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Coronary Artery Disease Late 20 Th Century
1,617 words
When Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas,
he found the natives using tobacco in much the
same manner as it is used today. The American
Indians believed it to possess 0 medicinal
properties, which was the main reason for its
introduction into Europe. Tobacco was important in
Indian ceremonies, such as the smoking of the pipe
of peace. The detrimental effects of tobacco
smoking have long been recognised. As early as the
19 th century, isolated reports were circulated
that cigar and pipe s...
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Cigarette Smoking Lung Tissue
1,899 words
Humans are the only species that have, this urge,
to inhale harmful smoke into their body. There are
all types of smokers. Some smokers are casual
smokers, who only smoke in a social scene, other
types of smoker are depressed / stressed smokes,
who smoke, because they feel that it relieves
something in them, and finally there are addictive
smoker, who dont know why they even started, but
they cant stop. What these people dont realize is
that the harm they are putting their bodies
through. There ...
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Cigarette Smoking Unborn Babies
1,917 words
... se, but long-term smoking may still
permanently damage arteries. Studies continue to
confirm the dangers of second-hand smoke; one
study reported that exposure to second hand smoke
is just as dangerous in the workplace as it is at
home. Regular exposure to passive smoke is now
estimated to increase the risk of heart disease in
the nonsmoker by between 25 % and 91 %, causing
30, 000 to 60, 000 deaths each year. According to
one report nonsmokers who spend as little as a
half-hour in a smoke- ...
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18 Th Amendment Sale Of Alcohol
1,034 words
... Evidence shows a drop in smoking among youths
until 1980, when it eventually reached a plateau.
For more than ten years the number of teenagers
who smoked stayed basically in the same range,
however, in the early 90 s the percentage
increased by thirty. Regulations restricting the
use of alcohol are long existent. Early
governments such as those of the ancient Greeks,
Egyptians, and Romans established laws to limit
the use of alcohol in order to prevent its abuse.
Only a decade after alcohol...
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Smokers And Non Smokers Cigarette Advertisements
1,090 words
The effect of cigarette and tobacco advertising on
modern youth is vastly overrated. While both
political and health activists insist otherwise,
todays adolescence choose their habits,
addictions, and desires ultimately out of their
own free will. Increased opportunity for
advertising within todays society undeniably
leaves todays youth more susceptible to many forms
of psychological manipulation. Teen-agers are now
living in a society guided by unprecedented and
highly unreliable sources of mas...
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Second Hand Smoke Low Birth Weight
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Tobacco is a substance consisting of the dried
leaves and stems of the plant Nicotinia tabac,
which contains the drug nicotine. The plant is
native to North America, but now is grown around
the world. Nicotine is a powerful nerve stimulant
and is extremely toxic. Two to three drops of pure
nicotine, if taken all at once, are enough to kill
the average person. Nicotine has been classified
as the most addictive drug in existence. There are
three principal ways to consume tobacco: smoking,
chewing ...
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Telling The Truth Immanuel Kant
5,428 words
... ngs. Three of the executives written
testimonies discuss the proposed settlement the
companies negotiated with the states' attorneys
general. The details of this settlement are
provided in the section that follows; however the
principle issue in this posture is that it is
strikingly different than the one used in the 1994
testimonies. Mr. Bible was the first chief
executive called in the case, during the sixth
week of testimony in the Warren E. Burger Federal
Building. The following excerpts...
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Burning Sensation Nine Years
1,455 words
Can I have a regular king size Demurer please?
Thats what I use to say after finishing a pack of
cigarettes before the day was even finished. It
all started nine years ago my first day of grade
nine. I wanted to be cool so the cool kids would
like me. I managed to get my hands on a cigarette
and a lighter; I sparked it and took a puff. I
felt a burning sensation down my throat as if I
have been trapped in a burning house full of
smoke. I coughed and coughed clearing my throat
trying to spit out ...
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Psychological Factors Social Factors
1,086 words
... in order to enhance an already-existing
feeling of well-being. Some people also use
cigarettes in order to stimulate them (Thompkins,
1966). Since the start of writing this essay,
instead of smoking in my break, I made the
conscious effort to eat something instead and
realised that I subconsciously would usually have
a cigarette, when working, to help me concentrate.
Thompkins (1966) also noted that some people use
smoking for the pleasure of handling the
cigarette. This is much more typical...
