The article that I picked was Taxing Cigarettes…For The Children. In this article‚ it discussed how certain areas are planning to set a tax on cigarettes to cut the use of cigarette smokers. However‚ despite the added tax‚ there have not been a huge difference within cigarette smoking as expected. Instead of the decline of cigarette use‚ the increase of black market cigarettes has increased. Black market on cigarettes have increased since surrounding states do not have an excess tax and since
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Satire in Gulliver’s Travels Satire is a literary genre of Greek origin (satyr)‚ in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn‚ derision‚ or ridicule. Although satire is usually meant to be funny‚ its purpose is often irony or sarcasm‚ ideally with the intent of shaming individuals‚ religion‚ and communities themselves‚ into improvement. In Gulliver’s Travels‚ satire is shown through narration‚ setting‚ character‚ and plot. Jonathan Swift uses utopia and dystopia as elements of setting‚ and
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Prince was written as a response to the disunity of the Italian state system. The Prince can be read as a satire of the corruption of the Papacy in order to reveal all of the problems of the ruling class. Concurrently‚ The Prince can also be read as an earnest attempt to help reunify Italy under the Medici family of Florence. Considering the circumstances‚ The Prince should be read as a satire just for the underlying reason of why it was written. Machiavelli had a hidden agenda; he was selfish. Machiavelli
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Electronic cigarettes‚ also known as e-cigs‚ which were created in China 10 years ago‚ are battery powered devices that vaporize liquid nicotine. In the article‚ “Smoke Signals”‚ the author Alessandra Potenza addresses the problems of unregulated electronic cigarettes. Although they can help smokers quit cigarettes‚ they can also cause nicotine addiction. Electronic cigarettes are becoming popular among youth and because they are unregulated‚ U.S. officials are worried. A main problem discussed
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Many people die from lung disease each year. A major reason for this is that people smoke cigarettes. Cigarettes are bad for the smoker‚ for the people around the smoker‚ and for the environment. First‚ cigarettes can cause lung cancer and other diseases. Research has shown that roughly 5.4 million people die every year from smoking. That’s around one death every 6.5 seconds. In fact‚ according to the World Health Organization (WHO)‚ smoking causes more deaths and disabilities than any other single
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Dave Chappelle’s comedy has made numerous aspects of American race relations and racial stereotypes subject to ridicule in a manner that has both united and divided. On one hand‚ his name became synonymous with comedy for the younger generations; on the other‚ his values caused him to question his own comedy‚ leading him to effectively terminate his career. “In the Wake of ’The Nigger Pixie’: Dave Chappelle and the Politics of Crossover Comedy” by Bambi Haggins demonstrates that Chappelle’s comedic
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Swift said that he wrote Gulliver’s Travels to ’vex the world ’. Discuss the purpose of Augustan satire‚ with reference to works by Swift and Pope. This essay will strive to prove that the ‘Augustan Age’ was the first example of a literary community using satire to directly challenge cultural‚ social‚ political and challenging intellectual issues. It is quite usual to find in satiric works of the 18th century an unusually direct assault from the writers against contemporary government officials
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6 Cigarette Consumption “Short‚ snappy‚ easily attempted‚ easily completed or just as easily discarded before completion – the cigarette is the symbol of the machine age." New York Times‚ 1925 Annual cigarette consumption ICELAND NORWAY SWEDEN FINLAND per person 1998 or latest available data 2‚500 and above RUSSIAN FED. ESTONIA UNITED KINGDOM IRELAND NETH. BELGIUM DENMARK 1‚500 – 2‚499 500 – 1‚499 1 – 499 RUSSIAN FEDERATION GERMANY POLAND SLOVAKIA BELARUS UKRAINE
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interaction exists between human health and the environment. Hence‚ when tobacco cigarettes contribute massive and various pollution into the environment‚ electronic cigarettes have obvious advantages‚ such as less pollution for reducing environmental pollution. Since the major sources of tobacco cigarettes’ pollution are the planting of tobacco‚ waste of cigarette butts‚ and depletion of soil‚ electronic cigarettes‚ depending on their refillable and long-term property‚ are a good alternative to
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Although it appeared that for the last few years that any sign going on a door of any public place that had to do with cigarettes would be a non-smoking sign‚ people are now more likely to see a sign that reads "buy electronic cigarettes here." People all over the world are starting to flock to buy electronic cigarettes as they become more and more known for easing smoker’s minds as they realize they can continue smoking‚ but for being a healthier alternative to smoking since the smoker isn’t inhaling
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