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Secondhand Smoke Athletic Prowess
1,862 words
Representative introduces the following bill,
which was referred to the committee on January
tenth twenty thousand and one. Section One:
Cigarettes are killing the uneducated youth. This
bill is targeted towards the youth and protecting
them against making the terrible decision to
smoke. This bill will change the amount of smokers
because the bill is going to make cigarettes less
a part of society and make them less desired.
Section Two: Every year cigarettes kill more
Americans than were killed...
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Native Americans Stop Smoking
537 words
There are about 1. 5 million smokers that are age
seventeen or younger. Many historians believe
smoking started with the Native Americans. There
are many uses of the tobacco leaf. Also there are
many things to consider if you thinking about
using any type of tobacco. First, one must realize
there is illness associated with the use of
tobacco. Secondly, the cost of using tobacco keeps
going up every year and often the amount being
used increases. Thirdly, if one is already a
smoker and wishes to ...
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World Health Organization Philip Morris
652 words
Tobacco Loss at Home Is a Gain Overseas Under the
stress of battling US regulators, the internal
tobacco industry mindset is getting easier to see.
It realizes it has lost the battle for America's
hearts and minds. It knows the public holds Big
Tobacco in low esteem and expects it to make as
few concessions to our health as possible. So why
do tobacco corporations bother to continue the
charade and keep putting their case before an
unreceptive public? Big Tobacco has turned up the
volume on dome...
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Philip Morris Brand Loyalty
1,009 words
products such as cigars, snuff, and chew are
considered close substitutes to cigarettes. Cigar
smoke is just taken into the mouth, but not
inhaled like cigarettes. Snuff and chew do not
even contain smoke, but are put on the skin for
nicotine absorption Companies such as Imperial
Tobacco, which produce a wide array of chew and
snuff products, would be considered a company that
provides substitutes to cigarettes. They would not
fall in the cigarette industry itself. Situation
Analysis Industry St...
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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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Food And Drug Administration Tobacco Smokers
1,716 words
Cigarettes - Addiction and Product Dangers It is
clear that businesses have an obligation to inform
their customers about their product's ingredients
and dangers. Looking at the case of Rose Cipollone
we see that she was a heavy smoker. Her doctor's
had to remove part of her right cancerous lung and
informed her that she had to quit smoking.
Unfortunately, she was addicted. Her doctor's
removed the rest of her lung that year and she
finally quit smoking. She then sued the Liggett
Group, the make...
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Chewing Tobacco Socially Acceptable
1,143 words
I really dont know much about teen smoking or why
they like to smoke. This is just what I think
about it. I know most teens love to smoke because
they think its cool. Some teens smoke because they
want to fit in with their friends. Other kids just
smoke because of the peer- pressure from their
friends. - Do teens smoke because of the
peer-pressure? The reason why teens smoke is
because of the cigarette ads and problems at home.
Smoking and chewing tobacco are just like using
drugs and alcohol. O...
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Second Hand Smoke Smoking In Public
1,831 words
"A blockbuster study published in the January
issue of the Journal of the American Medical
Association (JAMA) examined the impact of exposure
to ETS on the progression of atherosclerosis
(hardening of the arteries) and concluded, in
part, that the arteries of non-smokers exposed to
ETS thickened 20 % faster than non-smokers with no
second-hand exposure" (JAMA). Another study
published in Pediatrics in January estimated that,
"about half of the cases of early childhood cases
of asthma, chronic br...
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Make Tobacco Illegal And Legalize Marijuana
533 words
There have been lots of views and opinions
surrounding the arguments whether marijuana should
be legalized and if tobacco should be made
illegal. The reasons for marijuana not being
legalized are similar to the reasons people want
tobacco to become illegal. Only the danger that
tobacco provides is more intense than the danger
marijuana. Marijuana's short-term effects include
temporary problem with memory and problems with
learning. It also causes temporary distorted
perception (sounds, time, tou...
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Heart Rate And Blood Pressure Smokeless Tobacco
934 words
Many years ago, smoking was considered alluring
habit and it was quite popular to smoke. However,
when it was scientifically proved after numerous
researches that smoking was the cause of many
health problems, the public opinion towards
smoking had changed a lot. Over the last 40 years,
approximately the number of smokers in the United
States has dropped 30 %. Private businesses and
all levels of government have jumped on the
nonsmoking bandwagon. Almost every state now
restricts smoking bands f...
