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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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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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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Cigarette Smoking The effects of cigarette smoking can be horrifying. Smoking is dangerous not only to those who smoke‚ but to non-smokers and unborn children as well. Cigarette smoking is also physically and socially harming. The large particles in cigarette smoke‚ commonly known as "tar"‚ collect in the branching points of the lungs. The tar contains carcinogenic compounds that increase the risk of lung cancer. The small particles in cigarette smoke‚ including carcinogens‚ irritants‚ and
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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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infarction (heart attack)‚ cardiovascular disease‚ diseases of the respiratory tract such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)‚ asthma‚ emphysema‚ and cancer” (42). Smoking may lead to many unpleasant outcomes such as heart disease‚ throat cancer‚ and lung cancer. Cancer is one of the common hazards of smoking. Cancer tends to affect most of the common uses of cigarettes. According to the statistics provided by the article cigarette literacy‚ those who smoke less than 10
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receive a college degree and start the perfect life full of success‚ money and happiness. Throughout W.J Reeves “College Isn’t For Everyone”‚ he point outs many topics that I believe effects me personally but also my peers. Attendance‚ happens to be one of them. If you don’t give your classes the time needed‚ you begin to slack in every way possible. “After four years‚ the bad habits of not being on time and attending sporadically have become second nature. Such habits are unlikely to make for a very
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In this class four people had lost a loved one because of smoking. Another ten people in this class often inhale second hand smoke. Why should you leave a loved one die or even worse‚ why should you let them poison you with their sick habit? I used to smoke for eleven years‚ since I was eleven years old‚ and I never thought of the dangers caused by smoking. Finally I quit smoking four months ago. The first thing I noticed was the deeper breaths I could take‚ the cleaner smell of my clothes‚ my bedroom
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SMOKING: The enemy of life By-Rheiya Smoking! There isn’t any benefit of smoking and the problems are infinite still people don’t quit smoking. The main reason why people smoke is for fashion. Most of the smokers are the college students because that’s the time when one pays a lot of attention on fashion and tries to be cool. The effects of smoking are only harmful. The worst effect of smoking is it not only harms the smokers but even the one’s who did no fault‚ the one’s inhaling the harmful
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Not only can college open more job opportunities‚ but it also insures a safe future and guarantees more money in the long run. First off‚ let’s think about all of the job opportunities college opens up. In the article‚ Why College Isn’t (and Shouldn’t Have to be) For Everyone‚ by Robert Reich for the Huffington post‚ on paragraph 6 it states‚ ¨ a degree from a prestigious university can open door to elite business school and law schools.¨ Having a college degree is vital if you want a productive
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