Merdine decided to quit smoking‚ she made this decision recently. She had smoked two packs of cigarettes a day‚ she had done this for several years. In this time‚ her teeth had tuned brown‚ her fingertips were yellow. She had developed a hacking cough‚ she wheezed like a cracked radiator‚ she had known it was time to quit. She understood that it would not be easy. Merdine’s first step was to change her brand of cigarettes. She switched to “low-tar” brand‚ she immediately started smoking twice as many
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going to regret about smoking. You are not only going to die early but‚ you will develop illnesses. Smoking will make you look stylish to your friends when you are teenager‚ but you are only a teenager for less than ten years of your life. What’s going to happen if you keep smoking? You will be addicted to it‚ and it will destroy your body and make your face look monstrous. It will cause many health problems. Even people who do not smoke are also affected‚ and suffer illness. Smoking cigarettes will lead
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Smoking and public health Every day‚ one is confronted with smoking and its consequences. On the outside of cigarette packets you can read warnings about the risks of smoking. Constantly there are more and more bans against smoking in cafes‚ school etc. It is especially important to inform the younger generation about the danger and the addiction to smoking. Prohibitions and warnings are the best way in order to reduce the number of smokers. The more information about smoking and its harmful effects
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1050260 Stop smoking 2 STOP SMOKING Smoking can hurt smokers’ health and other people around them but why is it legal? Smokers in the world spend enormous amounts of money instead of using it for education‚ healthcare…‚ or while millions of people in Africa die because of no food‚ that is moral? Why do people spend their money to kill themselves instead of taking care of their family or contributing to social causes? According to the Lung Association
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com the office on Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) counted 45.3 million American smokers. (Rodu) Smoking cigarettes in public places can cause negative health effects on people. Exposure to second hand smoke could risk exposure to cancer or even heart disease . Exposure to second hand smoke for a short period of time may cause breathing difficulties‚ headaches and even nausea. Due to the possibilities of these health risk smoking should be banned in
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time now many people have different views about smoking inpublic places. Smokers feel it is their right to smoke where and when theywant. On the other hand non-smokers feel smokers violate their rights and endanger there life. Smoking causes heart disease‚ lung cancer and otherserious illnesses. Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of lungcancer. A substantial number of lung cancers that occur in non-smokers canbe attributed to involuntary smoking. There are some parts in the UnitedStates where
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Original Research The smoking habits‚ attitudes towards smoking and knowledge regarding anti-smoking legislation of students in institutions of higher learning in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa Awotedu AA‚ FMCP (Nig)‚ FCCP‚ FCP (SA-PR)‚ Department of Internal Medicine‚ Walter Sisulu University‚ Mthatha Jordaan ER‚ MSc‚ Biostatistics Unit‚ Medical Research Council of South Africa‚ Tygerberg Ndukwana OZB‚ BACur‚ BACurHons (UNISA)‚ MPH‚ Department of Health Promotion‚ Walter Sisulu University
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Cigarette Smoking The effects of cigarette smoking can be horrifying. Smoking is dangerous not only to those who smoke‚ but to non-smokers and unborn children as well. Cigarette smoking is also physically and socially harming. The large particles in cigarette smoke‚ commonly known as "tar"‚ collect in the branching points of the lungs. The tar contains carcinogenic compounds that increase the risk of lung cancer. The small particles in cigarette smoke‚ including carcinogens‚ irritants‚ and
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Ashraf Barrada Chemistry –EH March 16th‚ 2013 Smoking Have you ever thought about what smoking does to you and the people around you? Have you ever thought of why it isn’t legal for you to smoke it at a certain age and isn’t a tolerated action? Once there was a young boy‚ who smoked when he was young and he grew up smoking a pack of cigarettes every day. Now that guy lives on hospital machines and asthma inhalers because the cigarettes have caused him to have lung failure and cancer. It has
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called for banning smoking. It is undeniable that there are still a lot of smokers in this world. As one of most controversial issue in the world‚ people remain different opinions. Some people claim that using tobacco has brought several social problems and smoking should be banned. While others think that smoking is an individual behaviour and good for them‚ government should not intervene their private habit too much. I would like to examine the advantages and disadvantages of smoking cigarettes in
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