Smokers and the tax The fallacy in the proposed higher tax on cigarettes is the belief that the number of smokers will be reduced if the price of the smoke goes up beyond their reach. This may well be true if there were no cheaper and better-tasting substitutes which are taxed. However‚ there are a lot of reasons for smokers should pay a health tax. First‚ smoking is unhealthy. Therefore‚ people should care about themselves and think about other people around them. Smoking cause a lot of diseases
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I believe that smokers should pay additional fees to health care Firstly‚ there are less chances for people to smoke if they are asked to pay additional fees to the health care. In Sweden‚ there are less rates of smoking in comparison to other countries. According to Bolin and Lindgren (2007)‚ “Certainly‚ smoking behaviour among the Swedish population has changed. In 1980‚ 36% of the men and 33% of the women were daily smokers; the corresponding figures 20 years later were 17% for men and 19% for
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Should Obese People Pay More For Health Care? Susie Lowe 10S1 In this essay I will be talking about obese people and how their extra demands within health care. Obese people require more health facilities‚ recourses and most importantly money‚ money that comes from taxpayers. The general public pays for free health care to aid genuine sicknesses and unenforced accidents‚ not to assist self inflicted illnesses and disorders. A hospital having to treat obese people is a drain on recourses. For
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Rolando Valdes April 15‚ 2013 EAP 1540 Cause and effect Essay Smoke Do you know how many smokers get sick in U.S.A. every year? More than 2.0 million people are diagnose with different diseases due to the smoking habit. Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body‚ including heart‚ blood vessels‚ lungs‚ eyes‚ mouth‚ bones and digestive organs. In this essay we’ll focus in heart and lung diseases. The chemicals in tobacco damage your blood cells. Also‚ they damage the function of heart. This
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Smokers versus Non Smokers In the past when you walked into a bar‚ a restaurant or even any public place a lot of times all you could smell was the lingering pastime of a stale cigarette. But now society has come to realize that even that second-hand smoke can be a silent killer. Cigarettes contain over 4‚800 chemicals‚ 69 of which is known to cause cancer. Most lung cancer and lung diseases are linked back to the terrible addition of becoming a smoker or being around someone who so kindly shared
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against smokers is equivalent to now illegal racial and gender discrimination years ago. This is because‚ smoking has got nothing to do with the society’s perception towards smokers. Smoking is being accepted as a social norm by many individuals. Media has been portraying smokers and smoking as a cool and normal thing to be done. Although few individuals in the society has been fighting against smokers‚ but if we the majority society‚ don’t really have an issue about smokers. Moreover‚ smokers also
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Personal Values & Organizational Ethics – OMP4610 Who Should Pay? Dr. Katherine Cabai 01/26/2014 The following case involved Gene Elliot who was employed for Mabey Bridge and Shore. Mabey Bridge and Shore was a small business that rented temporary steel pedestrian bridges to other companies. In this particular case‚ Mabey Bridge and Shore rented a pedestrian bridge to Turner Construction. Turner Construction decided that it was necessary to use a subcontractor to actually
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A hospital’s decision to only hire non-smokers affects almost everyone. It disturbs potential hires‚ the company‚ customers and family members. By riding smokers from the workplace‚ a company is riding talent which is highly needed in a hospital. Not only does this discriminate a potential employee‚ but it causes the company to suffer. Having a no smoking policy would give the organization a bad reputation. Obviously‚ smokers would not want to apply‚ but nonsmokers may not want to work for the company
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CONTRA (thbt smoker cant access health facility) First‚ it means you only see the advantage of one side. Only in terms of passive smokers health. Though the health authorities should be beneficial to all parties‚ both passive and active smokers. We know the motto of the health institutions healthful whole Indonesian people. Where prevention involves three steps. Primary prevention‚ secondary‚ and tertiary. Primary prevention means preventing the disease before it comes. By doing counseling‚ socialization
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exhaled by a smoker. The smoke that burns off the end of a cigarette or cigar actually contains more harmful substances than the smoke inhaled by the smoker. This means that people who don’t smoke but are regularly around those who smoke are exposed to the health risks of cigarette smoking. How does second-hand smoke affect non-smokers? Even if you don’t smoke but are exposed to second-hand smoke on a regular basis‚ your body will absorb nicotine and other harmful substances just as smokers’ bodies
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