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Years Of Age Tobacco Companies
1,900 words
... making sections. Per capita consumption of
cigarettes continues to decline in the U. S. Data
from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
shows that cigarette smoking among adults aged 18
and over declined 40 % between 1965 and 1990.
There was little to no change in smoking
prevalence between 1990 and 1994, however. This
has prompted the larger tobacco companies to use
more aggressive marketing by expanding into
foreign markets, hence increasing tobacco exports
from about 2. 1 billion in...
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National Institute On Drug Abuse Teenage Smoking
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More Teenagers are still Hooked on Smoking at an
Early Age Abstract This research aims to determine
the daily cigarette consumption of male teenage
smokers on the average through a survey conducted
to fifty respondents. The research was undertaken
in an area frequented by teens at a time when most
of them are hanging out. The result proved that
teenagers are heavy smokers and almost a third of
the entire male smoking population. This proves
the fact that majority of smokers today started
smoking...
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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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Food And Drug Administration Outlawing Cigarettes
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Cigarettes-Killing Our Country- This year alone
cigarettes will kill over 420, 000 Americans, and
many more will suffer from cancers, and
circulatory and respiratory system diseases. These
horrible illnesses were known to originate from
cigarettes for years, and recently nicotine, the
main chemical additive in cigarettes, was declared
addictive by the Food and Drug Administration.
This explains why smokers continue to use
cigarettes even though smokers are aware of the
constantly warned about he...
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Second Hand Smoke Los Angeles Times
1,386 words
This year alone cigarettes will kill over 420, 000
Americans, and many more will suffer from cancers,
and circulatory and respiratory system diseases.
These horrible illnesses were known to originate
from cigarettes for years. Recently nicotine, the
main chemical additive in cigarettes, was declared
addictive by the Food and Drug Administration.
This explains why smokers continue to use
cigarettes even though smokers are aware of the
constantly warned about health dangers in
cigarettes. Although...
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Cigarette Smoke Carbon Monoxide
476 words
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 over
4000 chemical...
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Smokers And Non Smokers Cigarette Advertisements
1,052 words
The effect of cigarette and tobacco advertising on
modern youth is vastly overrated. While both
political and health activists insist otherwise,
today? s adolescence choose their habits,
addictions, and desires ultimately out of their
own free will. Increased opportunity for
advertising within today? s society undeniably
leaves today? s youth more susceptible to many
forms of psychological manipulation. Teen-agers
are now living in a society guided by
unprecedented and highly unreliable sources ...
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High Blood Pressure People Who Smoke
2,358 words
My research paper is on smoking diseases and other
consequences of smoking. Many times when people
think of smoking diseases they think of heart
disease and lung cancer. While those things are
very true there are subtle things that happen
also. Most of the time after someone has smoked
their third cigarette they are hooked. Nicotine is
one of the most addictive substances on earth.
Usually once people start smoking they never stop.
Tobacco was found in the sixteenth century. Many
Indian tribes w...
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Air Force Base Divided Into Three
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Cigarette smoking is Untitled Abstract Cigarette
smoking is of interest to the National Institute
on Drug Abuse both because of the public health
problems associated with this form of substance
abuse and because this behavior represents a
prototypic dependence process. In the past few
years the government has made every effort to
reach the masses, in an attempt to curb the
exploitation of tobacco use, and its acceptance
among Americas Youngsters. However, cigarette
smoking among adolescents is o...
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Tobacco Companies Cigarette Manufacturers
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I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The United States is the
world s second largest tobacco grower. Thus,
tobacco is an important cash crop and the
cigarette manufacturers play a very important role
in the U. S economy Approximately 500, 000
Americans die every year as a direct result of
smoking (1: 66). As the U. S. population becomes
more health conscious, the number of smokers is
decreasing every year. However, the tobacco
industry has remained prosperous due to the
continuing demand of millions of smok...
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People Who Smoke Cigarette Smoking
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SURGEON Quit Smoking! Quit Smoking! SURGEON
GENERALS WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer,
Heart Disease, Emphysema, And May Complicate
Pregnancy. Cigarette smoking has been proven to be
hazardous to your health. It wasn t until 1964
that the actual truth came out about cigarette
use. From the years 1952 - 1956 Kent brand
cigarettes was allowed to use a filter containing
asbestos. Cigarette ads were allowed on television
up until the year 1971, and it wasn t until 1979
that it was discovered that...
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