Secondhand smoke (also known as environmental tobacco smoke) is the smoke a smoker breathes out and that comes from the tip of burning cigarettes‚ pipes‚ and cigars. It contains about 4‚000 chemicals. Many of these chemicals are dangerous; more than 50 are known to cause cancer. Anytime children breathe in secondhand smoke they are exposed to these chemicals. The American Academy Pediatrics (AAP) has conducted research on the effects of thirdhand smoke and found that it is also harmful. Thirdhand
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Character Analysis Elise Beer Design for the Stage 3/16/2015 Puck: Puck is the jester to Oberon‚ king of the fairies‚ and is mischievous. He finds great joy in playing tricks on the other characters‚ which adds an element of humor to the play. Puck likes to goof around but also gets things things done‚ for example when he goes to get the love juice for Oberon. It is then when Puck mistakenly put the potion into Lysander’s eyes and sets in motion the plot of the play. In the end we all realize how
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Date: April 16‚ 2011 To: Busy Signals‚ Unlimited From: Brooke Perryman‚ Jimmy Wall‚ Taylor Morris‚ and Barrett Watson Subject: Deferral of Training Costs Accounting Issue Should Busy Signals‚ Unlimited (Busy) defer the costs of training to TSRs? Alternative #1 – Busy should not defer the costs of trainings its TSRs since such costs do not meet the definition of an asset. Assets are things that a company owns that have value. This typically means they can either be sold or used
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In the paper I’m going to discuss the externalities of second-hand smoke. Externalities refer to all costs or benefits of a market activity borne by a third party. It’s also the difference between the social and private costs (benefits) of a market activity. When economic agents are not directly involved‚ negative externalities can exist‚ such as pollution. Second-hand smoke is a health hazard at any level (Essentials Of economics‚ Bradley R.Schiller). It’s to be said that smoking bans are the
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Secondhand smoke: When one breathes in smoke that comes from the end of a lit cigarette‚ cigar‚ or pipe (sidestream smoke) or that is exhaled by a smoker (mainstream smoke)‚ you’re inhaling almost the same amount of chemicals as the smoker breathes in when smoking Secondhand smoke: When one breathes in smoke that comes from the end of a lit cigarette‚ cigar‚ or pipe (sidestream smoke) or that is exhaled by a smoker (mainstream smoke)‚ you’re inhaling almost the same amount of chemicals as the
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Introduction Attention getter: Cigarette smoke contains over 4‚800 chemicals. Relevance to this audience: Everyone knows someone that smokes. Speaker credibility: My uncle has been smoking ever since I was little. Thesis statement/Main Points: Smoking cigarettes is bad all around because of the chemicals it has in it‚ the effects it has on your body‚ and the harm it does to the people around you. Transition: Some people who smoke don’t know what’s in them. Body I. Cigarettes
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The article "Like Black Smoke" and the article "A World Turned Upside Down" both mainly discuss about a horrible and deadly diseas called the bubonic plague. Like "A World Turned Upside Down" the author is mainly describing how black death swept through and has effected Europe and changed everything in the old times. In the article "Like Black Smoke" the author is telling how the black death spread‚ where it came from‚ and where it traveled. "Like Black Smoke" was to explain how the bubonic
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10 Reasons Not To Smoke 1. Smoking under age 18 is illegal. Using‚ holding‚ or buying of cigarettes can get you in serious trouble‚ especially around school. In regards to school‚ you can be suspended‚ or even expelled! 2. Smoking reduces your ability to do things that require endurance‚ such as sports‚ etc. The tar in the cigarettes covers up alveoli‚ which help you breathe‚ which makes for less surface area for gas exchange. In other words‚ you must breathe more to get the same amount of oxygen
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Assignment Number: #1 Point Value: 25 point Character Analysis Odysseus- Role: He is the protagonist of The Odyssey and now he struggles to return home. Outcome: Odysseus returns home and lives happily ever after with Penelope and Telemachus until he is killed by Telegonus‚ his son by Circe‚ and taken to be buried at Circe’s home. Personalities: Odysseus is confident‚ has great integrity and had powerful strength and courage in himself. Changes throughout the epic: Odysseus changes throughout
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Mason 1 Aliisa Mason Professor Lewis ENG102-AI 23 February 2014 Ma Joad Character Analysis The Grapes of Wrath is a story about family and hardships during the time of the Great Depression. The story follows the Joad family as they search for jobs out west after being forced out of their home in Oklahoma. The Joad’s are challenged. They have hardly any money and jobs are very scarce. Throughout the novel the family struggles
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