The Cause and Effect of Smoking Smoking can be considered one of the most dangerous habits that any one individual can have. Smoking kills an average of 450‚000 people each year. That is more than car accidents‚ drunk driving‚ and illegal substances. So why is it that people still continue to smoke? What causes people to even want to smoke knowing the deadly effects? There is no one real reason that causes people to smoke. There are actually several reasons that scientists believe is the
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Cigarette? Why not? How about I’ll tell you why? Smoking can be considered one of the most dangerous habits that any one individual can have. Smoking kills an average of 450‚000 people each year. More deaths are caused each year by cigarettes and tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus‚ illegal drug use‚ alcohol use‚ motor vehicle injuries‚ suicides‚ and murders combined. So why is it that people still continue to smoke? Although smoking relieves stress and is seen as cool by some
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The effects of smoking marijuana on the body and mind There are many reasons why some people start taking drugs. Many of these are social. But with the very first use‚ chemical changes occur in the brain that may lead to addiction. Drug addiction is a disease. And with every additional use‚ the user increases his or her chance of becoming addicted. Drugs are chemicals. They work in the brain by tapping into the brain’s communication system and interfering with the way nerve cells normally send
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THE EFFECTS OF CIGARETTE SMOKING ON THE BODY The effects of cigarette smoking on the human body are serious and in many cases‚ deadly. There is said to be approximately four thousand chemicals in cigarettes and of this four thousand‚ hundreds of them are said to be toxic. The chemicals in cigarettes affect the human body immensely from the internal functions of organs to the productivity of the body’s immune system. Three common effects of cigarette smoking on the human body are heart attacks
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hildren face a higher risk than adults of the negative effects of secondhand smoke. Not only is a child’s body still developing physically‚ but their breathing rate is faster than that of adults. Adults breathe in and out approximately 14 to 18 times a minute‚ where newborns can breathe as many as 60 times a minute. Up until a child is about 5 years old‚ the respiratory rate is quite fast; usually between 20 and 60 breaths per minute. When the air is tainted with cigarette smoke‚ young‚ developing
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The Ripple Effect of Smoking It has become common knowledge that smoking is bad for people’s health‚ nonetheless people continue to smoke. To be honest‚ that is fine. If people want to endanger themselves by smoking then I wish them a swift and peaceful end (though most smokers die a slow and agonizing death). What is not acceptable is the effect that smoke has on non-smokers who have almost no way of getting away from smoke unless they want to stay in their house. Smokers affect everyone
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Why is Smoking Bad For You ? You know that smoking is one of the worst things kids or adults can do to their bodies.Then‚ why do you smoke? I think‚ you have not really become conscious about all the effects’ smoking.Whereas‚ there are a lot of harm of smoking.Some of them are that smoking affects your healt‚you spend a lot of Money‚you make some rude behaviours people around you. The first reason “Why is smoking bad for you?” is that‚ smoking is responsible for several
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Natural and man-made changes in climate Cambodia Cambodia This natural effect is responsible for the comfortable living conditions on earth‚ with a mean global temperature of 15 ºC. Without GHGs the mean temperature would be approximately 30 ºC lower. 5 What is Climate Change? Changes in long-term averages of daily weather Cambodia 6 Greenhouse Effect SUN Cambodia GREENHOUSE EFFECT INFRARED RADIATION GHGs GHGs EARTH 7 7 Causes of Climate Change
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SUBKINGDOM: PROTOZOA Phylum | SARCOMASTIGOPHORIA | APICOMPLEXIA | CILIPHORIA | Class | Class: LOBOZEA (amoeba)Species: ENTAMOEBA HISTOLITICA: * Only pathogenic parasite of this class * in large intestine * morphology: 1.trophozoite ; 2. Quadrinucleate cyst - 15 micrometers (smaller than 10 is ‘non-pathogenic’)‚ found in colon and feces‚ 4 nuclei * Life cycle: > parasite in caecum > mature cyst is swallowed > cyst hatches in intestine and quadrinucleated amoeba come
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Persuasive Speech Dangers of Smoking Specific Purpose: To inform the audience of the dangers of smoking and persuade them not to. Introduction: 1. Did you know that smoking is the number one preventable cause of death in the United States? 2. According to cancer.org there is 440‚000 deaths a year caused by tobacco. 3. On average every smoker costs their employer almost 2‚000 dollars a year in lost labor. By the end of the speech‚ the audience will be informed about
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