Original Research The smoking habits‚ attitudes towards smoking and knowledge regarding anti-smoking legislation of students in institutions of higher learning in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa Awotedu AA‚ FMCP (Nig)‚ FCCP‚ FCP (SA-PR)‚ Department of Internal Medicine‚ Walter Sisulu University‚ Mthatha Jordaan ER‚ MSc‚ Biostatistics Unit‚ Medical Research Council of South Africa‚ Tygerberg Ndukwana OZB‚ BACur‚ BACurHons (UNISA)‚ MPH‚ Department of Health Promotion‚ Walter Sisulu University
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Smoking is a practice in which a substance‚ most commonly tobacco‚ is burned and the smoke is tasted or inhaled. This is primarily practised as a route of administration forrecreational drug use‚ as combustion releases the active substances in drugs such as nicotineand makes them available for absorption through the lungs. It can also be done as a part of rituals‚ to induce trances and spiritual enlightenment. Smoking is one of the most common forms of recreational drug use. Tobacco smoking is today
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Prevention of Smoking in Adolescents A man named Bryan‚ who lived in St. Petersburg‚ Florida‚ started smoking when he was 13 years old. Throughout his high school years‚ he smoked about twenty cigarettes a day with no problem. At age 33‚ he was diagnosed with lung cancer and died six weeks later. He left behind a wife and a three year old son (Landry). Each day‚ nearly six thousand children under the age of eighteen start smoking; of these six thousand‚ two thousand will become regular smokers
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Smoking cigarettes and chewing tobacco has become a very popular trend among many Americans and individuals throughout our society. Tobacco‚ however‚ dates back many centuries‚ since the early 1600’s. In fact‚ tobacco was believed to have been the cure for all illnesses. Tobacco was used in those times strictly for medicinal purposes only. Overall tobacco has been proven not as a medicinal remedy‚ but as an addicting and extremely harmful stimulant. As stated in a book by Darryl S. Inaba‚ " Tobacco
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Smoking Addiction Smoking is an extremely addictive habit that usually forms in the early teen years. We should be targeting our children from the time they enter elementary school to prepare them for this temptation and encourage them to steer clear of this problem (Schoebel 287). There is no sure cure for smoking‚ and every method requires willingness‚ dedication‚ and will power. Smokers should recognize the serious health risks they are facing every time they light a cigarette and accept that
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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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(2011) that despite the known catastrophic effects on health of smoking‚ profits from tobacco continue to soar and sales of cigarettes have increased: they have risen from 5‚000 billion sticks a year in the 1990s to 5‚900 billion a year in 2009. They now kill more people annually than alcohol‚ Aids‚ car accidents‚ illegal drugs‚ murders and suicides combined. According to the National Nutrition and Health survey that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer. This fact has been recognized in the United
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Teens and Smoking Abstract Cigarette smoking is of interest to the National Institute on Drug Abuse both because of the public health problems associated with this form of substance abuse and because this behavior represents a prototypic dependence process. In the past few years the government has made every effort to reach the masses‚ in an attempt to curb the exploitation of tobbacco use‚ and its acceptance among Americas Youngsters. However‚ cigarette smoking among adolescents is on the rise
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Implementation of no smoking policy in Olivarez College Tagaytay and other hazards of smoking. CHAPTER ONE Introduction A. Background of the Study Smoking is one of the causes of the death of many Filipino. It gives different smoking-related diseases. On a daily basis‚ 240 Filipinos die because of these smoking-related diseases such as heart failure‚ stroke‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ peripheral vascular disease and many cancers. This accounts for 87‚600 deaths due to smoking-related diseases
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Quitting smoking is not easy‚ but it can be done. To have the best chance of quitting successfully‚ you need to know what you’re up against‚ what your options are‚ and where to go for help. This document will provide you with this information. Why Is It So Hard to Quit Smoking? Mark Twain said‚ "Quitting smoking is easy. I’ve done it a thousand times." Maybe you’ve tried to quit too. Why is quitting and staying quit hard for so many people? The answer is nicotine. Nicotine Nicotine is
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