Original Research The smoking habits‚ attitudes towards smoking and knowledge regarding anti-smoking legislation of students in institutions of higher learning in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa Awotedu AA‚ FMCP (Nig)‚ FCCP‚ FCP (SA-PR)‚ Department of Internal Medicine‚ Walter Sisulu University‚ Mthatha Jordaan ER‚ MSc‚ Biostatistics Unit‚ Medical Research Council of South Africa‚ Tygerberg Ndukwana OZB‚ BACur‚ BACurHons (UNISA)‚ MPH‚ Department of Health Promotion‚ Walter Sisulu University
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Cigarettes are highly addictive‚ so why are they legal? What leads the user to continue smoking‚ even when they know that it is harmful for their health? The physiology reason: The inhaled substances trigger chemical reactions in nerve endings within our body. This activity increases heart rate‚ memory‚ alertness‚ and produces a measurably faster reaction time after individuals have smoked. Dopamine and other endorphins are released‚ which are associated with the sensations of pleasure and reward
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Being a teenager is‚ perhaps‚ one of the most interesting‚ intense‚ and at the same time‚ complicated periods in the life of almost any person. In our teen years‚ our experiences are especially acute and exiting; this age is connected with one’s search of their place in the world‚ of their self-identification and belonging. Teenagers face the real world problems more and more often‚ as well as encounter their first serious challenges and problems: at home‚ at school‚ in their relationships. The need
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My creative writing piece Have you ever seen anyone dying from smoking? I have Stop! Stop! Stop! Put a stop to smoking because it can kill people from the inside and the outside by which I mean the environment. A cigarette is like fire it can burn a person from the inside. First of all‚ smokers can inhale as much smoke and tar as they want in a day and legally there is no limit to this when there is a limit on the speed of a car and no limit on how much smokers are taking in and damaging their health
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drinking liquors? 3. What is the effect of liquor to your health? 4. How many times you drink liquor? 5. Who are the persons influence you to drink liquor? 6. What is the effect of smoking in your studying? 7. How many sticks did you take in one week? 8. What are the attitudes of LPU student’s toward smoking? 9. What are the attitudes of male and female student toward smoking? 10. What is the influence of smoking on the academic and clinical performance
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The Proliferation of Texting by Teenagers Texting and social media are getting to be more of an integral part of the lives of future generations. More and more teenagers are getting to connect with the outside world online. In the passage‚ the author talks about the proliferation of texting by teenagers and the pros and the cons of having teens using social media. She adds reinforcing evidence to get the data to be more accurate. The author builds her argument‚ that social media affects teens‚ by
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Smoking Addiction Smoking is an extremely addictive habit that usually forms in the early teen years. We should be targeting our children from the time they enter elementary school to prepare them for this temptation and encourage them to steer clear of this problem (Schoebel 287). There is no sure cure for smoking‚ and every method requires willingness‚ dedication‚ and will power. Smokers should recognize the serious health risks they are facing every time they light a cigarette and accept that
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Drugs and Teenagers Drug use is one of the most serious and concerning issues among teenagers in today’s high schools. Most drug use begins in the preteen and teenage years‚ and it is these years that can be the most crucial in determining how a young person develops as a human being. During these years adolescents are faced with difficult tasks of discovering their self identity‚ clarifying their sexual roles‚ asserting independence‚ learning to cope with authority and searching for goals that
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RESEARCH ARTICLE CRITIQUE Hadayat A. Amasha‚ Malak S. Jaradeh (April – June 2012). Health Science Jounal. Volume 6‚ Issue 2. 335 – 352. “Effect of Active and Passive smoking during pregnancy on its outcomes”PURPOSE It was made clear in the research that the purpose of the study is to be able to determine if passive and active smoking would affect the outcome of pregnancy using a cross-sectional study on pregnant women delivering a singleton live baby‚ categorize as active smoker‚ passive smoker
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Cassandra Orheim Bioethical Focus Paper Bans on Smoking Since 1964‚ 2.5 million nonsmokers have died from exposure to secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke is a mixture of gases and fine particles that include more than 7‚000 chemicals‚ including hundreds that are toxic and about 70 that cause cancer. In children‚ secondhand smoke causes ear infections‚ asthma attacks‚ respiratory infections‚ and respiratory symptoms. In adults who have never smoked‚ secondhand smoke can
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