According to the American Lung Association‚ there are an estimated 50 million people who smoke. For some reason people just do not fully understand the risks they take by smoking. Cigarette smoking is a frequent cause for many health problems with smokers. To begin with‚ there are many hazardous ingredients in cigarette tobacco. Some of the ingredients are poisonous or addictive. Cigarette smoke produces thousands of chemicals that are hazardous to a smoker’s health. There are
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Smoking is accountable for 80% of all lung cancer deaths. Cancer from smoking claims over 100‚000 lives each year‚ smoking can also handicap a person’s physical fitness as in their performance and endurance. Lung and esophagus cancer together claim 87‚000 lives per year. On average someone who smokes a pack or more a day lives seven years less than a non-smoker. Tar lines the inside of your lungs‚ which in turn causes the cancer. Someone who smokes 20 cigarettes a day inhales at least one cup
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Osvaldo Palomares Anneliese White Comp 1 MWF 3 Oct. 2013 Start Smoking the “E-Way” A walk across campus this week will reveal students‚ professors‚ and administrators smoking cigarettes like never before. Although smoking has been labeled a” bad habit”‚ technology has introduced a healthy electronic alternative that smokers should consider. This alternative comes in the form of an electronic cigarette‚ or “e-cig” for short. Instead of burning tobacco and thousands of chemicals wrapped inside
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11/9/2014 Cigarettes: The Truth Beneath Smoking cigarettes is something I feel strongly about‚ some of my friends‚ family members‚ and co-workers smoke cigarettes. The people around me smoke everyday to a point where they could not go an hour without one‚ and a majority of smokers have to take hours out of their days just for one. I hold the belief that smoking needs to be stopped because I was taught my entire life how dangerous each puff of smoke could be. Smoking can affect many things‚ these being
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Why People Should Stop Smoking You’ve all heard of the dangerous effects of smoking‚ but have you heard all the facts? 8.6 million People in the U.S. have at least one serious illness caused by smoking. That means that for every person who dies of a smoking-related disease‚ there are 20 more people who suffer from at least one serious illness associated with smoking (General Smoking Facts). Smoking is one of the greatest causes of disease and chronic illnesses in the world‚ yet people continue
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Stop Smoking Cigarettes I think that Americans should stop smoking cigarettes. First‚ cigarettes are very bad for the body’s health. Second‚ smoking cigarettes is a very expensive habit. Finally‚ people should stop smoking because not only is it bad for your health but it is also bad for the appearance. Americans should stop smoking cigarettes since it is so detrimental to there health. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) cigarette smoking accounts for at least 30%
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The Silent Killer Amador Medina Do you want to live longer? Smoking is responsible for a large number of deaths every year across the world. Cigarette smoking has been identified as the number one preventable death in the world. Smoking kills slowly. One cigarette contains about 4000 chemicals‚ 51 of which are carcinogenic‚ meaning the chemicals cause cancer. Smoking has many negative effects; it becomes addictive‚ it harms the body‚ and causes personal problems. Cigarettes contain many toxic chemicals
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Smoking during Pregnancy Arsenic‚ rocket fuel‚ toilet cleaner‚ lighter fluid‚ and batteries; what if this were the newest baby food? American’s would be in outcry and rightly so. These ingredients are all poisonous‚ yet they aren’t just found in rat poison and household cleaners‚ they are found in cigarettes. Despite this 10% of women will smoke cigarettes regularly throughout their pregnancies even though they have full knowledge of the consequences (“Program”). The children of these mother’s
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between female and male attitudes towards smoking. It is hypothesised that females will have a more positive attitude towards smoking. Questionnaires using a 5 point likert scale will be utilised to measure each participants’ attitude towards smoking through their responses. Results stated there is no significant difference between genders when scores were placed through an independent t-test. It is concluded that more research onto attitudes towards smoking and with a larger sample is needed to draw
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Smoking Cause and Effect All people have habits. Some people have negative or positive habits. Smoking is one of these negative habits. Most smokers started smoking when they were young. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no one starts smoking after age Twenty-five. Nearly nine out of ten smokers started smoking by age eighteen. They started smoking to try it out then smoking became a habit. Some young smokers were attracted
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