Hailey Browning Professor Nance English Composition I 2 December 2014 Texting While Driving‚ Why is it a Norm? A group of friends were crossing the street when bam! A car ran a red light and struck them. The driver was texting on the cell phone. Each year‚ 5‚000 traffic fatalities are caused by distraction on a phone (Key Facts: Distractions). This statistic from the American Automobile Association shows the dangerous effects of texting and driving. However‚ many states are now looking at laws to
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Line I’d be lying if I said I never text while driving. But I recognize the dangers‚ and try to do it as little as possible. However‚ there are still incidents that occur. One day‚ I was driving down Highway 6‚ passing Walmart‚ and received a text from my brother asking what time baseball practice was. I went to reply and took my focus off my driving. This immediately endangered myself‚ anyone else in the car‚ and everyone in the cars around me. While texting‚ I have no ability to respond to events
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Yes‚ Passive Smoking is Harmful! When I was at high school there was an anti-smoking poster in the corridor saying that smoking has more than 5000 negative effects on health. Poster with a skull full of smoke instead of a brain scared me‚ and not only because of this did I decide to never smoke. Additionally‚ my class teacher said that passive smoking is actually more harmful than the active one‚ which made me stay far from those who smoke. However‚ then‚ I realized that something was wrong with
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Smoking In Public Places Smoking has spread all over the world‚ and this habit is not only with adults‚ but also with teenage. When this habit spreads to public places‚ it would cause a lot of problems. Some people think it is okay to smoke in public places. However‚ I think that government should prevent smoking in public places for three main reasons. The first reason is that smoking in public places will be very dangerous for the people around the smoker‚ which is called second
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The acute effects of cigarette smoking on memory task performance have been investigated in a number of studies‚ using a variety of measures. However‚ reviews of the effects of nicotine on human cognitive performance have concluded that the findings are very mixed (Heishman et al.‚ 1993; Roth et al.‚ 1992; Sherwood‚ 1994; Wesnes and Parrott‚ 1992). For instance‚ Roth et al.‚ (1992‚ p.253.) noted: ‘Smoking and nicotine effects on memory are contradictory. Improvement‚ no change‚ and impairment have
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have been passed to prevent the danger of texting and driving. Currently there are 41 states. D.C‚ U.S Virgin Islands‚ Guam‚ and Puerto Rico ban texting and driving. California has laws to prevent texting while driving. One of the laws state that novice drivers are not allowed to to text while driving. If caught they face a fine up to twenty dollars the first offence and fifty every offence after that. People still text and drive even though they are aware of the laws. It is commonly thought
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Smoking In Public: The Reasons Why Smoking In Public Should Be Banned Nina Marie Maldonado Post University Smoking In Public: The Reasons Why Smoking In Public Should Be Banned There are many reasons why smoking in public should be banned. The three main reasons to ban smoking in public are because of the health risks‚ offensive smell‚ and environmental risks that are the cause of cigarette smoke. Secondhand smoke is smoke from a cigarette‚ cigar‚ or pipe that is involuntarily inhaled‚ especially
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Smoking in public places Smoking is the phenomenal of inhaling and exhaling cigarettes or hookah‚ people tend to smoke when they have problems or simply if they enjoy it. With time it becomes not only habit‚ but it will easily develop to become an addiction which will ruin the person’s health slowly and could cause death. But we have to respect other people privacy in public places. A lot of people find it cool to smoke in public places‚ but it’s not really any cool because it annoys other people
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Does “16 and Pregnant” Encourage or Discourage Teenage Pregnancy? Have you ever thought about how kids are being affected by tv shows like “16 and Pregnant?” 16 and pregnant discourages teen pregnancy‚ the rates of teen moms have gone down‚ the tv shows reality‚ people just make titles and assume stuff when they are wrong. First of all‚ by showing what will happen if teens are unsafe and showing their mistakes will help teens not to make those mistakes. Showing how difficult it can be to be a
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Persuasive Paper on Public Smoking Smoking is the number one preventable cause of death in the United States. The bad habit became common among most people. Public smoking has got to come to an end. Those who choose to smoke publicly do not have to pollute the air of non-smokers. Who likes walking down the street bypassing cigarette smoke? Public smoking needs to be prohibited. There are several reasons public smoking should be banned. Second hand smoke is very dangerous in a huge effort to
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