forced to be around it? Take secondhand smoke for example. Secondhand smoke‚ also known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)‚ is the toxic smoke containing 60 carcinogens‚ or cancer causing substances (McMillan). It is involuntarily inhaled by nonsmokers and can cause a wide range of health problems including cancer‚ respiratory infections‚ and asthma. As someone who suffers from asthma‚ the excess amount of smoke inhaled in restaurants and other public attractions causes my chest to tighten up
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from exhaling and burning cigarettes causes approximately 3‚000 lung cancer deaths and 37‚000 heart disease deaths in nonsmokers each year. (Nolo‚ 2002). According to a 1998 Gallop poll‚ 94% of Americans‚ including both smokers and nonsmokers‚ agree that companies should either ban or restrict smoking to properly ventilated areas. Another Gallop poll indicates that 95% of nonsmokers‚ and 69% of smokers‚ think California ’s ban on smoking in almost all workplaces is positive. Some companies are now
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tobacco smoke than cigarette smokers do because of the large volume of smoke they inhale in one smoking session‚ which can last as long as 60 minutes. Smokers have a harder time healing from surgeries‚ and have more overall health issues than nonsmokers. This results in more time away from work‚ and more doctor and hospital visits. Smoking compromises a person’s health in so many ways. 1 session of hookah = smoking 20 cigarettes How do they make tobacco. Hookah tobacco is often flavored
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cigarettes can raise your blood pressure‚ heart rate‚ and the oxygen demand for muscles‚ especially the heart. A coronary spasm may occur during smoking‚ which may lead to chest pain‚ and a heart attack. Blood clots more readily in smokers than in nonsmokers. Cancers Cigarette Smoking is the major cause of cancer of the lips‚ tongue‚ salivary glands‚ mouth‚ and esophagus. The development of stomach cancer can be directly associated with smoking. Smoking is known to cause bladder cancer
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a mixture of two forms of smoke that comes from burning tobacco: smoke that comes from the end of a lighted cigarette‚ pipe or cigar and the smoke that exhaled by a smoker. California Environment Protection Agency stated that almost 50000 adult nonsmokers in the united Stated are dead each year because of secondhand smoke. Basing on the observation at the main entrance
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National response to passive smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces A Background Paper National Public Health Partnership Legislation Reform Working Group Endorsed by the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council November 2000 National response to passive smoking: Background Paper Acknowledgments The National Public Health Partnership would like to acknowledge the input to the development of this paper that was provided by a number of people. In particular‚ we acknowledge the
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Outdoor public smoking on the National Mall should be banned because it is risky for nonsmokers and the cigarette butts cause a litter problem. When people smoke in public‚ not only do they risk their own health‚ they risk the health of the general public. One could argue that smokers should have a designated smoking area on the National Mall‚ but according to the World Health Organization‚ there are no safe levels of second-hand smoke whether it is indoors or outdoors. Toxins that our lungs are
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bronchitis in children. Now the industry is onto the secondhand smoke. Scientists and researchers are representing a lot of evidence and research that has been done throughout the years showing that the secondhand smoke can also cause a lung cancer in nonsmokers. The study has been done of people who have been long exposed to secondhand smoke and it shows that 26 out of 33 published studies indicate a link between secondhand smoke and lung cancer. The study estimates that the people that were breathing
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Elyaa Hammad ESL51 Pro. John Kinney Dec 6‚ 2012 Smokers have the right to smoke At the NOVA Alexandria campus there has been a debate whether NOVA should ban smoking in all areas in campus. This debate is very critical because there are a lot of smokers in Alexandria campus. They may restrict smoking in certain areas but they can’t prevent students to smoke in the hall campus. If NOVA will ban smoking in all areas‚ that will create hate behavior between smokers and non-smoker students. Smokers
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should be illegal in the United States. Not only is smoking annoying for non-smokers‚ but it carries many big problems with it. Smoking should be banned because of the environment and economic factors‚ health risks and the negative effects it has on nonsmoker and children. Cigarettes have large effects on society in the area of environmental problems it carries with it. Smoking pollutes the air and causes a lot of litter. People who smoke usually throw their butts anywhere such as out the car window
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