Hello my name is ---------and here to persuade you to stop smoking. Smoking is not only bad for health it is also as bad for the people around you. Breathing other people’s smoke is called passive‚ involuntary or secondhand smoking. The non-smoker breathes "side stream" smoke from the burning tip of the cigarette and "mainstream" smoke that has been inhaled and then exhaled by the smoker. Secondhand smoke is a major source of indoor air pollution. How does this affect the passive
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across the United States as well as Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands.” (www.answers.com). The American Lung Association’s goals are to eliminate tobacco use and tobacco-related lung disease‚ improve the air we breathe so it will not cause or worsen lung disease‚ and to reduce the burden of the lung disease on patients and their families. The American Lung Association is a non-profit service organization that funds research; develops public education materials‚ sponsors conferences‚ and lobbies
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Tanya Hicks Anatomy & Physiology Respiratory Assignment. ! 1.) The control center inside of the brain is called the medulla oblongata. Our breathing is controlled by the level of carbon dioxide that we have in our blood. The pons sends out a signal from the medulla to the diaphragm to activate. The diaphragm is also sent a a signal from the phoenic nerve‚ that comes from the cervical plexus in the spinal cord. This makes the diaphragm contract and flatten and increases the space inside of the thoracic
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University Princess Aisha Bint Al-Hussein‚ Faculty of NursingJordan 3.Al-Zaytoonah Private University‚ Faculty of Nursing-Jordan 1. ABSTRACT Background: Pulmonary function testing is a routine procedure for the assessment and monitoring of respiratory diseases. Aim: To estimate the values of peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR)‚ forced expiratory volume in first second (FEV1)‚ forced vital capacity (FVC) and ratio between FEV1/FVC among smoking and nonsmoking students‚ staff and workers at Al-Zarqa Private
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Emphysema: Emphysema is a long-term‚ progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes shortness of breath due to over-inflation of the alveoli. The biggest know cause or risk factor for emphysema is smoking. while the following are not as important as primary cigarette smoke exposure‚ they are minor contributory risk factors: low body weight‚ childhood respiratory disorders‚ exposure to passive cigarette smoke‚ air pollution‚ occupational dust or inhaled chemicals. symptoms of the condition
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should be banned. Most people know that smoking can cause lung cancer‚ but it can also cause many other cancers‚ diseases and illnesses. In the UK there are over 100‚000 deaths each year and contributes too many more. From these deaths‚ about 42‚800 are from smoking related cancers‚ 30‚600 are from cardiovascular disease and 29‚100 people die slowly from emphysema and chronic lung diseases. The cigarettes that you are smoking contain more than 4000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances
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Journal Of Medical Sciences 63.11 (2009): 520-533. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. From this journal I learned more about the direct risks from smoking cigarettes and how it increases the chances of getting some sort of cardiovascular disease. Also how smoking has been claimed to cause eleven percent of cardiovascular deaths. Haustein‚ K. O. Tobacco or Health?: Physiological and Social Damages Caused by Tobacco Smoking. Berlin: Springer‚ 2003. Print. This book gave me a lot of information
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suffering from shortness of breath. The patient had been prescribed the oxygen therapy due to deterioration in their breathing ability (Higgins‚ 2005). The patient in question had been diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). COPD comprises of a number of illnesses including chronic bronchitis and emphysema; in each of the conditions there is an obstruction to airflow (NICE 2010). COPD is a long term condition that is usually progressive and cannot be reversed‚ however in some
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enviroments‚ and increasing financial problems for smokers. Smoking affects health of both smoking person and people around him. Every day‚ in Viet Nam‚ there are 100 people die for smoking tobacco and every year‚ about 40000 people die because of diseases related to tobacco. In addition‚ smoke is easy to spread in the air‚ therefore not only smoking people but also people around them are affected. That means‚ when a person smokes‚ he is harming both himself and many people‚ especially children. These
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Guys‚ today im going to talk about a disease that affects 25 million Americans today. The annual cost of this disease is said to be nearly 18 million each year. It is the fourth leading cause of work absenteeism which totals to as much as 15 million workdays missed each year. Close to nine people die a day because of it‚ and in the last decade the amount of people with this disease has increased by nearly 15% in the United States. I’m talking about asthma. A disease that the Department of Health and
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