Limitation of Study 5 Purpose of Study 6 Definition of Terms 7 Thesis Statement 13 Review of Related Literature Smoking 15 Effects of Smoking Lung cancer 16 Heart Disease 17 Heart Attack 18 Causes of Smoking Nicotine Addiction 19 Peer Pressure 20 Ways to Avoid
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du17.3 Million Filipino Adults Are Current Tobacco Smokers Twenty-eight percent or 17.3 million Filipino adults age 15 years and older are current tobacco smokers‚ according to the results of the 2009 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS). Almost half (48 percent or 14.6 million) of adult males and 9 percent (2.8 million) of adult females are current smokers. Moreover‚ 23 percent of Filipino adults are daily tobacco smokers: 38 percent for males and 7 percent for females. Filipinos mainly smoke
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to smoking include over eight forms of cancer‚ respiratory diseases and cardiovascular diseases. Around 124‚000 people in the United States die from lung cancer cause by smoking each year (Slovic 34). Other forms of cancer include laryngeal cancer‚ oral cancer‚ esophageal cancer‚ pancreatic cancer‚ kidney cancer‚ and cancer of the urinary bladder. Lung cancer arises in
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inhale the combination of them on a daily basis. There is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke.3 Approximately 3‚000 lung cancer deaths occur each year among adult non-smokers in the United States as a result to exposure to secondhand smoke.1 The U.S. Surgeon General estimates that living with a smoker increases a non-smoker chances of developing lung cancer by 20 to 30 percent.1 Secondhand smoke is also known to cause heart disease in adults. It is thought that secondhand smoke
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"an increase in the unpleasant effects‚ feeling faint‚ confusion‚ rapid decrease in blood pressure and breathing rate‚ seizures‚ and respiratory arrest (stopping breathing)‚ and death" (Smoking: What Are The Effects?). The tar‚ which causes both lung and throat cancer‚ and carbon monoxide‚ which lessens the oxygen available to the body‚ in cigarettes puts a lot of strain on one’s body‚ and helps to contribute to the very serious‚ long-term effects of cigarette use (Smoking: What Are The Effects
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problems are the obvious disadvantage to smoking. The American Cancer Society warns about the dangers of nicotine addiction on their website. When you inhale the smoke from a cigarette‚ it is breathed deeply into your lungs. Smoking has been connected to several types of cancer‚ including lung cancer‚ pancreatic cancer and larynx cancer‚ as well as diseases such as emphysema and heart disease. Secondly is smell. Smokers tend to have a distinctive smell because the tobacco odor clings to their hair and
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cause of death in the United States. 2. It also causes reduced circulation by narrowing your blood vessels. B. Smoking also causes respiratory disease. 1. Smoking causes lung cancer. 2. Lung disease is also caused by smoking. a. It damages the airways in your lungs. C. Smoking cigarettes can cause you to get a lot of different kinds of cancer. 1. One of the cancers you could get is bladder cancer. 2. Another cancer it could give you is kidney cancer.
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devices may cause other health risks. Electronic cigarettes can result in a higher overall absorption of nicotine in a long period of time‚ polluting the lungs. When inhaling e-cigarettes‚ it releases particles in the lungs called nanoparticles that are linked to asthma‚ heart disease and diabetes (Raloff). There have been cases where someone’s lungs were drowning due to the water vapor inhaled by e-cigarettes. But in some instances it creates them. This new and “cool” device catches the eye of young
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E.‚ Ware‚ J. H.‚ & Dockery‚ D. W. (1996). Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Lung Function in Adolescent Boys and Girls. New England Journal of Medicine‚ 335(13)‚ 931-937. doi:10.1056/nejm199609263351304 A scholarly article named “Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Lung Function in Adolescent Boys and Girls” that is published by the “New England Journal of Medicine” investigates the relationship between cigarette smoking and lung function in both boys and girls between 10 to 18 years of age. This article
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risk‚ and as the relevant question about the degree of risk suggested‚ then in the words of the Congressional Research Service the chance of dying of lung cancer over one’s lifetime "for a person exposed only to background ETS‚ the number drops to about 7/100 of one percent [19]. Moreover‚ using data from the Brownson study‚ "there are no annual lung cancer deaths from ETS." [20]. A new report based on research from the World Health Organization‚ reproduced in full. (color emphasis is mine) WASHINGTON
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