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    Smoking brings with it much harm‚ regardless whether it is with respect to health‚ finance‚ environmental or social issues. The World Health Organization (“WHO”) estimates that tobacco kills one person every 10 seconds (WHO‚ 2005). Smoking causes cancer‚ and is a major risk for illnesses such as coronary heart disease‚ stroke and chronic obstructive lung disease. These account for close to two-thirds of all deaths in Singapore in the year 2000 (Health Promotion Board (“HPB”)‚ n.d.). Tobacco is the

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    In this article‚ the writer sets out that smoking is good in many aspects and brings benefits to the smoker. The writer is just being irrelevant and ridiculous about his statement. At the beginning‚ the writer states in jeered way he knows the “ill effect” of smoking. But then‚ he condemns the effects of smoking has been exaggerated. The writer’s rudeness and arrogant are shown when there were people admonish him. This article main flaw is shown through the languages use which is very colloquial

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    Rhetorical Analysis of Smoking Advertisement We can see the transition how the cigarette smoking advertisement campaign has changed over the years. For many years smoking was promoted through digital media until 2011‚ until it was restricted by the government. Several young people and teenagers started smoking without knowing its harmful effects both on their external and internal body organs. Numerous people are now aware of side effects of smoking which can damages their heart or lungs. Most

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    addictive drug‚ smokers are aware in this. Even people who haven’t been addicted to smoking at all‚ why do they take up smoking? What are the reasons? Why they engaged there selves to this kind of habit? Curiousness convinced me to study this problem. One of my objectives in this study is to know how important that reasons of smokers why they used to link and addicted in this habit. It seems obvious that smoking is very bad‚ and people tell us not to smoke. Yet in everyday life‚ there are people

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    determined that literature related to the new no smoking legislation is relatively recent‚ due to the date the smoking legislation came into force in the UK (July 2007)‚ however in light of this‚ not enough comprehensive research has been conducted on the effects the ban has had on the UK hospitality industry. Much of the existing literature comes from countries where similar smoking bans have been implemented. Due to the contemporary nature of the smoking ban‚ most of the literature has been utilised

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    Studies show that smoking during pregnancy causes massive effects on a baby. Cigarette smoke contains more than 4‚000 chemicals‚ some of which include lead‚ and at least 60 other cancer-causing compounds. (Woolston 1) The bloodstream supplies the baby with oxygen and nutrients. When one smokes‚ toxins from the cigarette enter the bloodstream. Toxins‚ including nicotine and carbon monoxide‚ account for almost every smoking- related complication during pregnancy. (OBGYN James Christmas) Nicotine

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    many harmful effects of smoking and why we should stay away from it‚ but as we grow older we find that a majority of people are addicted to it and beyond redemption. This stems from the fact that cigarettes are a huge source of revenue for the Government‚ and try as they may‚ they cannot cover up the fact that cigarettes provide huge income for them. It is for this reason alone‚ that smoking will never be banned by the Government‚ in spite of so many people getting afflicted by its effects.  Lung

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    The Reason of the students smoking early ages in LANHS Group No: 5 Group Leader: Antonieto Espelimburgo Assist. Leader: Lester Baylon Introduction: A drug has been defined as any substance that when absorbed into a living organism may modify one or more of its physiological functions. The term is generally used in reference to a substance taken for a therapeutic purpose and as well as abused substances. Drug abuse has also been defined as self-administration of drugs for non-medical reasons

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    Nica Javier CRITHIN A62 Ms. Hazel Biana August 5‚ 2013 “Thank You for Smoking” film viewing Identifying fallacies paper. The movie‚ “Thank You for Smoking” is a comedy with a tobacco industry lobbyist‚ Nick Naylor as the lead. The movie has an eerie comic theme which tackles the serious issue of the addicting substance of tobacco‚ or to be more specific‚ nicotine. The idea which the movie was trying to portray was that this lobbyist was a great speaker who is able to manipulate many

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    Smoking Ban in Public Places There is a chronic problem with people smoking in public places. Health Canada states‚ “Smoking in public places is the single largest source of indoor air pollution‚ containing a mixture of nearly 4000 chemicals” (Health Canada‚ 2011). Clearly‚ smoking in public has a serious impact upon the health of people and the physical and social environment around them; therefore‚ implementing smoking laws and developing public education are good approaches to eliminate smoking

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