| HEALTH-PHILIPPINES Young Lives Up in Smoke By Kara Santos | MANILA‚ Feb 15‚ 2010 (IPS) - Whether they choose to light up their first cigarette on their own or are unwitting victims of passive smoking‚ Filipino youth are increasingly at risk from tobacco exposure. "The younger a child starts to smoke‚ the greater the chances of becoming a regular smoker‚" said Dr Maricar Limpin‚ executive director of the non- government group Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance Philippines
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Essay About : SMOKING Lifestyles are ways to live your life‚ which is also related to any kind of your daily habits that you do. The way you live your life is related to your health‚ including mental health and social life. It’s important to know that habits are divided into two main types: good habits and bad habits‚ and one of the most famous bad habits which is you’re used to see people doing it is SMOKING. Smoking is a very common habit of a lot of people around you‚ and their lives depend
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Khashan Smoking Behavior and Gender Roles Studies have shown that Lebanon has the second highest percentage of smokers in the Arab region along with the highest rate of female smokers at 35%. About 7% of women in the Arab world smoke. It has come with great relief that the Lebanese parliament has taken up a law to limit smoking and regulate the manufacture‚ packaging and advertising of tobacco products on august 17th‚ 2011. This law is the first step Lebanon takes on cutting down smoking areas
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com the office on Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) counted 45.3 million American smokers. (Rodu) Smoking cigarettes in public places can cause negative health effects on people. Exposure to second hand smoke could risk exposure to cancer or even heart disease . Exposure to second hand smoke for a short period of time may cause breathing difficulties‚ headaches and even nausea. Due to the possibilities of these health risk smoking should be banned in
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The smoking ban The smoking ban was introduced in Britain on July 1th 2007. When it came into effect it was prohib ited to smoke cigarettes in most of public places and workplaces in England like bars‚ pubs‚ cafés and in busses and trains. This law has brought a big debate. In this assignment I will investigate the debate and create a discussion with a part of my own opinions. 1. In text 1‚ Robin McKie claims how good it is for everyone that the smoking ban is getting intro duced. According
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Effects of smoking Cigarettes have been around for a long time; however‚ millions of people are becoming more hooked than ever. Smoking was permitted almost everywhere‚ including airplanes. Worldwide tobacco advertising plays huge rue in the amount of people who smoke. Companies target potential new smoker’s especially young adults‚ with the usage of catchy ads on television and bill boards. Smoking cigarettes is considered one the most hazardous habits known to mankind. Smoking is a hard habit
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called for banning smoking. It is undeniable that there are still a lot of smokers in this world. As one of most controversial issue in the world‚ people remain different opinions. Some people claim that using tobacco has brought several social problems and smoking should be banned. While others think that smoking is an individual behaviour and good for them‚ government should not intervene their private habit too much. I would like to examine the advantages and disadvantages of smoking cigarettes in
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is someone smoking a cigarette. Someone that is lowering their chances to live‚ taking a risk of cancer‚ and sometimes even lessening the time spent with their children‚ because smoking does kill. Nobody wants to get that news saying “you have throat cancer” or even worse “you have lung cancer”‚ regardless it will kill you in the end. So why are people so worried about telling other people not to try it and hiding it from their kids‚ when they should be ones fixing themselves? Smoking is one of the
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smokers” “Dude‚ smoking is so 80´s!” said a student who was walking from the parking lot to the main entrance of the building to attend her class. I didn’t know her name or anything but it caught my attention what she said and how she said it. I found it quite amusing that she would use that expression to make her point. Smoking nowadays is not something strange or unheard of but it is a bit frowned upon. In the last decades‚ which have gone from chain- smoking and indoor smoking to fitness and
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Smoking should be banned from public places. Studies show that smoking can lead to cancer. Not only does this put the smoker’s life at risk‚ it also affects the lives of non-smokers‚ including pregnant women. Smoking all together is a dangerous thing to do. It began thousands of years ago with the use or tobacco in South America (Libal 11). No one knew about the long-term health effects of smoking tobacco before the twentieth century. It was decades of cigarette use before society began to realize
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