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Chewing Tobacco Socially Acceptable
1,143 wordsI 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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Health Care Costs Teenage Smoking
1,605 wordsThis is a story about Stephanie. When she was 16 she had her first cigarette, in the back of her friends car. Her friend lit up a cigarette for herself and then offered Stephanie one. Stephanie knew that smoking was bad for you, but everyone else she knew had tried it. She wanted to feel like she fit in. She smoked the cigarette and thought to herself, "Hey, this is pretty cool. I feel so relaxed. Two years later, Stephanie was a senior and smoking a pack a day. She found it hard to make it thro...
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Alcohol And Cigarettes Lung Cancer
883 wordsDrugs have become a very serious problem in the United States. They have become a component of ones every day lives. This Nations reliance on drugs for pleasure, depression, and medical relief dominates the political and economic scene. Much debate over the drug issue occurs daily. Pleasure is one of the main reasons for drug use in America. Drugs are used daily by all different age groups. Some of the more common drugs used are marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, and heroin. Among the younger users...
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Understanding Sexual Addiction And Possible Treatments
1,804 wordsMen and women who have or exhibit excessive or unusual sexual urges or behaviors can be considered sex addicts. An example would be a man who sits at his computer and engages in Internet pornography, regardless of the fact that he is married and his marriage is suffering because of his activities. Another example would be a woman that engages in extra-marital affairs, knowing this could end her marriage and possibly result in her being infected with a sexually transmitted disease. These are just...
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Internet Users Turn Addicts
997 wordsIf you " re an Internet user, you know who you are. They are among all of us in society, although many may choose to not acknowledge that they too, frequently use the Internet. As I sit here and look across the street, I see a man in front of his own computer; the screen glowing against the window behind him. He does not use his personal computer for work, he is a farmer. He has become what is known as an "Internet Junky." The addiction begins innocently. At the start, you are not even aware of ...
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Escape Reality Video Games
1,706 wordsThere are certain things that cause addiction. Computer games are electronic games that are addictive. Played on a computer or on a console system such as the Sony Playstation, these games can occupy a person for countless hours. Through computer gaming, people escape their reality which includes school and work. Video games also present people with challenges they can overcome so they can feel a sense of accomplishment. In a virtual world, mistakes can be undone and time can renew itself with t...
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Computer Games Addictive And Time Consuming
1,876 wordsEntertainment plays a big role in everyday life. Games, video, computer, online games, Playstation's, etc can be used as entertainment and stress relief by many. (Woolley). Games are created to give people some time of pleasure and fun, time to get away from the world and dont think about the problems they face. But entertainment has become a business. Companies dealing with entertainment business make millions of dollars by (for example) putting a single computer game on sale. Their success dep...
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D A R E Crack Cocaine
1,759 wordsCeleste Porter Hlth 1050 Research Paper Crack-Cocaine Addiction at It's Best In quite a few lower-class communities, phrases like "your mom is a crack head, " or "shut up crack baby" are said jokingly to make fun of someone during what we call a "rip session. " Although said as a joke, some are very offended by the comments. Why? because for some, crack addiction hits too close to home for comfort. Seeing how easy it is obtained in lower class and poverty stricken neighborhoods, many find themse...
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Thoughts And Feelings Internet Addiction
1,849 words... lem, Dude. And besides, you " re beginning to tick me off!' (II) Failing to Ask for Help The second trademark of most addictions is that people affected are very reluctant to ask for help. The mindset of most addicts is: 'I can beat this myself. ' Not only are they reluctant to ask other people for help, but even when they do, they don't accept the advice of others easily. The best thing to do is to look for individuals or professionals who know how to cure addicted people. While these resou...
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National Drug Control Alcohol And Drug
1,506 wordsCocaine Cocaine is highly addictive stimulant of natural origin, which directly affects brains of a human. This drug can be produced from a special extract of the leaves of coca plants, which are growing in the highlands of South America. Cocaine is one of the most harmful, but, at the same time, one the most usable drugs in the world because of its strong psychological and psychical effects, and also because of the thrill of danger, associated with its producing, distribution and usage. In the ...
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Drug Addicted Drug Dealer
1,539 wordsCrime Movies Review It is no secret that detective and criminal movies are mostly popular among the audience. For a very long time the critics have been discussing the reasons of such popularity. Some people say that contemporary explicit criminal movies corrupt the audience and serve as the driving force for criminal action. But is it really true? Drew Todd wrote that crime movies implicitly make two arguments at once: they criticize some aspect of society and the offer some resolution by showi...
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American Lung Association Surgeon Generals
2,797 wordsLong Term Effects of Smoking on the Human Body Nicotine is a poisonous alkaloid found in cigarettes and is considered the addicting substance that makes quitting smoking so difficult. Each day, more than 4, 800 teenagers, between the ages of eleven and seventeen, smoke their first cigarette. Almost 2, 000 of these young people will become regular smokers, adding up to 730, 000 teenage smokers annually. Also, inhaling tobacco smoke is habit-forming. It causes a temporary lift to the nerves and th...
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Drug Enforcement Agency Law Enforcement Agencies
2,247 wordsHow Medicine Can Turn into a Weapon The number of various diseases, that were impossible or hard to cure just several years ago, had substantially decreased due to the scientific and technological advance. The rapid development of medicine and especially of the pharmaceutical industry had resulted in a creation of a variety of new and sophisticated drugs. With every year, they become more strong and effective than their predecessors. Thousands of people with different illnesses depend on a certa...
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Second Hand Smoke Billion Dollars
2,595 wordsKicking the Habit: The Economic Effect on the Nation For about 400 years tobacco companies have been at the top of the American enterprise. But lately in the last 50 years we have been learning about the health hazards linked to tobacco. In 1964, the Surgeon General announced that smoking can be a health hazard. After that discovery, nicotine (which is in tobacco) was found to be a very addictive drug. It was also found that currently there are about 9, 000 deaths annually due to second-hand smo...
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High Blood Pressure People Who Smoke
2,358 wordsMy 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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Los Angeles Times Internet Addiction
3,590 wordsInvestigative Report Of Internet Addiction Prepared for Dr. Jere Mitchum By Marwan November 4, 1996 TABLE OF CONTENT LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS... iv ABSTRACT. v INTRODUCTION... 1 Purpose. 1 Growth Of The Internet. 1 THE ADDICTION. 2 What causes it 2 Symptoms 3 How To Overcome The Addiction. 4 The elements of any addiction. 4 CONCLUSION. 8 One Last Interesting Question 9 REFERENCES. 10 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure The number of networks connected to the Internet vs. Time. 2. The percentage of the Int...
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Roller Coaster Centered Ness
2,570 wordsThe Disease Of Drug Addiction Cunning, Baffling, The Disease Of Drug Addiction Cunning, Baffling, And Powerful In this term paper, I will address the disease of drug addiction, a disease that affects the lives of millions of people worldwide. Drug addiction not only destroys those that use the drugs, but also the lives of people close to the addict. I will give you a look at the disease from the biological standpoint, starting with a definition of an addict. In the fellowship of Narcotics Anonym...
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Hard Core Pornography Elmer Dewitt
3,158 wordsThe Point of Pornography on the Internet Why is the Internet so enticing for pedophiles? ? It? s created easily accessible stimulation for child molesters. Anybody can download pictures in complete anonymity. They do not have to make any kind of human contact? (Trebilcock 102). There may be definitions to describe pornography, but they do not truly examine the destruction, degradation, and the pathetic nature of the concept. The word pornography is more destructive than one might believe. It wou...
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