| 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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Is That All There Is? Joe Lessard Leaving City Post BY KAYTE VANSCOY‚ FRI.‚ JULY 31‚ 1998 Assistant City Manager Joe Lessard photograph by John Anderson The rumors started over a year ago‚ but it should come as no surprise to those familiar with the protracted pace of city government that it took this long to hear that Assistant City Manager Joe Lessard would be leaving his post at the city of Austin. Last June‚ when the then-new City Council took a retreat with upper-level city staff‚ the scuttlebutt
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About twelve years ago‚ my aunt and uncle owned two dogs of the pit bull breed. These dogs might as well have been their kids; they even signed our Christmas cards every year. In one day‚ everything they knew had disappeared. A team of police officers were supposed to raid the house next door for possession of drugs‚ but instead‚ raided my aunt and uncle’s house. Their two dogs were lying on the couch when the cops broke in the door. Because of the dog’s breed‚ the cops automatically opened fire
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Public goods are good that have two special characteristics-non excludable and non-rivalable. Non-rivalable means that consume the goods of one person do not influence the consumption of others‚ of example traffic light‚ when a person use the traffic light‚ the quanlity of the light do not decrease‚ other can also use the goods under the same quanlity. Non-excludable means that every one can use the goods‚ nobody is exclude from using the goods‚ for example‚ national defences‚ no one is unprotectable
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The Effects of Smoking on the Body The custom of smoking tobacco originated with the Indians possibly as early as one hundred A.D. Tobacco was used at first principally in connection with religious rituals‚ but by the end of the fifteenth century‚ smoking was quickly becoming a common personal practice. There are at least four thousand different toxic chemicals which have been identified as products of tobacco smoke. Nicotine is among these and has become one of the most widely used stimulants
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Quitting Smoking According to the American Cancer Society‚ an estimated 221‚330 new cases of lung cancer are expected in 2011. “Lung Cancer accounts for more deaths than any other cancer in both men and women than any other cancer.” The most important thing you can do to reduce your risk of getting lung cancer is to quit smoking. Quitting smoking is very difficult. To be more successful in quitting smoking‚ you should first understand the addiction to nicotine‚ options to help you quit and
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Smoking and Your Health Most people associate cigarette smoking and tobacco use with breathing problems and lung cancer. But smoking is also a major cause of cardiovascular (heart and blood vessel) disease. Smoking: the No. 1 cause of preventable disease and death Smoking and tobacco use are significant risk factors for a variety of chronic disorders. According to the American Heart Association‚ cigarette smoking is the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United States
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted their statistics on smoking and tobacco use in the Unites States. CDC claims that smoking causes many diseases and affecting the health of smokers in general. They further state that about 443‚000 United States deaths are attributable each year to cigarette smoking. That is roughly 1 of every 5 deaths in the United States. CDC is an online communication channel in which its viewers may obtain credible and reliable health information
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Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing NURSING 101 Student’s Name: New York‚ New York Date: Patient’s Initials: P.E.R.S.O.N.- NEED and NURSING DIAGNOSIS GUI DE Rm & Bed #: ANALYSIS: ASSESSMENT DATA and NURSING DIAGNOSES
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Type of marriage Arranged marriage- a marriage arranged by the families of the couple Shotgun marriage- a marriage forced or required because of pregnancy. Marriage of convenience- A marriage or joint undertaking arranged for political‚ economic‚ or social benefit rather than from personal attachment. Elope- to run off secretly to be married‚ usually without the consent or knowledge of one’s parents. kinship term Manogamy - single marriage of one man and one woman. polygamy- The practice
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