cancer and heart disease are closely linked with smoking. Even though over 430‚000 people die as a result of smoking related disease each year‚ over 50 million continue to smoke‚ including over 3 million teens. In Ireland about 6000 people die each year from smoking-related diseases. This is 10 times more than the number killed each year in road accident.So why do people still smoke? Don ’t they realise that smoking has many negatives results? Cigarettes contain nicotine which ruins people ’s lives
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Smoking Cessation Introduction First to understand smoking cessation we must understand what cigarettes and what smoking them entail. A cigarette contains many harmful compounds; the smoke alone from a cigarette contains over 4000 chemicals‚ 43 of which are known carcinogens. Smoking is estimated to be the cause of approximately 7‚ 000 deaths in Ireland each year. Around 30% of all cancer deaths are caused by smoking and smoking causes illnesses such as lung cancer‚ heart disease‚ stroke and
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SMOKING TOBACCO Should smoking tobacco be legal or illegal? This is not a new problem‚ but people still argue about it in many years. Everyone knows the consequences of smoking‚ but the rate of smoking people is still increasing‚ especially in the developing countries. Following an analysis‚ there are more than 443 thousand people died every year in the US. This number in worldwide is more terrible‚ 5 million people. Yes‚ 5 million of 1.35 billion people are smoking in the world. It means in every
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is someone smoking a cigarette. Someone that is lowering their chances to live‚ taking a risk of cancer‚ and sometimes even lessening the time spent with their children‚ because smoking does kill. Nobody wants to get that news saying “you have throat cancer” or even worse “you have lung cancer”‚ regardless it will kill you in the end. So why are people so worried about telling other people not to try it and hiding it from their kids‚ when they should be ones fixing themselves? Smoking is one of the
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DISADVANTAGE OF SMOKING When the last time you see someone smoking?it seems today that most of the youngsters including some of us here think that smoking is something common and we do not have to worry about. But that thinking is wrong. According to history today‚ "each year‚ smoking kills more people than aids‚ alcohol‚ drug abuse‚ car crashes‚ murders‚ suicides and fires---combined!!"Over 430‚000 U.S Citizens die each year from smoking. As college students‚ some of us smoke and some of us have
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are mainly caused by tar and nicotine. Learn how smoking cigarettes causes immediate changes to occur in the lungs. One of the hardest habits to break is smoking cigarettes. Everyone knows it damages the lungs‚ causing emphysema and cancer. But do people know HOW these illnesses occur on a physiological level? Perhaps if the mechanism were explained there would be more people quitting and fewer kids starting. The two main ingredients of cigarette smoke are tar and nicotine. Simply put‚ tar is
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Cassandra Orheim Bioethical Focus Paper Bans on Smoking Since 1964‚ 2.5 million nonsmokers have died from exposure to secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke is a mixture of gases and fine particles that include more than 7‚000 chemicals‚ including hundreds that are toxic and about 70 that cause cancer. In children‚ secondhand smoke causes ear infections‚ asthma attacks‚ respiratory infections‚ and respiratory symptoms. In adults who have never smoked‚ secondhand smoke can
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Smoking kills millions every year‚ even those who have never smoked in their life. Secondhand smoke is a major cause of death to adults and children but it can be stopped. Because of this‚ smoking should be banned from all public places. You may think that our country has done enough to stop public smoking. In New York‚ “…a divided City Council passed a bill banning smoking in outdoor‚ public areas…”(Adams 13). Opponents believe that banning it from parks and beaches is enough but more can
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Why Smoking is bad Gabriela Rojas San Joaquin Valley College Do you know why smoking affects you and the others around you? Smoking is very popular in the United States. At almost every gas station‚ there are many ads about why you should buy cigarettes. However‚ the smoke from cigarettes has life threatening chemicals in them. Kids
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Like most people‚ you already know that smoking is bad for your health. But do you really understand just how dangerous smoking really is? Tobacco contains nicotine‚ a highly addictive drug that makes it difficult for smokers to kick the habit. Tobacco products also contain many poisonous and harmful substances that cause disease and premature death. Did you know that out of a group of 1000 smokers (age 30)‚ that a full quarter of them (250!) will die of smoking-related illnesses prior to completing
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