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    no smoking policy

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    Implementation of no smoking policy in Olivarez College Tagaytay and other hazards of smoking. CHAPTER ONE Introduction A. Background of the Study Smoking is one of the causes of the death of many Filipino. It gives different smoking-related diseases. On a daily basis‚ 240 Filipinos die because of these smoking-related diseases such as heart failure‚ stroke‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ peripheral vascular disease and many cancers. This accounts for 87‚600 deaths due to smoking-related diseases

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    Bans on Smoking

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    Cassandra Orheim Bioethical Focus Paper Bans on Smoking Since 1964‚ 2.5 million nonsmokers have died from exposure to secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke is a mixture of gases and fine particles that include more than 7‚000 chemicals‚ including hundreds that are toxic and about 70 that cause cancer. In children‚ secondhand smoke causes ear infections‚ asthma attacks‚ respiratory infections‚ and respiratory symptoms. In adults who have never smoked‚ secondhand smoke can

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    Sociology

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    References: Brinkerhoff‚ D. and White‚ L. (1991) Sociology‚ Nebraska: West Publishing Company Giddens‚ A. (1989) Sociology‚ Cambridge: Polity Press Macionis‚ J. (1997) Sociology‚ New Jersey: Prentice Hall Morie‚ N. (2009) ‘Sociology Theory 101-Social Stratification’ Available at http://www.suite101.com (Accessed on 5 August 2012) Schaefer‚ R. (2004) Sociology:A Brief Introduction‚ New

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    Banning Smoking

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    Argument Essay March 4‚ 2011 Smoking in public places has been a controversial topic for many years now. Some agree and some just disagree. A separate smoking section in restaurants just is not enough. Smoking in public places should be banned and illegal because it’s bad for the environment‚ it has a dangerous effect on people’s health‚ and it has a bad influence on children. Firstly‚ smokers think that smoking just affects their health‚ but they are wrong. Not only

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    Sociology

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    Sociology –"Dysfunctions in the Family" The family is one of the oldest social institutions and according to George Peter Murdock (1949)‚ can be defined as ‘a social group characterized by common residence‚ economic co-operation and reproduction.’ Murdock further concludes that in order for a family to become established there must be adults of both sex present‚ two of whom maintain a sexually approved relationship‚ and one or more children‚ their own or adopted. However‚ Murdock’s definition

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    disadvantages of smoking Smoking is one of the worst things kids and adults can do to their bodies. But it is widespread in China‚ even some of the high school students are smoking now. I think we should tell more people about the effects of smoking. Here are some disadvantages which I have seen‚ read‚ or heard about smoking before. Smoking affects your own bodies’ health. In my family‚ my dad and most of my uncles smoke. It has been almost 20 years since they have started smoking. This long a

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    Smoking in Adolsecents

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    Prevention of Smoking in Adolescents A man named Bryan‚ who lived in St. Petersburg‚ Florida‚ started smoking when he was 13 years old. Throughout his high school years‚ he smoked about twenty cigarettes a day with no problem. At age 33‚ he was diagnosed with lung cancer and died six weeks later. He left behind a wife and a three year old son (Landry). Each day‚ nearly six thousand children under the age of eighteen start smoking; of these six thousand‚ two thousand will become regular smokers

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    Teens and Smoking

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    Teens and Smoking Abstract Cigarette smoking is of interest to the National Institute on Drug Abuse both because of the public health problems associated with this form of substance abuse and because this behavior represents a prototypic dependence process. In the past few years the government has made every effort to reach the masses‚ in an attempt to curb the exploitation of tobbacco use‚ and its acceptance among Americas Youngsters. However‚ cigarette smoking among adolescents is on the rise

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    smoking speech

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    Main Point 1: A. As we have heard in Lisa’s speech‚ smoking is bad for the smoking individual. 1. Active cigarette smoking is the major cause of lung cancer and an important established cause of cardiovascular disease. B. According to U.S. National Library of Medicine‚ smoking is bad for the people nearby the smoker due to second hand smoke. 1. Exposure to second hand smoke has been associated with numerous negative health outcomes. It is sufficient to induce pulmonary inflammation‚ decrease

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    Sociology

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    In sociology‚ a subculture is a culture or set of people with distinct behavior and beliefs within a larger culture. The essence of a subculture‚ that distinguishes it from other social groupings‚ is awareness of style and differences in style‚ in clothing‚ music or other interests. As early as 1950 David Riesman distinguished between a majority‚ "which passively accepted commercially provided styles and meanings‚ and a ’subculture’ which actively sought a minority style (hot jazz at the time) and

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