lung cancer than of breast‚ colon‚ and prostate cancers combined. Lung cancer is more common in older adults. It is rare in people under age 45. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer. The more cigarettes you smoke per day and the earlier you started smoking‚ the greater your risk for lung cancer. There is no evidence that smoking low-tar cigarettes lowers the risk. However‚ lung cancer has occurred in people who have never smoked. Secondhand smoke (breathing the smoke of others)
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for its wars and divisions. Recently another topic caused further divisions in the Lebanese society: the law prohibiting smoking in public places. In a country plagued with security‚ social‚ economical and political problems‚ the Lebanese government decided to tackle the public smoking issue and laid down the law number 174‚ starting the summer of 2012. The law states that smoking is prohibited in all closed public places such the hospitals‚ universities and schools‚ government and business facilities
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Title: Anti-smoking Policy should be executed in Hong Kong _____________________________________________________________________ Abstract In recent years‚ a lot of people died every year of smoking or second –hand smoking. Furthermore‚ some citizens argue that anti-smoking policy should be executed. In this paper‚ an attempt has been made to study the impact of anti-smoking policy through examining both supporting and opposing arguments. The aim of this paper is to use a number of examples from
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Abstract Smoking tobacco is a destructive addiction. Not only is it harmful to your body‚ smoking in public in public is detrimental to society. Along with tobacco‚ there are other chemicals inside a cigarette such as nicotine‚ arsenic‚ ammonia‚ and tar. Smoking one cigarette reduces your life by about 10 minutes and can cause lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses. Not only is harm done to the actual smoker‚ but innocent bystanders are affected. Bans against smoking were started to protect
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general public have debated a smoking ban on cigarettes for many years. However the issue of smoking bans is complex and there are several things that must be considered. In addition to the health advantages there are also questions concerning the economic impact on smoking bans on state and local communities‚ and the rights of smokers and non- smokers. Smoking in public places should be banned because of the negative effects of passive smoke on smokers. Banning smoking in public places such as parks
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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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10: Peer Pressure While there are certainly other influences that can lead a smoker into the habit‚ peer pressure is one of the biggest. A large part of the reason peer pressure comes under scrutiny is that one of the groups most likely to begin smoking -- young teenagers -- is also one of the most susceptible to peer pressure. The awkward years between pure‚ dependent-on-parents childhood and independent young adulthood are marked for many by frustration and insecurity as status‚ family roles and
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SMOKING: The enemy of life By-Rheiya Smoking! There isn’t any benefit of smoking and the problems are infinite still people don’t quit smoking. The main reason why people smoke is for fashion. Most of the smokers are the college students because that’s the time when one pays a lot of attention on fashion and tries to be cool. The effects of smoking are only harmful. The worst effect of smoking is it not only harms the smokers but even the one’s who did no fault‚ the one’s inhaling the harmful
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different chemicals‚ some of which are highly toxic. Nicotine‚ a main ingredient of tobacco smoke‚ is the most addictive drug known to man. Two main topics about smoking in general I would like to discuss are the various health effects of smoking and the anti-smoking actions which society has taken. The American Cancer Society estimates that smoking is single handily responsible for about 419‚000 deaths in the United States each year. Among the many cancer contributions to lung cancer amounts to 30% of
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To quit smoking is one of the most important measures one can take to eliminate a possible cause of death. Estimates say that about half of the people who don’t quit smoking will die of smoking-related health issues. While the health benefits are numerous‚ there are several other reasons to quit smoking. The following are some reasons why you should quit smoking. Money Money is a great motivator‚ and you will save tons of it if you quit smoking. It may surprise you to know that you’ll probably
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