What is secondhand smoke? Secondhand smoke (SHS) is also known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). SHS is a mixture of 2 forms of smoke that come from burning tobacco: * Sidestream smoke – smoke from the lighted end of a cigarette‚ pipe‚ or cigar * Mainstream smoke – the smoke exhaled by a smoker Even though we think of these as the same‚ they aren’t. Sidestream smoke has higher concentrations of cancer-causing agents (carcinogens) than mainstream smoke. And‚ it has smaller particles
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O’Connor). She is the author of the story “Good Country People”‚ published in 1955. O’Connor tells the story of a young girl named Hulga “Joy” Hopewell who is a well-educated girl‚ with a degree in philosophy‚ but is a very shy person and keeps to herself. Hulga is also a very misunderstood girl‚ mainly by her mother who in no way relates to Hulga. Hulga’s mother‚ Mrs. Hopewell‚ is a very self-centered person who seems to surround herself with and pity the people that she believes she is better than. Mrs
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Nowadays almost every country is concerned about developing education system as it can lead to economic growth and individual prosperity. However‚ substantial amounts of money spent on education not always affect country successfully. Therefore the negative side like unemployment is important to consider. The key problem for many young people is that after graduation they have no possibility to find a job. Furthermore‚ if only high cost qualification opens doors to better job‚ families from
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‚ vice president Al Gore won 539‚000 more votes than the texas government ‚ george washington bush.In 2008 president obama won with an 365 election score. We need raise the voting range of election and make it stay at 21. If we lower the voting ‚ people would vote just to vote without any purpose. So I think we fight against that and the age limit.Those who oppose the age lowering cite the lack of agitation to show that the 18 year olds are not ready to vote. The big topic on the subject is not making
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Anghelica Ruiz Work Title: Smoke for the cure Author / Creator: Mike Adams Publication Date: October 15‚ 2010 Historical Context: Mike Adams created this cartoon during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month but no “Prevention month” exposing how he felt about the pinkwashing companies(as he describe them). Plot Summary: Cancer industry’s brainwash people by using propaganda to convince people that they can cure cancer by going shopping anything that’s pink but it’s ironic how they will
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When looking into works of literature‚ some works can seem to be similar or they can seem to be very different. Stories can have a similar setting‚ point of view‚ theme‚ or sense of language and style. However‚ all of these points could be very different as well and could cover different theme or style. In “Good Country People” and “Everyday Use” these stories have contrasting some elements‚ such as their points of view and use of symbolism‚ while their similarities in the underlying theme and the
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Dwarfism Many people of the world holds discussion for many years about the proper was to refer to a child with dwarfism. Many people who have these condition prefer being known as “little people” or “person of short stature”. People who have this type of condition some don’t mind being called a “dwarf”. For most of the people the term “midget” is definitely not a option. Dwarfism can be caused by any one of the 200 condition for dwarfism. The most common type of dwarfism is “achondroplasia”
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How many people died on the Titanic? The Royal Mail Steamer (RMS) Titanic built by the White Star Company in the UK and owned by American tycoon‚ J.P Morgan met its fate while on its maiden voyage to New York when it struck an iceberg and sank two hours later in the early morning of April 15‚ 1912‚ in the Northern Atlantic. A total of 2224 people boarded this ship during its sail and a sum of 1514 people perished with it. The name Titanic‚ a Greek methodology means gigantic and it took a total of
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Summary of the film ”Smoke” by Paul Auster “Smoke” is a film based on the book “Smoke” written by Paul Auster. The film tells the stories of mainly three people in Brooklyn. The movie takes place in New York with the cigar shop Brooklyn Cigar Co. as the centre of the film. The owner of the shop is named Auggie Wren. For him the store is the centre of the world and he takes pictures near the shop at the exact same place every morning at the same time. Paul Benjamin is a regular costumer‚ who
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