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 have freedom of smoking. Nowadays‚ both
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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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Is Smoking Suicide? Tobacco use is directly related to lung cancer in ninety percent of males and eighty percent of women. Also tobacco use is directly linked to twenty percent of heart disease. What this says to me is that using tobacco is essentially suicide. So‚ yes tobacco use is suicide and tobacco leads to an estimated five million deaths every year. Mean while seventy percent of those five million deaths are in under developed countries. I believe the reason three and a half million people
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Smoking cigarettes and chewing tobacco has become a very popular trend among many Americans and individuals throughout our society. Tobacco‚ however‚ dates back many centuries‚ since the early 1600’s. In fact‚ tobacco was believed to have been the cure for all illnesses. Tobacco was used in those times strictly for medicinal purposes only. Overall tobacco has been proven not as a medicinal remedy‚ but as an addicting and extremely harmful stimulant. As stated in a book by Darryl S. Inaba‚ " Tobacco
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advertising Tobacco and art Tobacco and other drugs Tobacco control Tobacco politics Tobacco smoking Tobacconist PRODUCTION Cultivation of tobacco Curing of tobacco Tobacco industry Tobacco products v t e The health effects of Smoking are the circumstances‚ mechanisms‚ and factors of tobacco consumption on human health. Epidemiological research has been focused primarily on cigarette tobacco smoking‚[1] which has been studied more extensively than any other form of consumption.[2] Tobacco
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Main Point 1: A. As we have heard in Lisa’s speech‚ smoking is bad for the smoking individual. 1. Active cigarette smoking is the major cause of lung cancer and an important established cause of cardiovascular disease. B. According to U.S. National Library of Medicine‚ smoking is bad for the people nearby the smoker due to second hand smoke. 1. Exposure to second hand smoke has been associated with numerous negative health outcomes. It is sufficient to induce pulmonary inflammation‚ decrease
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substances that are harmful to unborn children (NTP). "Smoking during pregnancy may indicate that a woman is not taking a healthy approach to childbearing and‚ thus‚ may be associated with later problem behaviors for the child. For example‚ smoking by the mother during pregnancy is associated with substance abuse and criminal behavior in both male and female children when they reach adulthood (Child)." The major topic covered is the effects of smoking while pregnant. Miscarriages‚ still births‚ low
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Dangers Of Smoking Smoking is a down right filthy habit that affects not only your health‚ but the health of others around you. A pity on your children if you smoke around them. And as governments continuously impose higher taxes on tobacco‚ the costs of lighting up can run into the thousands per year for each smoker. So why do people still smoke? Simple answer - nicotine addiction! When you are aware of the dangers of smoking cigarettes‚ you can persuade yourself and others to quit the habit
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Passive smoking means breathing in other people’s tobacco smoke. Exhaled smoke is called exhaled mainstream smoke. The smoke drifting from a lit cigarette is called sidestream smoke. The combination of mainstream and sidestream smoke is called second-hand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Second-hand smoke is a common indoor pollutant in the home‚ making passive smoking a serious health risk for both those who smoke and those who do not. Children are particularly at risk of serious
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Effects of smoking Cigarettes have been around for a long time; however‚ millions of people are becoming more hooked than ever. Smoking was permitted almost everywhere‚ including airplanes. Worldwide tobacco advertising plays huge rue in the amount of people who smoke. Companies target potential new smoker’s especially young adults‚ with the usage of catchy ads on television and bill boards. Smoking cigarettes is considered one the most hazardous habits known to mankind. Smoking is a hard habit
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