The Control and Monitoring of Smoking and Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy 1.1 Introduction When it comes to the topic of women and pregnancy there is much debate and controversy surrounding what a woman should and should not do with her body. A reason for this is that a woman is not only caring for herself but for another human being‚ as pregnancy entails “having a child or young developing in the uterus” (Oxford Dictionaries‚ 2016). This is why smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy
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Running head: THEORY ARTICLE ANALYSIS 1 Theory Article Analysis: Through the use of Stress Diathesis Theory Wayne State University THEORY ARTICLE ANALYSIS 2 Theory Article Analysis: Through the use of Stress Diathesis Theory Johnson’s (2000) journal article‚ “Differences Among Families Coping With Serious Mental Illness: A Qualitative Analysis”‚ compellingly brings to light areas in need of further research in relation to how mental illness is perceived‚ coped with‚ and influenced
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The effects of smoking marijuana on the body and mind There are many reasons why some people start taking drugs. Many of these are social. But with the very first use‚ chemical changes occur in the brain that may lead to addiction. Drug addiction is a disease. And with every additional use‚ the user increases his or her chance of becoming addicted. Drugs are chemicals. They work in the brain by tapping into the brain’s communication system and interfering with the way nerve cells normally send
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Jacob Brooks Ms. Williams Eng 111 3/22/2013 Persuasive Paper Dangers of Smoking Why in the world would you begin a habit that you know is slowly killing you? That is the question all non smokers are asking. Smoking does nothing but kill you one cigarette at a time. As a son of a smoker I have been around the second hand smoke all my life and smoking doesn’t just only effect the smoker it effects the people around them also. First off some of the chemicals in cigarettes are very harmful to
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Alcohol‚ Smoking and Drugs Before anyone ever takes a hit‚ or a drink‚ or a smoke‚ there is a decision made in the mind - a healthy decision or an unhealthy one. Sometimes as ourselves making a healthy choice is hard because we are tired‚ stressed‚ angry‚ pressured‚ or influenced by another person - e.g why we end up eating chocolate instead of fruit as eating things like chocolate stimulates our minds. As nicotine is legal to take at the age of 16 by law it has become a well known behaviour for
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The sites warn about the dangers of smoking‚ say smoking is addictive‚ list chemicals added in manufacturing cigarettes‚ encourage smoke-free environments for nonsmokers‚ and offer smokers Web-based quitting resources. This is the face of the "new" tobacco industry‚ they tell us‚ committed to public health and to America’s children. They have finally come clean‚ they would have us believe‚ after half a century of targeting kids and deceiving the public about their products’ dangers. Their social
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Smoking During Pregnancy Pregnancy is one of the most miraculous‚ exciting‚ and scariest times in a woman’s life. It is a time to grow and bond with a child growing inside her‚ but what some women do not know is that choices she makes while pregnant can affect her unborn baby in negative ways. Teratogens which are “any environmental agent that causes damage during the prenatal period” (Berk 65) are a frightening reality that every new mother needs to be aware of. Teratogens include drinking
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Surgeon General’s statement‚ smoking’s harmful effects was understood. Smoking causes serious health and economical issues with it’s effects such as causing huge financial losses in country budgets‚ leading to many kinds of health problems and affecting either smokers and non-smokers. First of all‚ causing health problems is the most dangerous effect of smoking when be thought surfacely. Smoking causes many health problems but the most important and fatal one is lung-cancer. Lung cancer
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the influence of tobacco smoking on the physical health; on the social life of people and any benefits that are associated with smoking. Tobacco smoking has been called the biggest single cause of preventable ill health and premature death in the United Kingdom (UK) (Department of Health in Naidoo and Wills‚ 2001). The UK is in the grip of a smoking epidemic: an estimated 106‚000 people in the UK are dying needlessly each year because of smoking (Donalson‚ 2004).
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2003 or the City’s comprehensive anti-smoking ordinance had known Davao City worldwide. This law prohibits anyone to smoke in public utility vehicle‚ government-owned vehicle or any other means of public transport for passengers‚ accommodation and entertainment establishment‚ public building‚ public place‚ enclosed public place‚ or in any enclosed area outside of ones private residence‚ private place of works‚ cars owned by the government or duly designated smoking areas‚ within the jurisdiction of Davao
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