AND ITS BACKGROUND INTRODUCT ION Lung disease and cancer is threatening to kill our nation ’s hopes. This is the present concern of health experts because of the alarmingly high number of Filipino youths addicted to smoking and other tobacco products. (Buenavista‚ 2001). Smoking is very common worldwide but even more so in the Philippines‚" according to Dr. Dante Morales‚ former president of the Philippine Heart Association (PHA) and Philippine College of Physicians (PCP). More importantly‚ it
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Cigarette Smoking The effects of cigarette smoking can be horrifying. Smoking is dangerous not only to those who smoke‚ but to non-smokers and unborn children as well. Cigarette smoking is also physically and socially harming. The large particles in cigarette smoke‚ commonly known as "tar"‚ collect in the branching points of the lungs. The tar contains carcinogenic compounds that increase the risk of lung cancer. The small particles in cigarette smoke‚ including carcinogens‚ irritants‚ and
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Smoking and public health Every day‚ one is confronted with smoking and its consequences. On the outside of cigarette packets you can read warnings about the risks of smoking. Constantly there are more and more bans against smoking in cafes‚ school etc. It is especially important to inform the younger generation about the danger and the addiction to smoking. Prohibitions and warnings are the best way in order to reduce the number of smokers. The more information about smoking and its harmful effects
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Abstract Cigarette smoking is the greatest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States. Secondhand smoke causes numerous lung cancer deaths annually. Measures have been taken in both workplaces and public places to limit exposure to secondhand smoke. The economic cost of smokers to society is phenomenal. It includes monetary costs‚ lost workdays and shortened work lives. Many states are establishing and maintaining comprehensive tobacco-control programs to reduce
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Abstract This essay‚ the Argumentative Essay‚ is about cigarette smoking. I will explain the harmful effects it has on people’s health‚ whether they smoke or not. I will also talk about how smoking can be bad for one’s financial status. I will show opposing sides of how smokers don’t find smoking bad. Cigarette Smoking Every day‚ over 3800 teens‚ eighteen and younger‚ smoke their first cigarette. It may be with friends that pressured them‚ or by themselves just to see how it is
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CIGARETTE SMOKING Cigarette Smoking American InterContinental University Abstract Cigarette smoking is something that has because second nature to most people. They wake up‚ smoke a cigarette. Before they go to bed‚ they smoke a cigarette. And all throughout the day‚ as they feel the urge‚ they smoke a cigarette. It has become a very dangerous habit that a lot of people don’t realize is a dangerous habit. In this paper I will discuss the negative effects that smoking cigarettes
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INTRODUCTION Many people nowadays smoke cigarette even teenagers smoke. Some people have no idea about the chemical of a tobacco and what it can cause to a human body. This paper is intended to give the readers an idea of the factors that trigger cigarette smoking amongst young generation of today‚ effects of cigarette‚ like cancer‚ heart disease‚ emphysema‚ and chronic bronchitis. By reading this paper‚ a person can gain knowledge about the effects of smoking cigarette. So when a person reads this especially
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Cigarette smoking is one of the most powerful addictions known. Since its large-scale industrial production early in this century‚ the popularity of cigarettes is spreading like wildfire. It is seen in so many movies today. An actor lights up a cigarette on screen going about their lives. Usually certain people wouldn ’t stop to think twice about it because it has become something we are used to seeing almost every day. But how is seeing all of these smoking advertisements going to affect teenagers
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Smoking is an extremely bad thing to get hooked on. It not only affects the people that are smoking but also the people around them that breathe that same air. Smoking is harmful to your body and it makes you look and smell bad. Who wants to get breathed on by an ashtray or see those nasty yellow stained teeth… Not Me.. Some people say that smoking is just a bad habit and nothing more. They couldn’t be more wrong. Tobacco use is an addiction. According to the U.S. Public Health Service Clinical
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time now many people have different views about smoking inpublic places. Smokers feel it is their right to smoke where and when theywant. On the other hand non-smokers feel smokers violate their rights and endanger there life. Smoking causes heart disease‚ lung cancer and otherserious illnesses. Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of lungcancer. A substantial number of lung cancers that occur in non-smokers canbe attributed to involuntary smoking. There are some parts in the UnitedStates where
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