accounts for 29 percent of all cancer deaths in the United States and smoking accounts for about 87 percent of lung cancer deaths. The risks of dying from lung cancer are 23 times higher for male smokers and 11 times higher for female smokers than for nonsmokers. 3. Smoking can cause died. * The majority of smokers are cognizant of the dangers of inhaling the poisons and toxins
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Cigarette smoking is a risky habit. According to http://www.rochester.edu‚ it kills more than 1‚200 Americans each day. The nicotine in cigarettes causes cigarettes to become extremely addictive‚ and the addiction becomes very expensive. Cigarette smoking has side effects‚ can cause cancer and disease‚ and is harmful to others. Smoking cigarettes has side effects. One side effect is the premature wrinkling of the skin. Other side effects include: bad breath‚ stained hair‚ stained teeth‚ odorous
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they do in mom’s -- and at higher‚ more toxic levels. Main risks of smoking during pregnancy include: Delayed Growth. The more a woman smokes‚ the less her baby grows. Twice as many babies weighing less than 5 pounds are born to smokers as to nonsmokers.  Premature Birth: Pregnant smokers are more likely to suffer bleeding‚ damage to the placenta‚ and other problems that trigger early birth.  Infant Death: Smoking is a direct cause of miscarriage‚ stillbirth‚ and sudden infant
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to this cancer continually develops. In addition to causing damage to the respiratory system‚ smoking also causes damage to the circulatory system‚ in organs such as the heart and the arteries. Heart attacks occur more often in smokers than in nonsmokers. According to The American Council on Science and Health smoking kills more than 400‚000 Americans every year. The effects of cigarette smoking occur when someone smokes like a chimney. Smoking affects blood pressure of a smoker instantaneously
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Kevin Rosas Persuasive Essay Mr. Ortiz Jan. 24th 2011 Period 5 Smoking has decreased significantly in the United States over the last twenty years. Depictions/pictures of smoking in movies and on television‚ however‚ are on the rise. Smoking is a very harmful and damaging substance in one’s body. Effects of smoking can hurt someone’s health conditions‚ but others say it’s not so bad; but do they really know what smoking does to them? Here are some negative effects on what smoking can
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Mariotti 2 Many factors can influence the results of testing this hypothesis. All variables have been controlled except for the variable gender. Both the male and female subjects are close in age (< two years difference)‚ both are nonsmokers‚ both possess small body builds for their respective gender‚ and both have no debilitating medical conditions (e.g.‚ asthma‚ diabetes‚ heart condition). Controlling these factors allowed for the testing of the hypothesis‚ which is focused strictly
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Why is the smoker so bothered by the woman’s request to stop smoking in the park? The smoker states that “aggressive nonsmokers feel they are doing you a favor by not allowing you to smoke. They think that one day you will thank them for those precious fifteen seconds they just added to your life”. This shows how much they are bothered by the comment. This launches the smoker
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like oral cavity and pancreatic (silent) cancer. The smoke itself‚ or secondhand smoke‚ most likely will increase ones risk of getting lung cancer. Living with a smoker increases a nonsmoker ’s risk of developing cancer by 20% to 30%. Roughly 3‚000 lung cancer deaths occur each year in the United States in adult nonsmokers due to the exposure of secondhand smoke. Some research also suggests that being
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production‚ more frequent acute chest illness‚ and a heightened risk of lung infections. A study of 450 individuals found that people who smoke marijuana frequently but do not smoke tobacco have more health problems and miss more days of work than nonsmokers.8 Many of the extra sick days among the marijuana smokers in the study were for respiratory illnesses. Tobacco is better than weed? That’s what the weed smokers say‚ so it must be true! Effects on Daily Life Research clearly demonstrates that
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Tobacco was the first crop grown for money in North America. In 1964 the Surgeon General of the U.S. wrote a report about the dangers of cigarette smoking. He said that the nicotine and tar in cigarettes cause lung cancer. Due to his report by the 1980’s they developed new cigarettes with lower amounts of nicotine and better filters (History & Economics of Tobacco).The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the first ever paid national tobacco campaign. In March of 2012 they began
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