Passive smoking means breathing in other people’s tobacco smoke. Exhaled smoke is called exhaled mainstream smoke. The smoke drifting from a lit cigarette is called sidestream smoke. The combination of mainstream and sidestream smoke is called second-hand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Second-hand smoke is a common indoor pollutant in the home‚ making passive smoking a serious health risk for both those who smoke and those who do not. Children are particularly at risk of serious
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Passive smoking is considered to be the involuntary expose to another person’s cigarette smoke. This smoke exposure has seemed to become very common now to non-smoking people. The form of smoke that forms from the tobacco is very dangers to non-smokers than it is to smokers. For this reason‚ smokers not only put themselves at serious risk for health problems but they also put the people around them at risk for serious health problems. The effects of passive smoking can occur rapidly or it can occur
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center for disease control and prevention‚ Secondhand smoke is a mixture of gases and fine particles that includes smoke from a burning tobacco product such as a cigarette‚ cigar‚ smoke that has been exhaled or breathed out by the person or people smoking. The parent I shared the pamphlet with is a 25year old African American mother of a 5year old male child. She has a high school diploma‚ single mother and works as a clerical associate in a private institution. The objective of the pamphlet was
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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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The prohibition of public smoking should be taken into consideration. It is a danger to society and no one should be permitted to smoke in public places. Not only does secondhand smoke risk the lives of other people‚ but firsthand smoke can cause problems for the smoker and give them a bad image. The smell of smoke is terrible and sticks to clothing. Public smoking is unnecessary and should not be accepted into communities. With that being said‚ if someone is smoking and other people are near
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Dr. Fortner ENGL 112 Visual Argument Analysis Essay 1st Draft February 4‚ 2013 Second Hand Smoking Effects All Imagine your life is trapped in a car seat‚ restrained under your seat belt with nowhere to turn. You see the flash of the lighter flicker and begin to dread the next ten to twenty minutes of the car ride praying you are almost to your destination. You start to imagine how that person can really live with himself or herself knowing they are taking away from your healthy
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expected to increase to 1.5 million by 2020. In a country where more than 30% of the population is under poverty‚ what is important to note is how much of personal income goes towards financing this habit. From causing lung cancer to oral cancer‚ smoking is considered to be the cause of not only major physical damage but also financial damages through personal spending costs and government health spending. TOBACCO CULTIVATION TREND IN INDIA Going by the reports
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time now many people have different views about smoking inpublic places. Smokers feel it is their right to smoke where and when theywant. On the other hand non-smokers feel smokers violate their rights and endanger there life. Smoking causes heart disease‚ lung cancer and otherserious illnesses. Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of lungcancer. A substantial number of lung cancers that occur in non-smokers canbe attributed to involuntary smoking. There are some parts in the UnitedStates where
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STOP SMOKING A PERSUASIVE SPEECH SUBMITTED BY: Symon Jerremae Z. Del Carmen SUBMITTED TO: Ms. Madeleine Cabalan Hello my name is Symon and I’m here to persuade you to stop smoking. Smoking is not only bad for health it is also as bad for the people around you. Breathing other people’s smoke is called passive‚ involuntary or secondhand smoking. The non-smoker breathes "side stream" smoke from the burning tip of the cigarette and "mainstream" smoke that has been inhaled and
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yourself? I must stop smoking. This essay will detail the disadvantages holding you back while you continue to smoke‚ as well as the benefits of quitting. Darrael Robinson How many times have you said this to yourself? I must stop smoking. This essay will detail the disadvantages holding you back while you continue to smoke‚ as well as the benefits of quitting. Darrael Robinson The Disadvantages of Smoking Cigarettes and the Advantages of Quitting The Disadvantages of Smoking Cigarettes and the
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