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Joe Camel Tobacco Companies
476 wordsTobacco companies are killing our youth with advertising. Over 3, 000 children experiment with smoking tobacco everyday. With hundreds of studies proving tobacco to be harmful, this is a large number of new smokers. The majority of new smokers are not adults, but are actually children. Although theses statistics seem to prove that tobacco companies target children, many companies still deny the advertising ploy. Camel is a well known and obviously popular cigarette. R. J. Reynolds, the owner of ...
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World Wide Tobacco Ads
1,275 words... ear older (Kelder G. E. , 1997, April). Smoking is a hazardous habit that many minors have turned to in attempts to look mature. (Braverman P. J. , 1999, November 17). Many people start smoking at a very young age, therefore the government should continue to develop laws to stop this (Kelder G. E. , 1997, April). There are many laws against teen smoking. If caught smoking the teen should have to suffer the consequences and repercussions. One of the consequences is that if the teen is caught,...
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Federal Communications Commission Cellular Phones
1,595 wordsThe war over the health hazards of cellular phones is beginning to mount. The idea that cellular phones possibly cause cancer became an issue in 1993 when a gentleman sued a cell phone manufacturer saying that the phone caused his wifes brain tumor and eventual death (Greenwald, 67). Both sides of the issue continue to blur into one gray area. The battle lines, no longer clearly defined. Research is being undertaken through every organization from The American Cancer Society to the FDA. Although...
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Taking Steroids Baseball Players
800 wordsIn professional sports athletes are trying to gain and advantage on their opponents all the time, especially in baseball. Many professional baseball players take muscle enhancers and weight gainers to improve their game. The athletes that are really trying to get an edge on their opponents may resort to steroids. Baseball players should not be allowed to use steroids or muscle enhancers because, it gives them too much power, they have a better advantage over the other players, and it can cause m...
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Unwanted Pregnancy Birth Control
730 wordsVeronique Mukamire Professor Michael Mazzolini English 101. 02 February 28, 2005 Birth control and abortion The main methods of birth control are the following: sterilization, hormonal methods, using intrauterine devices (IUDs), spermicides (numerous contraceptive creams, suppositories, jelly, foams, etc), barrier methods, natural methods, abortions, withdrawal, celibacy, the rhythm method, etc. Each type of method has its cons and pros. Some of methods are medically proved to be effective in pr...
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Past Five Years Put An End
2,145 wordsIn today s day and age, the use of drugs and alcohol have become a very common practice among our youth. The problem is getting so severe that a large majority of our youth have turned to drugs and alcohol for amusement on a regular basis. The use of drugs and alcohol has always been evident among our youth but in the past five years, numbers of serious abuse cases have risen at a disturbingly high rate. In order to put an end to this horrifying trend, research must be done to examine all aspect...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Level Of Education
1,952 wordsAlthough the rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States has declined greatly within the past few years, it is still an enormous problem that needs to be addressed. These rates are still higher in the 1990 s than they were only a decade ago. The United States teenage birthrate exceeds that of most other industrialized nations, even though American teenagers are no more sexually active than teenagers are in Canada or Europe. (Gormly 348) Recent statistics concerning the teen birthrates are ala...
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Second Hand Smoke Short Term Effects
2,130 wordsPsychology is the scientific study of human and animal behavior. It is made of theories and tries to prove why we behave the way we do, our mental processes, our emotions, and our actions. In this writing assignment I will discuss why some people choose to behave so outrageous that we see it as abnormal self-destructive behavior and why others try to fit in this society and follow the rules. In the United States there's people from all over the world from different cultures and traditions. I wil...
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Male Dominated Society Age Of 18
1,895 wordsThe concept of culture can be defined as an orchestrated integration of unconsciously learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of a group of people. Many varying constituents can compose any given culture. This causes many different cultures to deviate from one another greatly. Such components as ethnicity, life experiences, values, beliefs, religion and customs are all examples of these aspects. (Warner and Model, p. 4, 1998) Customs are a way of expressing values and beliefs of a cult...
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Female Genital Mutilation P O Box
2,843 wordsAs you are reading this article, there are between eight and ten million women and girls in the Middle East and in Africa who are at risk of undergoing one form or another of genital mutilation. In the United States it is estimated that about ten thousand girls are at risk of this practice. Awa That, the Senegalese writer and activist, notes that FGM in a variety of its forms is practiced in Middle Eastern countries (the two Yemen's, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, and Southern Algeria). In A...
