‚ Oklahoma‚ Kansas‚ Louisiana‚ Arkansas‚ Georgia‚ Mississippi‚ Texas‚ and Alabama‚ not only is gay marriage banned‚ but thus are public partnerships. Others may ask why should gay marriage be legalized‚ but I ask this: why ought another person be able to indicate who marries who? If a man and a woman get married‚ no one gives the impression to care. They are two people who feel
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Introduction Soft drink is a beverage that typically contains carbonated water‚ a sweetener and a flavoring. The sweetener may be sugar‚ high-fructose corn syrup‚ fruit juice‚ sugar substitutes or some combination of these. Soft drinks may also contain caffeine‚ colorings‚ preservatives and other ingredients. There are many reasons why people drink soft drinks. The taste could be one thing that gets people addicted to drinking soft drinks‚ In fact that it is so good‚ that many people drink it. Other
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Draft a contract of acquisition of a concession for a mining company and show how it is going to be managed. 1.0 Introduction (Notes: Both surface and underground mining) 1.1 Definitions 1.2 Interpretation 1.3 Background information 1.4 Scope of Work (SoW) 1.5 Obligations and Responsibilities of Parties (Notes: Land documents and indenture not to be used to be used as collateral during the lease period) Mode of payment Tax Customs import waiver Land recovery and
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Nowadays it’s a small world. A flick of the television switch shows us images of events happening thousands of miles away‚ some of them happy and‚ unfortunately‚ some of them sad. Modern tourists are able to soak up the new experiences offered by foreign travel‚ sometimes for no other reason than curiosity to explore foreign places. One consequence of this new perception of the planet has been an increase in the number of students travelling abroad to study. 2. Students who travel to another
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Biochemists are scientists trained in biochemistry. Typical biochemists study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms‚ other biochemists study DNAs‚ proteins and cell parts. The word "biochemist" is a portmanteau of "biological chemist". Biochemists also research how certain chemical reactions happen in cells and tissues and observe and record the effects of products as in food additives and medicines. The main function of a biochemist is to focus on improving the qualities
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Zhang 1 Bingmiao Zhang Wendy Perniciaro ENC1101 January 16‚ 2013 An unforgettable trip When I was a junior student in high school‚ I got a chance to travel to Canada for a month. This trip was so unforgettable and also interfered with my study later on. The city I went to is Vancouver. This place is an easy and comfortable place to live. The weather is as warm as spring. I left my parents and lived alone for the first time. I lived with a local homestay. They were
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necessary amount of work during their shift‚ it is considered a theft of time from the company. Some of the factors in the modern workplace that contribute to theft of time are the overwhelming amount of technological advancements; the absence of policies for employees‚ and the lack of enforcement and organization in the managerial department. The fact that most people carry
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concept of Girl Power can be applied on the movie Legally Blonde and the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Both main protagonists‚ Elle Woods and Buffy Summers‚ incarnate the stereotypical symbols of femininity. Both characters exemplify that the embracement of fashion and style in order to save their friends. In the following I will argue that the protagonist Buffy Summers from the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Elle Woods from Legally Blonde are not only an example for the reshaping term
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Public transport could be made free of charge. Are there more advantages or disadvantages to this change? In many countries around the world there is considerable debate about the role of public transport. One suggestion that is commonly put forward is that it should be made free of charge. My belief is that while this policy might be difficult to implement in practice‚ there are at least two strong reasons for considering it. The one significant problem with making public transport free
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