Community based group intervention for tobacco cessation in rural Tamil Nadu‚ India: a cluster randomized trial Abstract Objective: To determine the efficacy of community based group intervention for tobacco cessation and to identify the barriers for cessation intervention among rural men. Methods: We recruited 400 men (20-40 years) currently using any form of tobacco from 20 villages of the Indian State of Tamil Nadu and randomized them equally into intervention and control groups. A
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Major Tobacco Companies Paying for Public Health Care? Edna Hacker once said‚ “No company should be made to pay because people misuse its products.” Major tobacco companies have paid financial settlements to several states funding health care for smoking related illnesses. Should fast food restaurants pay health costs for obesity related illnesses? Customers abusing a company’s products is out of the companies control‚ and consumers should be required to pay for their own medical costs. While some
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26-27 1. Executive Summary During past 100 years‚ British American Tobacco (Malaysia) (BAT (M)) has sustained and slowly become the market leader in Malaysia since established in 1912. Core competence of BAT (M) is the strong financial support from the mother company and it ranked among 25 top companies on Bursa Malaysia in terms of capital. Besides that‚ it owned 61% of market shares in the tobacco industry
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How Tobacco Advertising Influences Young People. At the age of fourteen‚ I had my first puff of smoke. Even before that I knew a lot of cigarette brands due to advertising. Since then I started smoking and when I went to cafeterias and clubs the people who were promoting cigarettes would offer me a new brand to try and gave me free packs of cigarettes and a lighter with their brand. They didn’t mind how old I was‚ they just wanted to give them away and promote their product. But except this
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David Ventura Professor Boltrushek English 1301. 83207 7 May 2015 Anti-Tobacco Ad The image for this analysis is a picture of a screaming child‚ with cigarette smoke surrounding the child’s head‚ in a shape that gives it the appearance of a tight plastic bag over his face. The black shaded background behind the little boy‚ shows how human lungs become black when someone smokes. Other than the child‚ the picture is total black‚ with some white text. The logo of the company who made the advertisement
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1..It is classed as a depressant‚ meaning that it slows down vital functions resulting in unsteady movement‚ disturbed perceptions and an inability to react quickly. As for how it affects the mind‚ it is best understood as a drug that reduces a person’s ability to think rationally and distorts his or her judgment. 2.Alcohol can only be found in drinks‚ not in food products. Some drinks that consist alcohol are: Beer‚ Vodka‚ Gin‚ Cider‚ Wine. Rum…And all these drinks consist a different amount
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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HOCHIMINH CITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY School of Biotechnology EXPRESSION OF PROTEIN ANTIGEN HIV -1 P24 IN TRANSGENIC TOBACCO PLANTS A thesis submitted to The School of Biotechnology‚ International University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of B.S. in Biotechnology Student name: Nguyen Ngoc Tu Anh – BT050036 Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh
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Persuasive Essay: Why Smoking is Bad for You Do you know why smoking affects you and the others around you? Smoking is very popular. At almost everywhere‚ there are many ads about why you should buy cigarettes. However‚ the smoke from cigarettes has life threatening chemicals in them. Teenagers that are smoking and being influenced. Smoking is terrible habit because it’s not good for your health‚ it gives you have a bad appearance‚ and it has a bad influence on others. The first reason why smoking
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February 4‚ 2000‚ the Washington Post printed an article titled "Underage Smoking Fine Sought for Big Tobacco." Currently and in the past‚ the tobacco industry has fought many moral issues with the Federal Government and the general public. This particular article written by Charles Babington has two problems‚ which are‚ the federal government’s threat to increase taxes and fines on the tobacco industry and the industries practice in their advertising which is targeting underage smokers. The first
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Tobacco Companies Are Not Responsible For People’s Bad Choices People cannot rightfully blame tobacco companies for their own bad decisions because of warnings on cigarette packs‚ it hurts the tobacco companies‚ and also the consumers in many ways. Tobacco companies have made it very simple for individuals who smoke to know smoking is bad for them‚ and that it can really harm them. Everywhere people look now‚ they see anti-smoking ads and facts about the negative health effects of smoking
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