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    Tobacco Industry

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    INDUSTRY REPORT TOBACCO INDUSTRY Outline I Introduction II Main body A. The products provided B. Top five firms in the industry a. The firm’s value of sales b. The number of people employed c. The amount of capital invested C. The problems in the industry a. Changes in government controls 1. The initiatives by the WHO 2. The new laws by the world governments directed to raising the prices for tobacco products along

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    Respiratory disorders

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    color and quantity of sputum 2. Which of these assessment findings concern you? State your rationale. C.K.’s blood pressure‚ pulse‚ respirations‚ and temperature are elevated; SaO2 84% RA indicates patient is having hypoxemia Decreased breath sounds in left lower lobe may indicate atelectasis and coarse crackles in the left upper lobe may indicate fluid accumulation. Dusky nail beds indicate lack of O2 and tissue perfusion Rust-colored sputum indicates respiratory infection. Pain upon coughing presents

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    TOBACCO DAMAGES

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    Creating awareness about tobacco related issues among school children Developed by‚ Institute of Public Health For‚ District Anti Tobacco Cell‚ Bangalore-Karnataka Bangalore- National Tobacco Control Programme Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Dept. of Health and Family Welfare‚ Karnataka Design and compilation: Dr. Upendra Bhojani‚ Faculty‚ IPH Tobacco: Origin and Types Tobacco: Origin and Types • Tobacco was not an Indian thing! In 1498‚ when Portuguese came to India

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    Respiratory Assignment

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    Tanya Hicks Anatomy & Physiology Respiratory Assignment. ! 1.) The control center inside of the brain is called the medulla oblongata. Our breathing is controlled by the level of carbon dioxide that we have in our blood. The pons sends out a signal from the medulla to the diaphragm to activate. The diaphragm is also sent a a signal from the phoenic nerve‚ that comes from the cervical plexus in the spinal cord. This makes the diaphragm contract and flatten and increases the space inside of the thoracic

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    Respiratory Diseases

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    oxygen and respiratory disease. Respiratory disease is the term used for defining diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)‚ emphysema and asthma. Common signs and symptoms of respiratory disease are coughing‚ wheezing‚ dyspnoea and production of abnormal secretions like sputum and haemoptysis (Jenkins et al 2008). Respiratory disease accounted for 8.4% of the registered deaths in Australia in 2007. There was an estimated 6.6% increase in deaths caused by respiratory disease from

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    Effects Of The 1920's

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    Arriving with a “roar” after a horrific time in civilization; World War I‚ the twenties sparked a new America. The decade was one of risk‚ change‚ great wealth and fortune which ultimately fueled a growing economy. This period was also wrought with lawlessness that saw the emergence of gangs who ran cities. That said‚ the glorified lives of Americans were almost too good to be true. It was an era that brought about the first women’s liberation movement giving women a new independence. Unwelcomingly

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    Physiology Respiratory

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    pressure changes allow for inspiration and expiration to occur. Understand what is going on in figure 23.13 & 14 - Be familiar with the terms elastic recoil and surface tension as they apply to the lungs. Why is surfactant important? What is Respiratory Distress Syndrome of the Newborn and why does it occur? - Be able to describe what muscles are involved with inspiration and how they change the volume of the thoracic cavity (what happens when they contract) and how this creates air flow into

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    SMOKING TOBACCO

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    SMOKING TOBACCO Should smoking tobacco be legal or illegal? This is not a new problem‚ but people still argue about it in many years. Everyone knows the consequences of smoking‚ but the rate of smoking people is still increasing‚ especially in the developing countries. Following an analysis‚ there are more than 443 thousand people died every year in the US. This number in worldwide is more terrible‚ 5 million people. Yes‚ 5 million of 1.35 billion people are smoking in the world. It means in every

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    Respiratory System

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    Complete information on the mechanism of Respiratory System in Man NIRMALA AGARWAL Respiratory organs are those which are concerned with the passage of the air to and from the lungs. The latter are‚ of course‚ mot important of all. The passage is also called respiratory tract. For the sake of convenience‚ the respiratory tract can be divided into upper and lower parts. The upper part extends from the external nostrils (external openings of nose) to the vocal sac present in the neck. The lower part

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    Second Hand Smoke

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    Secondhand smoke: When one breathes in smoke that comes from the end of a lit cigarette‚ cigar‚ or pipe (sidestream smoke) or that is exhaled by a smoker (mainstream smoke)‚ you’re inhaling almost the same amount of chemicals as the smoker breathes in when smoking Secondhand smoke: When one breathes in smoke that comes from the end of a lit cigarette‚ cigar‚ or pipe (sidestream smoke) or that is exhaled by a smoker (mainstream smoke)‚ you’re inhaling almost the same amount of chemicals as the

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