AND ITS BACKGROUND INTRODUCT ION Lung disease and cancer is threatening to kill our nation ’s hopes. This is the present concern of health experts because of the alarmingly high number of Filipino youths addicted to smoking and other tobacco products. (Buenavista‚ 2001). Smoking is very common worldwide but even more so in the Philippines‚" according to Dr. Dante Morales‚ former president of the Philippine Heart Association (PHA) and Philippine College of Physicians (PCP). More importantly‚ it
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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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Xixi Shen April 20‚ 2011 Essay #4 No Cigarettes‚ No Smoking The harm of smoking is a hot issue which has being discussed in many countries for a long time. There are 1.2 billion of smokers in this world‚ which is one-fifth of the world population. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that adult male smokers lost an average of 13.2 years of life and female smokers lost 14.5 years of life because of smoking. Even though people know that cigarette is bad for health‚ they still
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CIGARETTE SMOKING Cigarette Smoking American InterContinental University Abstract Cigarette smoking is something that has because second nature to most people. They wake up‚ smoke a cigarette. Before they go to bed‚ they smoke a cigarette. And all throughout the day‚ as they feel the urge‚ they smoke a cigarette. It has become a very dangerous habit that a lot of people don’t realize is a dangerous habit. In this paper I will discuss the negative effects that smoking cigarettes
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Smoking is the most common method of consuming tobacco‚ and tobacco is the most common substance smoked. The agricultural product is often mixed with additives[8] and then combusted. The resulting smoke is then inhaled and the active substances absorbed through the alveoli in the lungs.[9] Combustion was traditionally enhanced by addition of potassium or other nitrates. Elimination of these would result in a fire safe cigarette‚ This subject has never been addressed by the cigarette manufacturers
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Topic: cigarette smoking In this day and age‚ we hear so much about cigarette smoking against delinquent humans . Cigarette smoking is a bad behavior in our daily life. Cigarette smoking has become an precarious act in today’s age of information and technology. In a recent press conference‚ our Prime Minister stated that the rate of cigarette has been raised drastically over decade. Therefore‚ to overcome this negative act‚ the relevant authorities have identified the effect of cigarette smoking
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Cigarette smoking is one of the most powerful addictions known. Since its large-scale industrial production early in this century‚ the popularity of cigarettes is spreading like wildfire. It is seen in so many movies today. An actor lights up a cigarette on screen going about their lives. Usually certain people wouldn ’t stop to think twice about it because it has become something we are used to seeing almost every day. But how is seeing all of these smoking advertisements going to affect teenagers
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I believe smoking should be banned inside and outside of workplaces‚ due to the Worksafe health and safety procedures and wellbeing for fellow employees‚ customers and the general public. Work safe health and safety requirements require smokers to smoke at least 5 meters from any business or undercover areas including schools‚ kindergartens/daycare’s etc. I believe this is important to promote to the outer community for safety of others who do not smoke‚ who could have breathing problems such as
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Jazzlyn Odom Mr. Clifford ENGL 101C (06) 30 September 2012 Should cigarette smoking be banned? There are nearly 443‚000 deaths each year caused by cigarette smoking‚ or one in every five deaths in the United States. Cigarette smoking and even tobacco use has gotten extremely out of control over the centuries‚ everybody smokes! It is unhealthy for your body and especially your lungs‚ it can cause harm to every organ throughout body. Military men and women‚ young adults‚ the elderly and even
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more countries decide to ban smoking in all public places including restaurants and coffee shops. Despite of all evidences that smoking causes lung cancer and other severe conditions‚ there is still a lot of smoking citizens in our society. Should the government prohibit all these people from smoking in public places? In my opinion it should certainly do this. First and foremost‚ as we know smoking in crowded places is harmful not only to person who carries cigarette. All people standing around
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