and above these other influences. Since they can’t do cancer experiments on people‚ they use animal studies. These are artificial‚ but they tell us something about short- term effects of tobacco that can’t be found from co relational studies. Putting the two types of research together‚ we now have powerful data about the effects of smoking on the development of cancer. Similarly‚ media violence researchers do long longitudinal studies of children’s media exposure and look at the types of behaviors
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Reasons why weed is bad for you: Effects on the Lungs Numerous studies have shown marijuana smoke to contain carcinogens and to be an irritant to the lungs. In fact‚ marijuana smoke contains 50-70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco smoke. Marijuana users usually inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than tobacco smokers do‚ which further increase the lungs’ exposure to carcinogenic smoke. Marijuana smokers show dysregulated growth of epithelial cells in their lung tissue
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Immigration The Positive Side of Immigration Immigration‚ especially in mass numbers is fueled by a number of reasons. Each event is bound to have positive and negative effects but when the positive effects outweigh the cons‚ the event is good and advantageous. Whatever the push and the pull reasons for immigration are‚ both the immigrants and the country hosting them get to gain. Take for example the great migration of the 19th and 20th century into the
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subscriptions to magazines like YM‚ and Seventeen. After adding internet usages‚ newspapers‚ videos‚ and books‚ the sum adds up to media being a significant part of the adolescent experience. Recently there has been a debate on the effects of mass media on the youth of the United States. This refers back to the nurture verses nature theory sociologists have been disputing for years. Does what our children watch‚ hear or read on television‚ radio‚ video games‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ and the internet
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Stephanie Villafranca FTT 450 Professor Shephard 4/30/13 The Negative Effects of Counterfeiting Abstract Counterfeiting is an illegal action. There is a study that provides strong evidence as to why counterfeit items can affect not only the lives of the designers‚ but the everyday consumer. It costs 250 billion dollars a year‚ which causes people to lose their jobs. Its profit margin is larger than any other illegal business. (Crime Inc.‚ 2010). Many people think that counterfeiting only
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The use of drugs is negative to the body and many types of these substances can lead to addiction. Studies say people that have had alcohol before 15 years of age are more likely to become an alcoholic. Alcohol is the number one drug of choice and often is combined with other drugs. People that should not use alcohol include: Those in recovery from addiction‚ Pregnant women‚ those taking medications with which alcohol could interfere‚ Anyone planning to drive a vehicle after having alcohol‚ and
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many things were accomplished‚ which means that our nation was faced with many positive and negative effects. Some of the positive effects included new opportunities for the common public and former slaves. For example‚ the common public was presented with its first public school system‚ new roads and railroads‚ as well as orphanages for children and institutions for the mentally ill. One of the negative effects of the war was the physically and economically drained south. After the war‚ the south was
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cause many positive things‚ but also caused some negative things as well. Before the Crusades‚ most Muslims did not allow Christians into the sacred places like Jerusalem‚ this sparked the Crusades. The Crusades had a massive effect on the conflict between Christians and Muslims. The Crusades started at the beginning of the 11th century Europe was becoming one of the largest civilization on the planet‚ but they had one contender the Byzantine Empire‚ today now known as Constantinople. The Byzantine empire
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The Effects of Drug Abuse Drug abuse has a range of deleterious effects on the user‚ the people surrounding him and even society at large. It is one of the most serious problems affecting almost every society today‚ and even though a wide variety of solutions have been proposed and attempted‚ drug abuse is still a prevalent part of modern life. Effects on the Family Drug abuse has a number of negative effects on a family. Finances often suffer as a result of drug addiction in the family. The
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The War on Drugs‚ a collective term for the series of federal anti-drug efforts run by the United States government‚ attempted to significantly reduce the import‚ manufacture‚ sale‚ and use of illegal drugs and narcotics (Head‚ 1). Regardless of the intention‚ the four-decade long legal movement left a staggering amount of political and social unrest‚ such as the monetary costs for the efforts‚ the harsh laws associated with drug possession‚ and the inflated penalties for relatively low-end crimes
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