Causes and Effects of Smoking Cigarettes By Andrew Fowler 21% of American adults are current cigarette smokers‚ making the tobacco industry one of the largest industries in our country. With around 400‚000 smoking related deaths per year in the United States‚ it’s also incredibly deadly. Smoking can affect you negatively in many ways‚ both quickly and slowly. Causes of Smoking One of the biggest reasons people start smoking cigarettes is most likely peer pressure. Smokers typically start smoking
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In October 1971‚ Marybeth was pregnant with their third child‚ when her father died of a sudden heart attack. This became the first of a series of tragic events for the Tinning family. Jennifer - Third Child‚ First to Die. Jennifer Tinning was born on December 26‚ 1971. She was kept hospitalized because of a severe infection and she died eight days later. According to the autopsy report‚ the cause of death was acute meningitis. Some who attended Jennifer’s funeral remembered that it seemed more
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Sleeping with a baby seemed normal to me. I never thought about dangers or how it could go wrong. Right now I have 5 nephews‚ and each of them I know their mother ended up sleeping in the same bed‚ or on the couch with them‚ when they were breastfeeding. Even when I baby sat‚ I would sometimes fall asleep with them in my arms when they were young. There are many different views on co-sleeping‚ and the detriment/ benefits of it. Co-sleeping is defined as a parent and baby share a bed‚ according to
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development‚ a nutritious‚ healthy diet is recommended. This diet should also include the intake of a daily multi-vitamin that has folic acid. If a pregnant mother does not have a proper‚ nutrient-rich diet‚ or especially if it is inadequate‚ low infant birth weight and problems with brain development become concerns. A study was done in the Netherlands during WWII‚ where a famine had struck‚ confirms these outcomes. Pregnant women affected by the famine during their first trimester had a higher
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vital organs such as the digestive tract and the esophagus‚ stomach‚ and liver. Even the respiratory tract is forming by week four. The effects of prenatal consumption of alcohol are birth defects such as mental retardation as well as fetal alcohol syndrome or FAS. FAS have side effects such as difficulty with learning‚ attention span and memory. Children born with FAS usually have abnormal facial features such as wide spaced eyes and thin upper lips. These are just a few examples in a long line of
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Student: CHFD215: Child Development Midterm Exam Instructions: Below you will find two questions for each of the eight Berk text chapters we have covered so far. One type of question requires you to connect with course content and the other requires you to apply it. Thoroughly and succinctly answer one question for each chapter (e.g. 1a or 1b but not both‚ 2a or 2b but not both). Your answers should be written in complete sentences and should demonstrate understanding of
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the labour force. Mother and children have a strong connection when the infant was in the mother stomach for 10 months especially the baby girl. Bonding in the early age is very important‚ this not only will bring up a better family but also let the baby feel safe and trust toward the mother and baby will sense their mother by recognizing the smell and voice of their mother. Most of the mother will start working when their infant is two years old due to the leave that was giving by the company and also
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Tobacco smoke is harmful to every organ system in the body. Smoking is responsible for nearly a third of all cancer deaths in the United States‚ with smokers dying of cancer at twice the rate of nonsmokers. In addition‚ smoking has been linked to the development of pneumonia‚ leukemia‚ heart disease and reproductive problems‚ such as low birth weight and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. You really don’t care if you get cancer? What about your family don’t you know with each cigar you put in your mouth
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digestive system. Not only that‚ smoking also has negative impacts on bones and joints since it damages the construction of new bones. Smoking during pregnancy damages the unborn child‚ and also increases the chances of sudden infant death syndrome. Smoking causes the premature deaths of 417‚ 000 Americans each year. As said by Dr. Timothy McAfee‚ "If you bathe a fetus’ brain in nicotine for nine months‚ it’s clear there are profound effects." Secondly‚ smoking is not only bad for health; it is also
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Health Are you aware about effects of smoking habit? Scientific studies reveal that smoking causes short-term as well as long-term effects on health. American Lung Association says smoking affects around 9 million people in U.S alone‚ and it causes the death of approximately 450‚000 individuals per year. Cancer is a common serious threat of smoking. It also causes several aesthetic problems‚ cardiovascular problems‚ respiratory problems and reproductive health problems. This article discusses about various
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