Smoking Your Health Away Puff‚ puff‚ puff . . . ummm the cool fresh taste of smoke in your lungs. Doesn’t that taste good??? Well‚ depending to whom you talk to‚ a variety of answers are possible. It is interesting though‚ that we‚ as a society‚ actually are still deceived into believing the false promises of happiness and bliss from smoking cigarettes. In our society people still deny and forget the fact that smoking causes lung cancer and directly kills over a million people every year
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are approximately 600 ingredients in cigarettes. When burned there are more than 7‚000 chemicals. At least 69 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer‚ and many are poisonous”(American Lung Association). Tobacco was introduced in Europe in the late 1500s/ early 1600s‚ but did not become popular in America until after the Civil War. 15 of every 100 adults smoke cigarettes. Today there are over 55 different brands of cigarettes in America. “Cigarette smoking is responsible for 480‚000 deaths per
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Effects of Smoking on Respiratory System Effects of Smoking on Respiratory System Every day‚ millions of people light up a cigarette and smoke. Some have just started smoking‚ while others have smoked their whole lives. Most likely‚ once you start smoking‚ you won’t be able to stop. It will be nearly impossible and if possible‚ it will not be easy. When people start smoking‚ they don’t really think about the harm that they are doing to themselves with every cigarette. Some don’t know how bad
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Summary: Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide.(1) Most smokers have tried quitting throughout their life‚(2) but often fail because cigarettes contain a highly addictive substance – nicotine. Nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs)‚ such as nicotine patches‚ are the most successful quitting method‚ yet fewer than 20% of quitters are successful.(3) Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) may improve this success rate because they tackle addiction as well as associated
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in today’s society is smoking. Yet each year‚ cigarette smoking kills more Americans than AIDS‚ alcohol‚ car accidents‚ homicides‚ suicides‚ illegal drugs and fires combined. Smoking is an extremely bad pastime‚ practiced for centuries‚ for an individual’s health and those surrounding him/her. People start for many different reasons and get addicted to the nicotine in cigarettes. Smoking cause many fatal diseases‚ but help is available to those who seek it. Cigarette smoking is a disgusting and unhealthy
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Why Smoking is Good for You Smoking is good for in many ways including making you live longer. Although most text books and "experts" say that smoking is bad for you‚ there are also many other people who disagree and say it has many curing properties. For example‚ a person with bronchitis from childhood accompanied by marked wheezing was told by doctors not to smoke. He was then told by an old country doctor that he used to be like him until he took up the pipe. Then he tried smoking and it reduced
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AFFECTING ADOLOSCENTS’ ENGAGEMENT TO CIGARETTE SMOKING CHAPTER 1 PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Cigarette smoking during childhood and adolescence produces significant health problems among young people‚ including cough and phlegm production‚ an increase in the number and severity of respiratory illnesses‚ decreased physical fitness‚ an unfavorable lipid profile and potential retardation in the rate of lung growth and the level of maximum Smoking is one lung function. (http://www.lungusa
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The Problem and Its Setting As of today‚ smoking is one of the vices that are very common among the youth especially for the males. How the researchers came up with a statement as such can be proven just by observing what is happening around oneself. Before moving on‚ definition of smoking should first be determined. Smoking is the inhalation of the smoke of burning tobacco encased in cigarettes‚ pipes‚ and cigars. Casual smoking is the act of smoking only occasionally‚ usually in a social situation
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Tobacco smoking is the practice of burning tobacco and inhaling the smoke (consisting of particle and gaseous phases). (A more broad definition may include simply taking tobacco smoke into the mouth‚ and then releasing it‚ as is done with tobacco pipes and cigars). The practice may have begun as early as 5000-3000 BC. Tobacco was introduced to Eurasia in the late 17th century where it followed common trade routes. The practice encountered criticism from its first import into the Western world onwards
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Effects of Smoking on Unborn Children Smoking in the United States and the world over is a major health problem. Moreover‚ smoking during pregnancy not only can harm the mother but also the unborn child. During 2006 at least 10 percent of pregnant women in the United States smoked during pregnancy. (1) According to the U.S. Public Health Service (3) if pregnant women in the United States quit smoking there would be a 5 percent reduction in newborn deaths and an 11 percent reduction in stillborn
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