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Secondhand Smoke Logical Fallacies
535 wordsThe Health Risks of Secondhand Smoke Are Exaggerated, according to an article written by W. Kip Viscusi, which is published in 1997 in Smoking, Opposing Viewpoints. The article, is not effective. Not only are the sources of the evidence not clearly identified, but also Viscusi uses logical fallacies, and the organization is confusing. The first reason why Viscusi's article is not effective is that the sources of the evidence Viscusi uses are not clearly identified. To begin with Viscusi talks ab...
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Risk Of Heart Lung Cancer
330 wordsThe Health Risks of Smoking Problem-What are the health risks of smoking? Hypothesis-The cotton balls will become black due to the smoke released from the cigarette. Research-The main health causes of smoking are lung cancer, Cancer of lips, gums, tongue, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bladder, cervix, and gallbladder cancer. Also your skin will look 10 - 20 years older than one who does not smoke. 415, 000 people die each year from smoking. Some short-term effects are, yellow teeth and fing...
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Unborn Child Takes Place
1,040 wordsAs of right now, abortion is legal in all nine months of the pregnancy for any reason. This controversial issue is a question of how important the value of life is. The turning point came in 1973 when the Supreme Courts decision in Roe vs. Wade saying, that women have the right to murder an innocent child only up to 24 weeks. This false perception is fueled part by groups supporting abortion rights and it is then uncritically unaccepted by the media. The fact is that the current law allows a wom...
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Alcohol And Tobacco Harder Drugs
1,031 wordsShould Marijuana be Legalised? Marijuana should be legalized for a number of reasons. It is a relatively safe drug, in comparison to harder, more addictive drugs like heroin and cocaine. It is the most widely used drug, behind only alcohol and is even more popular than tobacco. Marijuana can have many positive effects on the body, such as relaxation and pain relief. The legalisation of marijuana would result in a decrease in crime and let police concentrate on more serious offences. The health a...
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Coronary Heart Disease Risk Of Developing
430 wordsAn estimated 146, 000 Americans died of lung cancer in 1992, and 90 percent of these deaths were caused by cigarette smoking. Smoking is responsible for about 30 percent of all cancer deaths annually in the United States more than 155, 000 each year. If smoking-related cancers could be eliminated from our society, we would see a significant decline in the annual cancer death rate instead of small but steady increases. Since 1964, the year of the Surgeon Generals first report on the health risks ...
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Legalizing Marijuana Dangerous Drug
1,333 wordsThe decision to Marijuana INTRODUCTION The decision to use marijuana is first and foremost a moral question. Drugs, in this case marijuana, is a moral assault on a person being, because they make a person less than what they should and can be, they degrade one s character, and systematically destroys everything a person cares about (Warren 1999). Marijuana is the drug that is disguised into medicine. Many people believe that marijuana can be used as medicine for some diseases, and, therefore, it...
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Billion Dollar Industry Marijuana For Medicinal Purposes
2,646 wordsRoyal Commission Review of Marijuana Policy in Canada From: Commission Member David Meek To: Minister of Justice: Mr. Neshevich Among the vast array of social issues confronting Canadian citizens today, the need for proper and thorough review of marijuana policy reform is a pressing and substantial problem. People are torn between the different ways in which marijuana policy should be reformed in Canada. A number of pros and cons regarding the issue make a simple solution almost impossible. The ...
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Environmental Protection Agency Amounts Of Carbon
1,620 wordsWhat have we done to our planet Earth? At present, the most extreme and realistic finality we will ever realize as a race of beings is that our planet doesnt need us; we need the planet. Within the last two hundred and fifty years we have caused the planet more harm than its 4 billion years of existence. It is and has been time to realize the seriousness of our abuse towards Earth. We cant just turn pollution off like a switch when we dont want to deal with it, we have to do something about. And...
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Common Side Effects Anabolic Steroids
1,947 wordsSteroids: Quick Way to the Top Hey wimp, was first thing Dan Brown heard his freshman year in high school. Needless to say, Dan promised himself that was going to be the last time he was ever called a wimp. With no girlfriends, no starting position on the football team, and no confidence, Dan was convinced he had finally found the solution with anabolic steroids. Dan kept his promise. His sophomore year brought not only the desired starting position, but also a beautiful cheerleader. With the go...
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Taking Steroids Stop Taking
502 wordsSteroids are aSteroids Steroids Steroids are a synthetic version of the human hormone called testosterone, and they can be very addictive. Currently, there are more than 100 different types of steroids that have been developed. The two most common are gamma hydroxy butyrate, also known as GHB, and clenbuterol. Steroid use is never safe, whether in large or small doses; in fact, it is so dangerous that very few studies have been done with humans. According to the 1999 survey, 2. 7 percent of 8 th...
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