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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the hazards of smoking. With every drug store‚ local supermarket and corner store‚ each and every one of them own some brand of cigarettes. With this product at anyone’s basic reach‚ many things were done to warn people about the health risks of them. Back when smoking cigarettes was common‚ no one knew that these little white sticks of tobacco can cause lung failure‚ amputations‚ cancer‚ and heart disease. There were many things done to warn people about the health risks of smoking cigarettes‚ like
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infarction (heart attack)‚ cardiovascular disease‚ diseases of the respiratory tract such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)‚ asthma‚ emphysema‚ and cancer” (42). Smoking may lead to many unpleasant outcomes such as heart disease‚ throat cancer‚ and lung cancer. Cancer is one of the common hazards of smoking. Cancer tends to affect most of the common uses of cigarettes. According to the statistics provided by the article cigarette literacy‚ those who smoke less than 10
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cigarettes. Smoking cigarettes are bad for you so‚ smoke cigars. My name is ---------- and I am here to tell you why you should not smoke cigarettes. First of all I would like to tell you how unattractive it is to see a male or female smoking ESPECIALLY when they’re only 14-years-old. It is proven an addiction that is extremely hard to over come. If you think that when you smoke it only affects you‚ think again. When someone breathes in your smoke that you blow out it’s called secondhand smoking or passive
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Some of us get mixed up and do not make the right decision for ourselves. Smoking and other tobacco products are being used every second of every day. More young adults are consuming tobacco products now than before‚ due to big tobacco companies and society portraying them as harmless and the cool thing to do. Parenting can be difficult‚ but sometimes parents do not stress the important topics of health. We know that smoking is not good‚ but it seems that we need somebody to tell us. Just because
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biography chronicling a New Orleans‚ Syrian-American named Zeitoun‚ finds himself very much intertwined amongst the inner workings of the Campbell’s portrayal of the hero’s journey. In addition to Egger’s biography‚ Mark Sundeen‚ author of: The Man Who Quit Money‚ also documents the tale of a man named Daniel Suelo who threw away his life savings and set off to live prosperously without money. Both men do not resemble the conventional representation of a hero‚ however according to Campbell‚ both Zeitoun
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The Early Effects of Smoking to Teenagers From generation to generation‚ we’ve seen the early effects of smoking on young people. The society use to blame the parents of these adoloscents for lack of time and guidance they ought to give to their kids. Some blame the government for allowing the legality of tobacco companies to sell their product‚ although everyone knows the ill effects of smoking to human health. Out of curiousity‚ teenagers tend to waste time and money just to fill in their inquisitive
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