involuntarily inhaled‚ especially by non-smokers (The American Heritage Stedman’s Medical Dictionary‚ n.d.). In many public places smoking is allowed and is not fair because non-smokers are exposed to chemicals that can harm them internally and externally. Children for example‚ are chronic victims of secondhand smoke. The inhalation of cigarette smoke that can harm people nearby is called passive smoking (Pros Vs. Cons‚ 2007‚ p.1). Also cigarette smoke can make non-smokers agitated by the smell of cigarette
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years old from different colleges and universities engage in cigarette smoking despite its negative effects B. Objectives: 1. To gather information about teenage smoking 2. To conduct surveys to both smokers and past smokers 3. To interview 8 smokers/past smokers for the researchers to be able to probe and get a much deeper stance about the reasons as to why teenagers smoke. These will be used to support the survey that was conducted. To identify reasons/root causes why these
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way to be a truly happy non-smoker is to have absolutely no desire to smoke” (Carr‚ 2006). Smoking is a practice in which a substance‚ most commonly tobacco or cannabis‚ is burned and the smoke is tasted or inhaled. The most common method of smoking today is through cigarettes‚ primarily industrially manufactured but also hand-rolled from loose tobacco and rolling paper. Smoking is a leading preventable cause of death all over the world. If you are a regular smoker‚ you are probably losing about
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nose and your mouth; it comes out of your toe nail. Gross... huh? Smoking cigarettes causes many health problems. It causes major respiratory diseases such as asthma‚ lung cancer‚ bronchitis and heart diseases. Asthma is the most common illness smokers usually have. It is caused by smoking or being in an enclosed area where there is lots of smoke‚ like in pub. The nicotine present in the cigarette causes heart diseases by decreasing oxygen to the heart‚ increasing blood pressure‚ heart rate and
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In the late part of the 20th century‚ research showed side effect risk on second hand tobacco smoke became public (American lung association‚ n.d.). The industry‚ fearing a decrease on sales‚ campaigned for tolerance and courtesy by the smokers and the non-smokers to avoid the smoke bans. Therefore‚ in the food and beverage industry‚ restaurants started to create smoking and non-smoking areas. In the early years of the 21st century‚ a more aggressive movement‚ started in the USA embodied by the “freedom
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Smoking should be banned from public places. Studies show that smoking can lead to cancer. Not only does this put the smoker’s life at risk‚ it also affects the lives of non-smokers‚ including pregnant women. Smoking all together is a dangerous thing to do. It began thousands of years ago with the use or tobacco in South America (Libal 11). No one knew about the long-term health effects of smoking tobacco before the twentieth century. It was decades of cigarette use before society began to realize
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rarely aware of. It causes a lot of diseases and deaths for both smokers and non-smokers. Smoking related-diseases kill one in ten adults globally‚ or cause four million deaths yearly.Those illnesses wouldn’t have spread out to the society if they kept their smoke away from people and where they always are (public places). Hence‚ smoking in public places should be completely banned to overcome its negative effect on health. Smokers unfortunately have an extremely high risk of getting some type of
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something important. Even in real life‚ ask a smoker‚ they would say that smoking helps them clear the clutter in their mind and calms them down. However‚ a non-smoker would easily brush it off their shoulder by saying "It ’s all in the head". Well‚ which side is right‚ and which side is wrong? The ones who reckon smoking as a social evil will embrace the smoking ban with all they have‚ to save the big picture of the earth being healthy. However‚ smokers‚ will simply put it off‚ and find another way
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before with a spate of high profile health injuries cases. Cigarette smoke‚ a dangerous chemical‚ consists of both active smoke and passive smoke‚ through which people may inhale. Non-smokers meet smokers in many public places like restaurants‚ railway stations‚ buses‚ offices‚ etc. Both active smokers and passive smokers are equally affected. Based on two realistic factors including the health affection and the environment pollution that directly relate to the community‚ it is supposed that smoking
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