The Control and Monitoring of Smoking and Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy 1.1 Introduction When it comes to the topic of women and pregnancy there is much debate and controversy surrounding what a woman should and should not do with her body. A reason for this is that a woman is not only caring for herself but for another human being‚ as pregnancy entails “having a child or young developing in the uterus” (Oxford Dictionaries‚ 2016). This is why smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy
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Cause and Effect: Smoking. Smoking causes respiratory problems‚ circulatory system difficulties‚ and urinary troubles increasing the fact that smoking causes unavoidable harms to the body. Although smoking may have the appearance of something that “is cool”‚ it causes several heath problems many of which incessant effects. Differing to what tobacco companies want citizens to believe‚ smoking does lead to perilous heath. Smoking especially causes damage to the respiratory system‚ distressing
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evaluation of gender differences in smoking cessation success Smoking remains the world’s leading preventable cause of death‚ killing 6 million people annually worldwide accounting for 20% of male’s deaths and 5% of female’s deaths (WHO‚ 2011). It is a major contributor in the development of many diseases including‚ COPD‚ lung cancer and cardiovascular disease; and places women at a greater overall risk for disease than men. Therefore promoting and sustaining smoking cessation is very significant in
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of human being. Smoking is the one of the worst inventions of human race. It is we who have led us to a self destructive path. Smoking has several impacts in our day to life. It affects us physically‚ socially and moreover economically. It has no positive side to offer am person. But many people are becoming the victims of this fatal addiction day by day. Why do people smoke? Why do not they realize the bad effects of smoking? What are they major social impacts of smoking? Smoking is a practice in
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Harmful Effects Of Smoking Smoking isn’t good for one’s body. Especially if you’ve been smoking a pack a day‚ and for a long period of time. But what is the full extent of the effects of smoking on your body? The effects of smoking varies from person to person as it will depend on the person’s vulnerability to the chemical in cigarette or tobacco smoke. It will also depend on the number of cigarette sticks a person smokes per day‚ the age when the person first started to smoke‚ and the number of
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Stewart English III September 12‚ 2014 Smoking Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body. According to Donald Linberg of MedlinePlus‚ smoking causes 87 percent of lung cancer deaths. Smoking can cause cancer almost anywhere in the body. This includes the bladder‚ stomach‚ liver‚ kidney‚ etc. Smoking also causes cardiovascular disease‚ respiratory disease and many other health issues. Cigarette smoke has over 7‚000 chemicals‚ and 69 of them cause cancer. Smoking is a huge problem and needs more awareness
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Claudine "pakantot" Baldevarona 6722-Aristotle Smoking Among Teenagers CHAPTER 1: Introduction It is a fact that children who starts smoking before the age of 15 will continue to smoke all their adult life. This is why smoking is bad for teenagers. A cigarette contains more than 4000 chemical compounds among which 40 are carcinogens and unfortunately‚ it affects the health of a child in a very bad way. Cigarette smoking is a habit that kills approximately million of people per year. It
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Cigarette smoking is a risky habit. According to http://www.rochester.edu‚ it kills more than 1‚200 Americans each day. The nicotine in cigarettes causes cigarettes to become extremely addictive‚ and the addiction becomes very expensive. Cigarette smoking has side effects‚ can cause cancer and disease‚ and is harmful to others. Smoking cigarettes has side effects. One side effect is the premature wrinkling of the skin. Other side effects include: bad breath‚ stained hair‚ stained teeth‚ odorous
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SMOKING SHOULD BE BANNED If I could ban anything in the world‚ I would ban smoking. Without smoking‚ the world would be a better place with cleaner air. The environment will not be harmed. The large smoking death toll will decrease significantly and humans will be able live longer. We all know smoking is dangerous‚ even to the people around the smoker. Long exposure to Secondhand smoke kills lives. If smoking was banned‚ non-smokers wouldn’t have to suffer a smoker’s consequences‚ living
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Should Smoking Be Banned? Smoking has become one of the leading killers in the world ever since it was produced. It results in chronic diseases and in some cases even death of the individuals. Innocent people shouldn’t die because of it. According to various health reports published in medical journals‚ it has been clearly stated that a huge section of the society is under threat of facing premature deaths or grave diseases. There has been much research into smoking‚ why it should be
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