Smoking should be illegal! Smoking cigarettes should be banned. The Australian council on smoking and health have stated that more than 18‚000 Australians die prematurely each year from smoking- that’s 50 people per day. There are many people suffering from health problems which are mostly caused by smoking. Australians have to pay taxes for smoking when they don’t even smoke. Do you think this is fair? Children’s health can be affected by tobacco smoke especially when it occurs indoors. Smoking
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The article that I picked was Taxing Cigarettes…For The Children. In this article‚ it discussed how certain areas are planning to set a tax on cigarettes to cut the use of cigarette smokers. However‚ despite the added tax‚ there have not been a huge difference within cigarette smoking as expected. Instead of the decline of cigarette use‚ the increase of black market cigarettes has increased. Black market on cigarettes have increased since surrounding states do not have an excess tax and since
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Smoking Is a Bad Habit Project 2012 Introduction People smoke mostly in the form of cigarette. Some people use even cigar‚ pipes etc. All these contain dried leaves of tobacco plant. A cigarette or any such thing is made for the purpose of inhaling smoke. It contains a harmful substance ’nicotine’. Tobacco is an agricultural product‚ grown in the farms. Farmers get good income by growing the tobacco as an agricultural plant. Tobacco is also used in preparation of some medicines. But when tobacco
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Eng 111 3/22/2013 Persuasive Paper Dangers of Smoking Why in the world would you begin a habit that you know is slowly killing you? That is the question all non smokers are asking. Smoking does nothing but kill you one cigarette at a time. As a son of a smoker I have been around the second hand smoke all my life and smoking doesn’t just only effect the smoker it effects the people around them also. First off some of the chemicals in cigarettes are very harmful to any ones body. “There are over
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People with lung disease have difficulty breathing. There are numerous things that affect the lungs in a negative way. Smoking is a major contributor to these issues and it helps in no way. It destroys the lungs and intensifies any existing problem. Diseases of the Lungs Lung disease refers to disorders that affect the lungs‚ the organs that allow us to breathe. Breathing problems caused by lung disease may prevent the body from getting enough oxygen. Examples of lung diseases are: * Asthma‚
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expected to increase to 1.5 million by 2020. In a country where more than 30% of the population is under poverty‚ what is important to note is how much of personal income goes towards financing this habit. From causing lung cancer to oral cancer‚ smoking is considered to be the cause of not only major physical damage but also financial damages through personal spending costs and government health spending. TOBACCO CULTIVATION TREND IN INDIA Going by the reports
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6 Cigarette Consumption “Short‚ snappy‚ easily attempted‚ easily completed or just as easily discarded before completion – the cigarette is the symbol of the machine age." New York Times‚ 1925 Annual cigarette consumption ICELAND NORWAY SWEDEN FINLAND per person 1998 or latest available data 2‚500 and above RUSSIAN FED. ESTONIA UNITED KINGDOM IRELAND NETH. BELGIUM DENMARK 1‚500 – 2‚499 500 – 1‚499 1 – 499 RUSSIAN FEDERATION GERMANY POLAND SLOVAKIA BELARUS UKRAINE
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Commentary: friend and family approval of e-cigarettes may boost use among teens (author: James McIntosh) The article explains how the use of e-cigarettes by adolescents/high school students is increasing because of family and friend approval. Diagram 1 shows negative externalities of consumption E-cigarettes are a demerit good (goods that will be over-provided by the market and‚ because of this‚ they will be over consumed and that the government thinks are bad both for people who consume them
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Target: Smokers and Non Smokers Smoking The use of cigarette smoking is a major aspect of our society. Smoking is used in socializing‚ relaxing‚ and even entertaining. Smoking tobacco is sold in a variety of options‚ the most popular being the cigarette. This report examines the irreversible effects of cigarette smoking on various organ systems and challenges the notion that a few years of exposure to smoking will have no lasting adverse consequences. This is to discourage young people from taking
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Effects of smoking on health: There are many health implications for those who smoke and these can greatly reduces their life expectancy on average‚ each cigarette shortens a smoker’s life by around 11 minutes. The damage caused by smoking is influenced by the number of cigarettes smoked‚ weather the cigarettes you smoke have a filter and how the tobacco are is prepared. Smoking directly causes over 100‚000 deaths in the UK each year and contributes too many more. Most well known problems of these
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