One of the most popular habits in today’s society is smoking. Yet each year‚ cigarette smoking kills more Americans than AIDS‚ alcohol‚ car accidents‚ homicides‚ suicides‚ illegal drugs and fires combined. Smoking is an extremely bad pastime‚ practiced for centuries‚ for an individual’s health and those surrounding him/her. People start for many different reasons and get addicted to the nicotine in cigarettes. Smoking cause many fatal diseases‚ but help is available to those who seek it. Cigarette
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Driving distraction is very dangerous. It is a serious concern. The chances of Heads up displays (HUD’s) for auto dashboards are becoming more common and more sophisticated. There are the days of clunky GPS devices that use suction cups to stick to auto windows or dash. While many car companies have already build in GPS in their car along with a head up display as an option‚ there is a company has come up with a product called Exploride. It is a head up display with a six inch display that works
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years‚ teenagers look forward to the day they get the ultimate freedom: driving‚ but with this freedom there comes risks. Every day another life is lost to teen driving. Along with risking their lives‚ teenagers are also not mentally prepared to handle the consequences that could come with driving. They are not only putting their life at risk‚ but the lives of others. No mother or father wants to bury their child‚ and this would be less likely if the driving age was raised. The legal driving age should
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accidents. However raising the minimum driving age at which people can drive might reduce this. But is this a benefit to society or are the statistics true? We can help lower these accidents rates if the driving age is raised till the age 21‚ and so that no more kids can get hurt or get serious injured or killed on a free way or by another car crashing into their can. If we do raise the driving age it will be much safer for the young drivers. I think that the driving age should be banned till the age
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TWD Commentary Texting while driving is a fairly new but very serious issue not only among teenagers but also adults. The issue is new because texting is a recently new way of communicating between individuals and since it is growing and becoming more popular most people text. Now put this common task to the test by driving at the same time and most of the time the result is not good. One of the main issues of this is car crash fatalities. There have been plenty of car crashes due to texting
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1.Rinsing Raw Meat and Poultry. Dean Cliver‚ PhD‚ an Institute of Food Technologists spokesperson on food and kitchen safety‚ says the USDA has backed off the idea that meat and poultry should be washed or rinsed—in fact‚ the organization’s website says there’s no need to do so. “Sometimes you may buy a chicken‚ and it has salmonella. If you cook it thoroughly‚ it would kill it‚” Cliver says. “Washing it might spread the salmonella around.” 2. A Greasy Range Hood and Filter. Captain Peggy Harrell
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Luke is the third child in his family‚ the youngest of three brothers‚ which makes him illegal. Only two children are allowed in each family — additional children are usually prevented from being born or are killed. Luke’s family lives on a farm‚ where isolation and a ready food supply have helped hide Luke. When his family is forced to sell part of their property to the government‚ a new neighborhood springs up behind their house. This starts a chain reaction that puts increasing pressure on
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many situations similar to John’s‚ and in a lot of them‚ no one survives. Because of all the death and tragedy as a result of driving under the influence of alcohol‚ I feel that there should be an increased punishment if caught. The legal definitions of "driving" and "drunk" are open to many interpretations‚ which vary greatly from state to state. In some places‚ "driving" can include sitting still in a parked or wrecked vehicle with the motor off‚ or starting up a car in a driveway. Police can and
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Intro: Invincibility Theory Among Teens It has been said a thousand times that the biggest reason teenagers drink‚ drive‚ take drugs and do all kinds of crazy‚ dangerous stunts is that they think they’re immortal‚ invincible and bullet-proof. But is this what teenagers really think? According to researches at UC San Francisco‚ this is not the case. Teenagers obviously measure risks differently from adults. They know they can die. They don’t underestimate risk; they actually over-estimate it and
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English 1101 October 16‚ 2013 Is There a Solution to the Dangers of Distracted Driving? Recently “Texas college student Chance Bothe’s last words prior to driving his truck off a cliff were in the form of a text message: “I need to quit texting‚ because I could die in a car accident.” He miraculously survived‚ but Bothe’s story has become an ironic example of the dangers of texting while driving” (Zafar). Distracted driving has become a worldwide problem that is ending/injuring the lives of hundreds
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