extremely damaging to health. Lung cancer has the highest mortality rate of any cancer‚ and it is estimated that 15% of all cases of lung cancer in the United States result from exposure to radon gas. The government has taken steps to mitigate this problem‚ but the problem still persists. There are simple and inexpensive methods to drastically reduce the risks of radon gas exposure‚ and pursuing such mitigation could play a significant role in drastic reduction of lung cancer prevalence. TABLE
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disease‚ bronchitis‚ and lung cancer. Cigarettes contain many harmful substances that help contribute to the forming of cancer in the human body. Some of those substances are nicotine‚ black tar‚ and carbon monoxide. Nicotine is the drug that helps the body to become addicted. Black tar sticks to the lining of the lungs and makes it hard to breathe. Carbon monoxide and other chemicals help poison the lungs (Keyishian‚ 14). When black tar sticks to the lining of the lungs. While making it harder for
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Emphysema is a lung disorder that slowly deteriorates the air sacs known as alveoli in our lungs. Alveoli are tiny sacs located inside our lungs that allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to move between the lungs and blood stream (Study.com). When the Alveoli’s are damaged‚ this causes an individual to become increasingly short of breathe. When the inner walls of the air sacs located inside of our lungs becomes weaken‚ they eventually rupture creating one large air space instead of several small air spaces
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from lung cancer and heart disease. Last year Chinese authorities warned the US embassy not to publish its data. But the embassy said the measurements were for the benefit of embassy personnel and were not citywide. The number of lung cancer cases in the Chinese capital Beijing has soared over the last decade. According to figures published by the state-run Xinhua news agency‚ they have increased by more than 50%. Beijing health officials say smoking is still the number one cause of lung cancer
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rolled onto a piece of paper forming a cylindrical shape. People smoke everywhere; in their houses‚ at the bus stop‚ coffee shops and sometimes on the corner of the street where you work. Active smoking has been known to cause familiar diseases like lung cancer‚ heart problems‚ respiratory issues and more. What people generally don’t see is that it not only affects the person smoking‚ but affects the people in their surroundings on a bigger scale. C. Wright Mills talks about looking at the bigger picture
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filters and cleans our lungs. The smoke interferes with the cilia’s job of keeping the lungs clear of dirt and dust and when there is too much smoke they become paralyzed which results in the buildup the mucus and toxic chemicals. Smoking affects lungs its important to look at the carcinogenic effects of it. A carcinogen is any substance that promotes carcinogenesis (the formation of cancer). It has been proven that cigarettes release more then 20 carcinogens know to promote lung cancer into your body
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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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with smoking tobacco products? There are so many resources out there that inform people of all the dangers. There are many negative effects associated with the consumption of tobacco‚ from difficulty breathing and damage to the lungs to being the main risk factor for lung cancer. The only way to help people is by completely banning cigarettes and tobacco products because they do more harm than good. The use of tobacco products is increasing‚ especially among young people. Many feel that it is
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negative health effects of smoking result in more deaths in the U.S. than murder‚ drug abuse‚ alcohol‚ vehicle crashes‚ suicide and even AIDS together. (CDC‚2011) The majority of smokers are likely to die from emphysema‚ cancers of the throat and lungs. Cigarette smoke is not only bad for your own health as it is just unhealthy for those around you. Second hand smoke is more dangerous since it is not passed through a filter‚ it is then direct inhalation. Cigarette smoke contains very harmful substances
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000 people alone die from cigarettes. Deaths caused by alcohol‚ car accidents‚ suicide‚ AIDS‚ homicide‚ and illegal drugs combined are actually less than the number of deaths caused by cigarette smoking. Being the grandchild of a grandpa who died of lung cancer from smoking‚ I know and understand what cigarette smoking can do. Tobacco smoke is a mixture of gases and of small particles made up of water‚ tar‚ and nicotine. The tar is a mixture of thousands of toxic chemicals‚ many of which are known
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