March 22‚ 2011 Mr. Robert Bechtold‚ Manager Kukyendahl Joint‚ Inc. 88 North Park Road Houston‚ TX 77005 Re: Last Warning Dear Mr. Bechtold: (Switched to indirect approach)Enclosed in a summary of recent ETS-related court cases in which landlords and owners were held responsible for providing toxin-free air for their tenants. In most of these cases‚ owners were also required to reimburse rents and pay damages for the harm done before the environmental tobacco smoke problem was remedied
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Smoking and public health Every day‚ one is confronted with smoking and its consequences. On the outside of cigarette packets you can read warnings about the risks of smoking. Constantly there are more and more bans against smoking in cafes‚ school etc. It is especially important to inform the younger generation about the danger and the addiction to smoking. Prohibitions and warnings are the best way in order to reduce the number of smokers. The more information about smoking and its harmful effects
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1050260 Stop smoking 2 STOP SMOKING Smoking can hurt smokers’ health and other people around them but why is it legal? Smokers in the world spend enormous amounts of money instead of using it for education‚ healthcare…‚ or while millions of people in Africa die because of no food‚ that is moral? Why do people spend their money to kill themselves instead of taking care of their family or contributing to social causes? According to the Lung Association
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secondary and tertiary levels of Health Promotion Shirley Allen Grand Canyon University Primary‚ secondary and tertiary levels of Health Promotion In excess of ten years‚ health promotion and prevention has been the main focus of healthcare professionals in general‚ but nurses in particular. Health promotion is “the art and science of helping people discover the synergies between their core passions and optimal health‚ enhancing their motivation to strive for optimal health and supporting them in changing
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The health consequences of smoking have become evident since early 1960s and numerous techniques to help smokers to become non-smokers have developed. Smoking is the largest preventable cause of cancer‚ and is responsible for more cancer deaths in Australia. It is also directly responsible for many heart and lung diseases. Smoking has effects on the smoker‚ as well as those around them. Changing health-risk behaviour has been shown to decrease morbidity and mortality and enhance a better quality
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Health Promotion among Diverse Populations 1 Health Promotion among Diverse Populations JoAnn Mizell Grand Canyon University Family-Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Melinda Darling January 18‚ 2015 Health Promotion among Diverse Populations 2 Health Status In discussing health promotion among diverse populations‚ this author has selected the
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Passive smoking means breathing in other people’s tobacco smoke. Exhaled smoke is called exhaled mainstream smoke. The smoke drifting from a lit cigarette is called sidestream smoke. The combination of mainstream and sidestream smoke is called second-hand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Second-hand smoke is a common indoor pollutant in the home‚ making passive smoking a serious health risk for both those who smoke and those who do not. Children are particularly at risk of serious
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and concepts of health promotions Most health promotion theories come from the behavioral and social sciences‚ borrowing heavily from disciplines such as psychology‚ sociology‚ marketing‚ consumer behaviors‚ management and political science. Such diversity reflects the fact that health promotion practice is not only concerned with individual health behaviors‚ but also with the organization of society and the role of policy‚ organizational and community structures in promoting health. It’s also important
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com the office on Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) counted 45.3 million American smokers. (Rodu) Smoking cigarettes in public places can cause negative health effects on people. Exposure to second hand smoke could risk exposure to cancer or even heart disease . Exposure to second hand smoke for a short period of time may cause breathing difficulties‚ headaches and even nausea. Due to the possibilities of these health risk smoking should be banned in
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since a young age we are told about the 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
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