Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the United States‚ which annually is the cause of death for more than 480‚000 Americans. Recent studies have proven that anti-smoking ads are an effective way to substantially decrease the number of smokers in the United States. As most people know‚ smoking is a very dangerous and life threatening habit‚ but what some people are unaware of is the detrimental effects that it can have on a person’s life. Graphic advertisements show people
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English 1301 Cause and Effect of Smoking The first time I heard a speech about the effects of smoking‚ I was in fifth grade. I well remember Deputy Becerra talking about the warnings against smoking. The last words she clearly spoke‚ were‚ “this cigarette in my hand is a death sentence”. After the presentation‚ for days‚ I kept contemplating on the subject and the effects. I asked myself‚ why would anybody be tempted or drawn to light up that cigarette? It did not make any sense to me
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much money in healthcare? Simply no‚ in 2002 Canada was estimated to only spend 4.4 billion dollars on tobacco in healthcare costs leaving the rest of the tobacco revenue to fund progressive public facilities such as schools‚ library’s‚ and anti-smoking campaigns to keep the children safe(Economic Costs). Would we really want to cut more funding to schools and libraries? I have an Uncle who is a well upstanding‚ virtuous officer who fights drugs on a daily basis. You might think an officer like he
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than 5 million of these deaths are a result of direct tobacco use and 600‚000 are the result of second hand smoke. * I have been smoking for 9-10 years now and I know just because you hear these figures does not mean you are going to quit smoking. * Some of the dangers of smoking are nicotine is very addictive‚ smoking causes health problems and smoking is harmful to nonsmokers. Body * Nicotine is the most addictive drug. It is more addictive than heroin because is large doses nicotine
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attitudes to smoking. Sometime earlier this year I took a trip to Europe‚ to England and France actually. It was a wonderful trip‚ I really loved it. But one thing that struck me was how different cultures are from your own. They are not only different‚ they are also similar‚ but I suppose it is the differences that really stand out. One of the things that struck me very much was the difference in attitudes towards smoking.There is - as many people know - there’s a growing anti-smoking sentiment in
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my opinion on Smoking in Public place and how it should be banned. Are you tried of seeing cigarette smokers at every public place? Watching people smoking disgusts me‚ the way they pollute the air with the smoke and flick the ash onto the ground. It is a horrible habit that should be banned. I fully support a ban on smoking in all public places. The best way to reduce the number of smokers is to help prevent people from starting in the first place. A partial ban for smoking will not work.
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Smoking – A Slow Death Do you smoke? Have you ever think about how smoking Tobacco is harmful and dangerous for health and can cause a slow death. I am a non-smoker and I think that there are three main reasons why a smoker should quit smoking. Firstly‚ smoking will affect the smoker body and life. It will cause a lot of serious deceases like lung cancer‚ emphysema‚ high blood pressure‚ stroke‚ heart attack‚ reduces the flow of oxygen to the brain and even can lead to birth effects. According to
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Quitting Smoking According to the American Cancer Society‚ an estimated 221‚330 new cases of lung cancer are expected in 2011. “Lung Cancer accounts for more deaths than any other cancer in both men and women than any other cancer.” The most important thing you can do to reduce your risk of getting lung cancer is to quit smoking. Quitting smoking is very difficult. To be more successful in quitting smoking‚ you should first understand the addiction to nicotine‚ options to help you quit and
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Alondra Mendoza Professor Pilarski ENC 1101 15 October 2013 Anti-Smoking Nowadays smoking is everywhere‚ and spreading rather fast. Especially teenagers under that age of eighteen. It’s rather sad that more and more teen’s everyday smokes their first cigarette‚ or became accustomed to smoking daily. But beside the number of smoker’s increasing daily‚ so has anti-smoking advertisements. You now see them everywhere‚ and they have become more gruesome over the past years to really show you what
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The Bad Trip It was October‚ 2012‚ when my uncle Dan was diagnosed with stage four cancer. Everyone was devastated‚ cancer is bad‚ but stage four is the worst. Mom was crushed‚ Dan was like a dad to her. So she went up to Batesville‚ Indiana for as long as it took for him to get better. Sadly‚ he passed two months into his treatments. The family and I suspected mom would be coming home soon‚ but that didn’t happen the way we suspected. Mom was leaving and she wasn’t coming back. I couldn’t believe
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