Cigarette? Why not? How about I’ll tell you why? Smoking can be considered one of the most dangerous habits that any one individual can have. Smoking kills an average of 450‚000 people each year. More deaths are caused each year by cigarettes and tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus‚ illegal drug use‚ alcohol use‚ motor vehicle injuries‚ suicides‚ and murders combined. So why is it that people still continue to smoke? Although smoking relieves stress and is seen as cool by some
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July 6‚ 2009 Eng 112 Causes and Effects of Smoking Scientists and health officials have been arguing the detrimental effects smoking has on our health for many years. Americans pay nearly $100 billion in added health care cost due to smoking. Each day about a thousand young people become regular smokers (President Barack Obama). Smoking can lead to serious complications including asthma‚ pancreas‚ lung and stomach cancer due to the large number of carcinogens (cancer causing
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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF SMOKING Smoking is a practice in which a substance‚ most commonly tobacco is burned and the smoke is tasted or inhaled. It can be considered as one of the most dangerous habits that any one individual can have. There are many causes which make people smoke‚ however it can be divided into two main causes namely physical and psychological. On the other hand‚ some of the effects of smoking are addiction‚ chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease and ultimate death
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the AUDIENCE so they do not get lost. A. INTRODUCTION 1. Attention-Getter: Did you know smoking is bad for you and can cause a lot of danger things to your body? Have you ever realized what it can cause in the future or what it can do to you? Stop and think every time you put that nasty thing in your mouth. If you quit smoking you will live a healthy life I guarantee you! 2. Bond: Link-to Audience: Smoking every year and every day has cause thousands of people to die. It has cause diseases towards
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experiment with cigarettes‚ according to Teen Smoking. Sometimes‚ teens start smoking because a friend dares them to. Other teens who are trying to find themselves experiment with cigarettes and become addicted. Smoking is also viewed as an act of rebellion and a way to demonstrate independence. The Media The media has a major impact on a teen’s decision to smoke. Teens are likely to experiment with different personas as they try to discover themselves. Smoking is portrayed as glamorous‚ sexy and macho
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Cigarette smoking has been a trend since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Some people believe that smoking could help them release their stress as it helps them to relax. Some people also believe that the cigarettes business is necessary for a specific country to develop their country’s economy. As time flew‚ knowledge develops and technology rises‚ and as a result‚ we came to know that cigarette smoking brings numerous potential harm not just to our body but also to the environment. But
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nicotine. Through smoking‚ nicotine is readily absorbed from tobacco smoke in the mouth‚ upper respiratory tract and lungs into the blood stream in which they are carried to all parts of the body (Fried & Oxorn 1980‚ p. 26). Nicotine‚ carbon monoxide and other toxic substance of tobacco smoke is dangerous during pregnancy. Smoking during pregnancy is one of the bad habits that can bring complications to the baby. During the pregnancy there are potential problems associated with smoking such as increased
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Smoking and Your Health Most people associate cigarette smoking and tobacco use with breathing problems and lung cancer. But smoking is also a major cause of cardiovascular (heart and blood vessel) disease. Smoking: the No. 1 cause of preventable disease and death Smoking and tobacco use are significant risk factors for a variety of chronic disorders. According to the American Heart Association‚ cigarette smoking is the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United States
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Abstract Smoking is a deadly habit to keep‚ literally. Smoking along with other contributing factors such as high blood pressure and cholesterol can cause chronic diseases. One disease that has been the number one killer of men and women in the U.S. is cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease has many contributors‚ but smoking itself is a high risk to contract the disease. Non-smokers also have to pay attention to the air they are breathing because the smoke around you can kill you!
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Everywhere‚ we see people smoking where most of them are men. It has become a trend and a daily necessity to smokers. Therefore‚ it is very difficult to control smoking habit. However‚ benefit of smoking only for certain things such as increasing in economy income and chance of jobs but as for individual‚ it will only bring harm rather than good. Body A. Topic Sentence Most of smokers which are men have a lack of awareness about disadvantages of smoking. There are several disadvantages
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