| 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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commercial comes on and portrays a man with a whole in his throat‚ with a breathing mechanism keeping him alive and a voice box speaking for him. He says that smoking cigarettes were the cause of his cancer‚ which then he needed this surgery to stay alive. After watching this graphic commercial‚ would you be less likely to smoke cigarettes? That’s the argument I am critically evaluating throughout this paper. This concept that I just exposed is referred to as a fear appeal‚ which can be described
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Essay: Reasons why smoking should be banned in public places. Tobacco is one of the most widely-used drugs in the world‚ mainly in the form of cigarettes. Although most countries put restrictions on its use‚ many people smoke everyday despite the fact that it is poisonous and harmful to their health. In my opinion‚ smoking should be banned completely for several reasons. Firstly‚ smoking can cause serious health problems to the smokers themselves and to those inhaling secondhand smoke. Tobacco
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“SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer‚ Heart Disease‚ Emphysema‚ and May Complicate Pregnancy.” Almost everyone in America can read this message and pin point exactly where it came from. It is well known for being printed on every single pack of cigarettes sold in America and in other countries as well. It is mandatory for this message to be printed on every pack because of how serious the effects of smoking are and how easy it is to become addicted to smoking them. There are millions
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Ban Smoking in Public Places Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths in the United States‚ and doing it in public is even worse because smokers not only harm themselves‚ but also those around them. I remember how my great uncle would always smoke in his house regardless of his surroundings. When his daughter visited him for a vacation‚ she brought her three year old daughter with her. The baby was healthy before coming to her grandpa’s house‚ but in less than two weeks‚ she
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Smoking is Unhealthy for Everyone Smoking cigarettes is hazardous to the body for many reasons‚ and it also affects not only human beings but our environment. Smoking cigarettes can be harmful to both the environment and humans because of the many chemicals and substances that produce this hazardous product. Smoking cigarettes reduces your ability to do things that require endurance‚ such as sports‚ and exercise. The tar in the cigarettes covers up alveoli‚ which help you breathe‚ which makes
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Cigarette smoking kills nearly 430‚000 people every year‚ making it more lethal than car accidents and drug overdoses just to name a few. A smoker’s life expectancy is reduced by 15 to 25 years and is the single most preventable cause of death. With lung cancer being a primary result of cigarette smoking‚ there are also a wide array of other lung problems that occur as a result of smoking. Cigarettes contain 4000 chemicals‚ most of them are toxic. These ingredients affect everything from proper
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Effects of Smoking Cigarettes By Andrew Fowler 21% of American adults are current cigarette smokers‚ making the tobacco industry one of the largest industries in our country. With around 400‚000 smoking related deaths per year in the United States‚ it’s also incredibly deadly. Smoking can affect you negatively in many ways‚ both quickly and slowly. Causes of Smoking One of the biggest reasons people start smoking cigarettes is most likely peer pressure. Smokers typically start smoking around ages
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Exploring the Relationship Between Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents and Adults in the United States Cindy Tworek‚ MPH‚ MS Gary Giovino‚ PhD‚ MS Jun Yang‚ MD‚ PhD Melanie Wakefield‚ PhD K. Michael Cummings‚ PhD‚ MPH Frank Chaloupka‚ PhD April 2003 Research Paper Series‚ No. 26 ImpacTeen is part of the Bridging the Gap Initiative: Research Informing Practice for Healthy Youth Behavior‚ supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and administered by the University of Illinois
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Smoking Cigarettes Smoking cigarettes is harmful for many reasons. It is not only harmful to the human body but also affects the environment. This is because of many chemicals and substances that produce this hazardous product. There are many causes of smoking cigarettes. First of all‚ teenagers smoke because they want to be fit‚ and avoid gaining weight as smoking sedate hunger. Them they see their friends smoke and think it makes them look cool‚ be independent‚ and feel no tension and worries
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