SECONDHAND SMOKE Secondhand smoke is defines as the smoke inhaled from a lit cigarette‚ cigar‚ or pipe‚ and the smoke exhaled by a smoker. Non-smokers that inhale second hand smoke actually breathes in almost the same amount of chemicals as a smoker. Tobacco smoke contains more than 4‚000 chemical compounds‚ more than 50 of which are known to cause cancer.6 Chemicals that cause cancer include: Arsenic‚ Benzene‚ Beryllium‚ Butadiene‚ Cadmium‚ Chromium‚ Ethylene Oxide‚ Nickel‚ Polohium-210
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associated with additional health and social problems. Smoking affects the physical growth and activities of teenagers. The younger people start smoking‚ the more likely they are to become strongly addicted to nicotine. Furthermore‚ teens who smoke are much more likely to use alcohol‚ use drugs‚ engage in fighting‚ and engage in unprotected sex (Center for Disease Control 1994; Willard & Shoenborn 1995). Most smokers begin smoking during their teen years. Yet‚ studies on smoking behavior among
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Purple by Alice Walker the lack of courage and bravery that Celie had to leave several of her abusive relationships is clearly the allegory for America even today. The text emphasizes the conflicts/factors that greatly influenced Celie’s decisions mainly in staying in the abusive relationships she was in for the great amount of time they lasted. Walker uses an abundance of violence throughout the book which mostly revolves around women such as Celie beat to try to get her point across. Walker uses frequently
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effects your health 1. Lung Cancer 2. Heart Disease 3. Emphysema B. How cigarette smoke effects others 1. A pregnant woman unborn child 2. Non-Smokers III. Cigarette smoking related deaths A. Deaths in smokers B. Deaths in non-smokers 1 The Dangers of Smoking Cigarettes: How Smoking Effects Your Health and Others According to the American Heart Association there are an estimated 50 million Americans who smoke (1). Smokers say‚ by smoking relieves them of stress and relaxes and comforts them
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Justin Whaley Dr. Dreyer ENGL1213 20 January 2013 Smoke Signals My aunt Sharon was of my favorite relatives. We were close to say the least. As the tears ran down my face‚ at her funeral‚ I started to see the signals. They were signals of the effects that long term smoking can have on ones’ body. Now‚ I know what you’re thinking‚ but she didn’t pass away from lung cancer. Long term use of smoking tobacco can have come with many health risks‚ other than lung cancer. These risks can have an acute
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Smoke Signals For most of my life‚ the word “Native American” had immediately made me think of feathers‚ powwows‚ and a society uncorrupted by civilization. However‚ in watching the movie Smoke Signals‚ a movie that depicts the modern Native American culture‚ I learned many other things. For one‚ I learned that many of the customs that modern Native Americans have are very similar to my others. I also saw that the family life of the Native Americans in the film had many of the same problems
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Smoke Detectors A smoke detector is a device that detects smoke and prevents fire. Smoke detectors were used in many houses in North America and it is important safety devices for homes. Smoke detectors are cheap and it gives alarm of any warning when it rise a high temperature that was produced by a fire this is because smoke detectors can detect the combustion gases from a small flame. In the article‚ a woman resident of the Silverpuff apartment were seriously injure of a fire because
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Secondhand Smoke Secondhand smoke is dangerous to anyone who breathes it in. There is no safe amount of it. Secondhand smoking is a problem that needs to be stopped because it affects the lives of many innocent people. What is secondhand smoke? According to the American Cancer Society‚ secondhand smoke is defined as‚ "environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Secondhand Smoke is a mixture of 2 forms of smoke that come from burning tobacco: Sidestream smoke – smoke from the lighted end of a cigarette
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Name: Leung Chun Wai Student no.: G20554292 Topic: (NT3048) Smoke extraction design for large space such as atrium 1. INTRODUCTION Atrium inside a building is an old architectural concept for about two thousand years. This concept has been developed and extended to modern buildings. Current trend of atrium design provides an ‘ideal’ external environment to the occupants with a large undivided space. The major problem for fires in atrium is hot and toxic gases accumulating and go down in the atrium
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for society and if they do a fault it will stain them that will be like a scar that would never remove. According to the book‚ “Anne of France‚ Lessons for My Daughter” said “And so my daughter‚ devote yourself completely to acquiring virtue. Behave so that your reputation may be worthy…”. This statement is telling that Anne wants her daughter to behave in a way that people would see her as a worthy person instead of a royal figure.
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