The Effects of smoking in Teenagers Chapter I Introduction Adolescence is a stage of significant growth and potential but it is also considered to be a time of great risk. A lot of adolescents are facing pressures to use alcohol‚ cigarettes‚ or drugs and to start sexual relationships‚ thereby‚ putting themselves at high risk for intentional injuries and infection from sexual transmitted Diseases. According to the World Health Report a considerable number of deaths would be prevented and tobacco
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because of lung cancer or other tobacco related illnesses. Everyone in the world comes in contact with smoke from a cigarette at least once in their lifetime‚ whether it is at a restaurant or at work. Millions of people are addicted to smoking‚ and thousands more become addicted every year. Cigarettes and other tobacco products are everywhere. Most of the addicted smokers started when they were young (Roberts 18). The reason why people get addicted to any type of tobacco product
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2012 Effects of Smoking Cigarettes In this life many addictions or temptations can jump their way into the paths of many people. For example‚ some people get addicted to drugs‚ alcohol‚ and also money. Staying away from these day to day temptations is tough but is crucial to having a healthy lifestyle. Being a little more specific‚ people can get addicted to smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes contain nicotine‚ which is what people get addicted to and makes them want to have more. Smoking cigarettes
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Bad Effects of Smoking http://www.articledoctor.com/quit-smoking/bad-effects-of-smoking-2331 Cigarette smoking is usually associated with breathing trouble and lung cancer. But smokers are at a high risk of developing several chronic disorders. Along with high blood pressure‚ high cholesterol‚ obesity and diabetes‚ smoking is a major independent risk factor for a coronary heart disease or kidney failure. It causes damage by decreasing the oxygen flow to the heart. It increases the blood pressure
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Smoking Cause and Effect All people have habits. Some people have negative or positive habits. Smoking is one of these negative habits. Most smokers started smoking when they were young. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no one starts smoking after age Twenty-five. Nearly nine out of ten smokers started smoking by age eighteen. They started smoking to try it out then smoking became a habit. Some young smokers were attracted
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This is commonly noticed while the children or youth are left in the comfort of their home and boredom knocks in. Based on the previous cases studied by the researchers‚ there are two opposing effects in watching television – positive and negative effects. The main aim of this study is to investigate the effect of television on youth. In order to provide the information needed‚ there are objectives that can help researchers align their findings. First is to determine the issue among youths of today
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Cause and Effect – Smoking The prohibition of smoking has become more and more wide-spread in the United States today. Due to studies that show smoking is related to many illnesses‚ people have made safe guards to prevent from acquiring them. One of those safe guards is prohibiting smoking in public environments. Other than the obvious health risks smoking causes‚ it can also set the wrong example for young adults and children‚ and could also damage the health of non-smokers. Health reasons
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Effects of Smoking on the Body Background of the Study Smoking cigarettes has been proven too be extremely dangerous to your health‚ which causes various forms of cancer and other life threatening diseases. There are over 4‚000 chemicals in cigarette smoke and 200 of those are known poisons. Smoking cigarettes for as few as a couple of years can have permanent effects on the body. Smoking can effect the heart and lungs; mouth and throat; arms‚ legs‚ skin and the mind.
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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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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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