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    Is Tobacco Addictive

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    Is Tobacco additive? In this article CEO’s of major tobacco companies went on record in front of congress to testify as to is nicotine addictive. They all answered no. they where all operating under an assumption nicotine isn’t addictive‚ In fact long-term tobacco use has a deadly effect on smokers as well as nonsmokers. Second hand smoke can cause childhood asthma. In adults that used tobacco long-term brain effects caused by nicotine exposure resulted in addiction. Nicotine’s pharmaceutical properties

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    Tobacco Composting

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    Tobacco Composting: An Alternative to Burning or Landfill Composting is the purposeful biodegradation of organic matter‚ such as yard‚ food and agro-industrial waste. The decomposition is performed by micro-organisms‚ mostly bacteria‚ but also yeasts and fungi. A biodegradable material is capable of being completely broken down under the action of microorganisms into carbon dioxide‚ water and biomass. A compostable material biodegrades substantially under specific composting conditions.

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    Sugar and Slavery

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    Sugar and Slavery: Molasses to Rum to Slaves Jean M. West What’s not to like about sugar? On the average‚ modern Americans consume 100 pounds of sugar per year. It’s sweet‚ and it gives a big energy boost. Well‚ yes‚ there are calories‚ cavities‚ and diabetes‚ but‚ in moderation‚ sugar is harmless ... right? In 1700‚ English consumption empire-wide was about four pounds of sugar per person per year. That certainly seems moderate. Yet in 1700 alone‚ approximately 25‚000 Africans were enslaved

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    naturally through births‚ inequality and diversity in opinion spread.The British Colonies in America were a breeding ground for tension between colonists due to the social structure that stemmed from the vision of each colonies founders compare to what the population of the colony actually wanted and even the way in which some colonists found themselves making it to the new world. The europeans who migrated to America did so for rather different reasons than the reasons the crown and corporations had for

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    Tobacco and the Economy

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    Tobacco and the Economy: Farms‚ Jobs‚ and Communities‚ By H.Frederick Public health policies intended to reduce many forms of the bad effect of smoking-related illness which impact on a large number of businesses‚ workers‚ and cluster that related in tobacco industry. Recently‚increases in Federal and state tax‚limitation on smoking in public places‚increases in price arise from legal settlements‚and lower exports have impacted the tobacco industry.But most of affected are beyond the farm gate

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    Tobacco Kills

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    TOBACCO will kill nearly six million people this year‚ including 600‚000 non-smokers‚ because governments are not doing enough to persuade people to quit or protect others from second-hand smoke‚ according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Since there is often a lag of many years between when people start smoking and when it affects health‚ the epidemic of tobacco-related disease and death would have begun. And by 2030‚ the annual death toll could reach 8 million! The WHO urged more governments

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    Tobacco Industry

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    Philip Morris Pakistan is beginning to feel a financial pinch‚ and is already reducing the scale and scope of some of its manufacturing operations inside the country. In a statement released to the press on Saturday‚ the company announced that it will be reducing the operations in its smallest factory‚ located in Mandra‚ near Rawalpindi. The company cited “difficult economic conditions” including high taxes and low consumer purchasing power as a primary reason for the decision. The decision was

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    The title of the article is called Bestiality in Colonial America‚ it was written by John M. Murrin. The purpose of writing this article is to show today’s society how harm it was at this time that they were treated this innocent animals with harm. And how the other perspective of these people saw them as doing these to them. Just by reading the name of the article it gives me a idea that it might have been about something awful that the natives committed towards animals. Also the natives might have

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    Dangers of Tobacco

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    What are the dangers of Tobacco? What are the dangers of smoking cigarettes? Well some dangers of smoking cigarettes are you can develop lung cancer or emphazima. With either of these life would be pretty bad‚ you wouldn’t be able to do very much with out getting tired or having to stop for a few minutes to catch you breath. Smoking can even make it hard to play sports. Because it can cause shortness of breathe‚ dizziness‚ and coughing. And if you use smokeless tobacco it can cause dehydration

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    the strong have preyed on the vulnerable. The origins of slavery date back to ancient times‚ and the concept was certainly not new when American colonists began enslaving Africans to work on their thriving and expanding plantations. However‚ in America‚ slavery was not only a longstanding institution‚ it was essential to the colonies’ early success‚ and consequently to the establishment and rise of the nation as a whole. Despite the abolition of slavery after the Civil War in the 1860s‚ famous African-Americans

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