The Effects of Smoking on the Body The custom of smoking tobacco originated with the Indians possibly as early as one hundred A.D. Tobacco was used at first principally in connection with religious rituals‚ but by the end of the fifteenth century‚ smoking was quickly becoming a common personal practice. There are at least four thousand different toxic chemicals which have been identified as products of tobacco smoke. Nicotine is among these and has become one of the most widely used stimulants
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HEALTH PRESENTATION Effects of smoking on health: There are many health implications for those who smoke and these can greatly reduces their life expectancy on average‚ each cigarette shortens a smoker’s life by around 11 minutes. The damage caused by smoking is influenced by the number of cigarettes smoked‚ weather the cigarettes you smoke have a filter and how the tobacco are is prepared. Smoking directly causes over 100‚000 deaths in the UK each year and contributes too many more. Most well
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Suppose you are watching television‚ a 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
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euphoria‚ increased blood pressure and heart rate‚ decreased skin temperature‚ bad breath‚ and dizziness" (Smoking: What Are The
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he said‚ "If I hadn’t had smoking the cigarette‚ I would not have talked to you smoking was hazardous the health". An announcement was played after he had died in lung cancer‚ which was caused by smoking. This announcement gave me deeply impression that cigarette was harmful our health absolutely. However‚ how many people agree this? Everyday‚ we hear much news about the people who die from the cancer‚ which is caused by smoking or passive smoke. It is obvious that smoking not only affects the health
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1: Literature review/Justification for the Study: 25% Over the past three decades smoking has been recognized as a health risk. Dispite government warnings and aids to assist in quiting the habit/addiction. Many countries including Ireland have banned cigarette smoking in public places‚ bars resturaunts‚ and in febury 2012 a proposed new legislation was put before the dail to ban ciggerette smoking in parks‚ beaches and cars with children passengers. Example health- medical card holders‚
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Smoking and Its Health Benefits One of the most common problems today that are killing people‚ all over the world‚ is smoking. Many people start this horrible habit because of stress‚ personal issues and high blood pressure. Companies selling cigarettes‚ cigars have a warning on their packages‚ ‘Warning: Smoking is Injurious to Health’ yet no one pays attention to this. Smoking cuts of 10 years of a person’s life‚ yet people continue to smoke. So‚ why people are still smoking? The answer is obviously
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About Smoking The Causes & Effects of Smoking One of the most common problems today that are killing people‚ all over the world‚ is smoking. Many people start this horrible habit because of stress‚ personal issues and high blood pressure. Some people began showing off or some people wanted to enjoy it . One cigarette can result in smoking others‚ which can lead to major addiction. When someone smokes a cigarette they are not only hurting themselves‚ but others around them. Smoking does many
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chemicals in tar include benzene and benzo(a)pyrene. Tobacco Smoke Tobacco smoke contains many harmful gases that can be damaging to the body such as carbon monoxide‚ formaldehyde‚ hydrogen cyanide‚ ammonia and acrolein. Passive Smoking Passive smoking is involuntary smoking by non-smokers inhaling the smoke of others. Smoke emitted from a lighted cigarette can be split into two types; mainstream smoke and sidestream smoke. Mainstream smoke is the smoke that the smoker inhales through the cigarette
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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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