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One Of The Worlds Marlboro Cigarettes
882 words
Altria Corporation Altria Corporation is one of
the worlds largest tobacco corporations, the
parent company of Philip Morris International,
Kraft Food, Philip Morris Capital Corporation, and
Philip Morris USA. It was founded in New York in
1919. The companys headquarters are based in New
York, U. S. A. Through its subsidiaries Altria
Corporation is engaged in the manufacture and
sales of tobacco products both in the U. S. and
international markets. The products are sold to
the wholesalers, large...
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Second Hand Smoke Heart Rate And Blood Pressure
2,284 words
The Aspects of Smoking Many years ago, smoking was
considered alluring habit and it was quite popular
to smoke. However, when it was scientifically
proved after numerous researches that smoking was
the cause of many health problems, the public
opinion towards smoking had changed a lot. Over
the last 40 years, approximately the number of
smokers in the United States has dropped 30 %.
Private businesses and all levels of government
have jumped on the nonsmoking bandwagon. Almost
every state now re...
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National Rifle Association Children And Adolescents
1,172 words
The quest for political power. Rarely does a day
pass where some form of power struggle does not
occur within our government. The importance of the
role of American government in the lives of its
constituents has continuously grown in conjunction
with a corresponding increase in governmental
economic and social obligations. As the American
state assumes greater power and responsibility in
its actions, so must the citizens of the United
States. With this increase in modern government
participatio...
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Short Term Memory Long Term Effects
2,276 words
Hemp Hemp is the plant called cannabis sativa
which is more commonly called marijuana. Marijuana
has been illegal in the U. S... ever since the
Great Depression. The question we must ask
ourselves is why? Why isa drug that has so many
beneficial uses illegal? Is it because its
poisoning the youth of today? Is it because it
leads to harder drugs, the health problems, the
addictive ness, the short-term memory impairment,
the auto accidents, or is simply because
politicians tell us it is for our ow...
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19 Th Century 20 Th Century
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Grade Received on Report: 89 Essay 1: Tobacco and
Western Culture The use of tobacco dates back to
the 17 th century. The primary reason for its
beginning was purely economic at first. It later
became apparent to researchers over the decades
that tobacco was more than just a commodity to be
traded for economic gain. It was actually a drug,
nicotine, which developed into physical dependency
and had adverse side effects as people began to
live longer. Further research at the social level,
revealed...
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Alcohol And Tobacco Users Of Marijuana
1,422 words
Of all the illegal substances people are putting
into their bodies these days marijuana is the most
frequently used. It has been and will continue to
be used experimentally, spiritually, and even for
pure enjoyment. Marijuana is used in some fashion
in almost all countries across the globe. In
countries in Africa, South America and Central
America, it has been the central tool for
spiritual events. In America and other up-scale
countries such as Italy and France, marijuana is
being used for medi...
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Vice President Al Gore Op Cit P
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Abstract Since the late 1970 s, requirements to
have government health warnings on cigarette
advertisements and restrictions by the Advertising
Standards Authority on associating smoking with
glamorous lifestyle, have been accompanied by the
development of surrealist advertising,
particularly by Gallaher with their Silk Cut and
Benson and Hedges brands. This chapter proposes
that elements of the tobacco industry, having long
recognised the power of sexuality in advertising,
have now tapped into ...
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Nicotine Addiction Peer Pressure
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This is a research essay done by me, Jacky Cheng.
This research essay focus on the topic of teenager
smoking. Teenager Smoking In this world today,
smoking is rising rapidly. Teenagers at a young
age start to smoke for a number of reasons. It is
too easy today that teenagers will get addicted to
cigarettes from the advertisements and wanting to
imitate a character you have seen smoking.
Cigarettes can be bought easily and teenagers get
hooked on them fast. People in the Food and Drug
Administrat...
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Billion Dollars Tobacco Industry
1,165 words
Tabacco and its unfair treatment Unfortunately for
the tobacco industry we live in an unfair society
where the population always wants to point the
finger at someone other than themselves. Tobacco
has been around as long as anyone can remember,
and unfortunate for the tobacco industry, they
made it possible for the smoking American to be
able to buy fully processed and manufactured
cigarettes. During this time, the average smoking
American has known that smoking causes health
problems, and yet t...
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Twenty Five Percent Centers For Disease Control
1,930 words
Forty-eight million Americans smoked in 1997 which
is equivalent to about twenty-five percent of the
nation s adult population, according to a U. S.
government survey released in November, 1999
(Cooper n. p. ). According to Michael Ericsson,
director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention s Office on Smoking and Health, the
smoking rate among young adults ages 18 - 24 rose
about four percent because of the increase in teen
smoking seen over the next ten years. He said, As
these teenag...
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