“Cigarette smoking in the Philippines should be banned because it poses a great threat to the health of the family members” Argumentative essay I. Introduction A. It has been an increasing concern about the effects of smoking in the family. B. Cigarette smoking not only affects the smoker but also the others around the smoker. II. Body (Discuss the issue) A. Smoking is mostly caused by sociocultural factors. * They smoke to gain adult status. * They smoke to conform
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Some people feel that our society is moving toward regarding cigarette smoking as deviant. Before determining whether it is true or not‚ there is a need to define what is deviant. According to the Oxford dictionary (2008)‚ deviant means “different from what most people consider to be normal and acceptable” (p. 547). What does it mean? To tell what is deviant and how to determine if an act is deviant‚ different scholars would use different approaches‚ for example: biological‚ psychological‚ and
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Increasing cigarette taxes is a win-win situation for everyone if you ask me‚ however I am not a smoker. I suppose if I were I may think differently. It is a health win that reduces smoking and saves lives; a financial win that raises revenue and reduces health care costs; and a political win that is popular with the public. On February 4‚ 2009‚ Congress enacted‚ and President Obama signed into law‚ a 62 cent increase in the federal cigarette tax‚ along with increases in other tobacco taxes‚
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Side effects can vary for the use of electronic cigarettes‚ cigarettes‚ nicotine‚ and even quitting cigarettes cold turkey. While most people who vape do not experience any side effects‚ some could include‚ "dry skin‚ dry mouth‚ rash or burning feeling on face‚ itchiness‚ puffy or dry eyes‚ and caffeine sensitivity" (Vaping and Health Concerns). Though these side effects may occur‚ they do not usually last long and can be easily fixed (Vaping and Health Concerns). Dr. Bradley Drummond and Dr.
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falls in love with a princess‚ fights a prince‚ and learns survival skills‚ all the while learning even more about himself. He realizes exactly what it means to be a good person‚ someone people can trust‚ as well as being comfortable in his own skin. Satire is the use of humour and with a critical attitude‚ irony‚ sarcasm‚ or ridicule for exposing or denouncing the frailties and faults of mankind’s activities and institutions such a folly‚ stupidity and vice. Shrek subverts fairy-tale traditions by making
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Cigarette law reinforced Have you ever been around someone smoking? Yuck right‚ well almost half of the world’s children breathe air polluted by tobacco smoke‚ which worsens asthma and causes dangerous disease. America has a problem with smoking‚ an estimated 430‚000 Americans die each year from the effects of cigarette smoking. But the real problem is not just people smoking but it is when people toss their cigarette buds out their car window. About 240 million cigarette buds are thrown on the
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• “Sin taxes” on cigarettes and alcohol are designed to boost revenue‚ not improve public health • Minimum alcohol pricing will exacerbate poverty and entrench inequality without discouraging binge drinking • Most of the costs of drinking and smoking fall on individual consumers‚ not the public. There is no economic justification for increasing taxes on smokers and drinkers. In a report released today‚ The Wages of Sin Taxes (Download PDF) by Christopher Snowdon‚ the Adam Smith Institute condemns
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| HEALTH-PHILIPPINES Young Lives Up in Smoke By Kara Santos | MANILA‚ Feb 15‚ 2010 (IPS) - Whether they choose to light up their first cigarette on their own or are unwitting victims of passive smoking‚ Filipino youth are increasingly at risk from tobacco exposure. "The younger a child starts to smoke‚ the greater the chances of becoming a regular smoker‚" said Dr Maricar Limpin‚ executive director of the non- government group Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance Philippines
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E-cigarette use has increased over the past few years and there are arguments on both sides of the topic. Some users use vaping to get nicotine without smoking tobacco‚ hoping to help them quit smoking. Other people are concerned with the fact that people have used e-cigarettes without ever smoking real tobacco before. This is a concern because these people could have an increased chance of using tobacco after being exposed to nicotine. Arguments against e-cigarettes include not completely knowing
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Chemical flavourings found in electronic cigarettes can cause irreversible lung scarring and other respiratory diseases‚ reported a Harvard study released Tuesday. Published in the EHP journal‚ the findings suggest a direct link between e-cigarettes and the severe respiratory disease‚ bronchiolitis obliterans‚ or Popcorn Lung. “In addition to containing varying levels of the addictive substance nicotine‚ they also contain other cancer-causing chemicals‚ such as formaldehyde‚ and as our study shows
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