and non-smokers. Smokers should have the right to choose what to do with their own health but they should respect non-smokers. Many people believe that there are good and bad outcomes from smoking. I believe that smoking is bad and that it should be banned. Many people think that smoking is a sign of coolness but in fact it damages the body. Cigarettes contain nicotine which is an addictive substance and that is why it is hard for smokers to stop smoking. Smoking can damage the lungs‚ the heart‚
Premium Smoking Lung cancer Passive smoking
Should Animal Testing be Banned? Throughout history‚ animal experimentation has played an important role in leading to new discoveries and human benefits. However‚ what many people tend to forget are the great numbers of animal subjects that have suffered serious harm during the process of experimentation. Many people are believed to be ignorant or misunderstand the nature of the lives that animals actually live‚ and are unable to understand the actual laboratory procedures and techniques. Other
Free Animal rights Animal testing
Smoking brings with it much harm‚ regardless whether it is with respect to health‚ finance‚ environmental or social issues. The World Health Organization (“WHO”) estimates that tobacco kills one person every 10 seconds (WHO‚ 2005). Smoking causes cancer‚ and is a major risk for illnesses such as coronary heart disease‚ stroke and chronic obstructive lung disease. These account for close to two-thirds of all deaths in Singapore in the year 2000 (Health Promotion Board (“HPB”)‚ n.d.). Tobacco is the
Premium Tobacco smoking Nicotine Tobacco
Should dangerous sports be banned? Yes! Millions of people play sport every day‚ and‚ inevitably‚ some suffer injury or pain. Most players and spectators accept this risk. However‚ some people would like to see dangerous sports such as boxing banned. This essay will examine some of the reasons for banning certain sports. Some sports are nothing but an excuse for violence. Boxing is a perfect example. The last thing an increasingly violent world needs is more violence on our television. The sight
Free Violence Aggression Football
Boxing is Barbaric and Should be Banned Cuts and bruises‚ broken ribs‚ internal bleeding‚ brain damage‚ death. Is the sport of boxing too much of a risk? Although cockfighting and bearbaiting have been banned for several decades in most civilized countries‚ fistfights between people are still allowed. Boxing first started out as a sport in the Olympic Games from as early as 688 BC. Boxing (sometimes also known as pugilism) is a combat sport in which two participants‚ generally of similar weight
Premium Boxing
Popularity is something so many people strive to have- to be respected‚ accepted‚ admired‚ even envied. But when that need to ‘fit in’ turns sour‚ most people never see it coming. The book Speak‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ shows the detrimental side of popularity not often considered by kids‚ and rarely mentioned in books. Speak is about a girl named Melinda and her first year in high school‚ where‚ after being raped by a popular kid‚ experiences bullying‚ exclusion‚ depression‚ and a myriad of different
Premium Laurie Halse Anderson Speak Lie
It was a dreadful scene. Those families were sad‚ because they had went bankrupt because of the great expensive of treating the sick at the hospital but now they were despairing as their sons and daughters were dying. Cigarette smoking should be banned‚ because it’s hazardous for people’s health‚ and it is also very expensive. First of all‚ cigarettes contain four thousand chemicals in it‚ and 69 are known to cause cancer! First-hand smokers get yellow teeth‚ skin‚ and fingernails from smoking
Free Tobacco smoking Smoking Tobacco
Biology 101 Should Cigarette Smoking Be Banned? Should there be a ban on cigarette smoking in the United States? Since cigarettes were introduced to Americans‚ questions have been raised concerning the legality of smoking and if it should be allowed everyone‚ in public places‚ or not at all. Recently‚ with the increase knowledge in cost and healthcare‚ the controversy with cigarette smoking has significantly risen. Across the country‚ states have banned smoking in public areas and inside buildings
Premium Smoking Tobacco smoking Smoking ban
when considering that it represents individual human life. With the amount of executions taking place‚ the death penalty has been ever more of a pressing matter. Overall‚ the death penalty should be banned because of immorality‚ possible exoneration and inequality. The death penalty should be banned because of its immorality.
Premium Capital punishment Crime Murder
Yasmin Kabir 10D Ms Home- ENGLISH Word count: 790 Dear Sir‚ I am writing to you to express my opinions about your recent article (Should mobile phones be banned in schools? – 27/11/12). This subject is definitely a hard topic to discuss due to the fact mobile phones have made a huge impact to our generation. I was intrigued by the writers’ perspectives and by the contrast of their viewpoints. In the first paragraph of Barkham’s article‚ he talks about the many fears of teens
Free Mobile phone