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Native Americans Stop Smoking
537 wordsThere 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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Tobacco Smokers Franklin Watts
532 wordsMarijuana is an illegal narcotic drug and is a green or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. It is also known by its many slang names like pot, weed, Mary Jane, dope and chronic. The main active chemical in marijuana is THC (delta- 9 -tetrahydrocannabinol). The THC causes a series of cellular reactions with protein in certain nerve cells that lead to the high the user experiences. Most of the marijuana used in the United States is brought in ill...
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Marijuana Smoke Marijuana Causes
1,191 wordsHurry Up Long recognized as one of God's greatest gifts to mankind, Ganja truly can heal the earth. Unknown to many today, cannabis hemp was used worldwide in paper, fiber, lamp oil and nautical applications throughout the 19 th century, constituting "possibly the largest agricultural and industrial businesses in America" (Here 83). In the early part of the 1800 s cannabis was the number one medicine in the US (83). It held that spot tightly, until it was nudged to second place by morphine in 18...
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Marijuana Prohibition Marijuana Smokers
1,156 words... e of the nation's leading ocular pathologists" (Brazaitis unknown). Later in Randall's life he discovered by accident that smoking marijuana not only lessened the strain on his eyes, but eliminated the tricolored halos that marred his vision. Randall didn't believe that smoking an illegal drug could stop the deterioration of his precious eyesight. Then after six months of trial and error, he became a believer. Randall began to grow his own marijuana, due to the fact that he could not afford ...
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Respiratory Infections Cigarette Smoke
813 wordsBronchitis is the inflammation of the bronchi. It may develop suddenly, following a head cold (acute bronchitis), or it may continue or return regularly for many years, causing worsening of the bronchi and lungs (chronic bronchitis). Certain people are more likely to get bronchitis than others. Men are effected more than women, out numbering them 10 to 1. The reasons for this are unknown. Smokers are 50 times more likely to get chronic bronchitis than non smokers. Acute bronchitis is a bacteria ...
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Excise Taxes Legalized Gambling
1,202 words... h' is the strongest. However decreases in tax revenues are not the only reason that private sector gambling is on the rise. For the many areas in the United States that are experiencing extremely poor economic conditions, legalized gambling is very attractive. The incredible destitution of Indian reservations has prompted many to push measures through that would allow them to build bingo halls and casinos on reservation properties to create jobs. (Indian Gaming, incidentally, took in approxi...
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Legalization Of Marijuana Possession Of Marijuana
1,490 wordsAn Interest group is an organization that seeks to affect the operation of government by using peaceful means to persuade key persons in government to act in accordance with the groups interests. Basically what this means in layman's terms is they are their to change laws that a particular group feels is unnecessary. Interest groups also try to get legislation to make laws that they feel is necessary. Their are different kinds of benefits involved in interest groups. This gets people to join the...
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Food And Drug Administration Tobacco Smokers
1,716 wordsCigarettes - 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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Philip Morris Marlboro Cigarettes
1,199 wordsA Western landscape, a rugged cowboy and the color red have come to embody years of advertising tag lines for Philip Morris' Marlboro cigarettes. These three elements, combined or separate, are recognizable as the American call to Marlboro Country even without the brand name, sales pitch or slogan. We, as consumers, all know where the flavor is and what can be found in Marlboro Country. Marlboro advertisements today reap the benefits of the tradition that proceeds them; they capture a complex me...
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Short Term Effects Effects Of Smoking
1,263 wordsThere are numerous effects of smoking that affect the individual. They can affect not only your health but also your social and family life. It can also affect the non-smoker around you. Non-smokers suffer from allergies, noise and eye irritations and headaches as a result of inhaling second hand smoke. Smoking while youre pregnant can result to the growth of the foetus and may even result in the death of the baby. Down below are some long term and short term effects of smoking. Cigarette smoke ...
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Marijuana Tax Act Marijuana Smokers
1,619 wordsWhy? Marijuana is illegal. Illegal to possess, purchase, distribute or grow. To start off the basic non-creative, non-read between the lines question; Why? Why was marijuana made illegal that fateful day 68 years ago. Is there a justifiable reason to the original criminalization and continuation of that law to present day? So, again I ask; Why? Yet, besides the reason why marijuana is illegal many are against the prohibition laws. However, possibly just as many are for keeping marijuana in the s...
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Pot Smokers Rolling Stone
1,371 wordsJohn B. Pattison Cynthia Quam English II 11 / 6 / 99 Decriminalization of Marijuana Think for a minute about alcohol. Its something we are well accustomed to in our every day lives. We associate it with celebrations, parties, relaxation, and many other things that involve leisure. What else do we associate alcohol with? How about drunk driving and the deaths that occur as well. The thought of alcoholism and the destruction of the body as well families might spring in to mind. Now think about mar...
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Short Term Effects U S Department
2,322 wordsEssay Question: Outline the use of marijuana and identify the acute and chronic harmful biological and psychological effects of marijuana on individuals. The use of marijuana is widespread by all classes, races, and cultures. Marijuana has been used for a multitude of purposes over thousands of years, and is still, today, is being used for many of the same purposes. (Hawks 1982) It is some of the possible outcomes of the usage of marijuana, and a brief history of marijuana that will be discussed...
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Marijuana Smoke Marijuana Causes
2,396 words8 Ganja Sean P. Silverman 8 December 1999 Ganja Long recognized as one of Gods greatest gifts to mankind, Ganja truly can heal the earth. Unknown to many today, cannabis hemp was used worldwide in paper, fiber, lamp oil and nautical applications throughout the 19 th century, constituting possibly the largest agricultural and industrial businesses in America (Here 83). In the early part of the 1800 s cannabis was the number one medicine in the US (83). It held that spot tightly, until it was nudg...
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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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5 Th Grade Risk Taking
243 wordsResults of a recent study suggest that rebellious, risk-taking kids as young as 11 are more likely to smoke by the time they reach high school. According to the report, children who demonstrate these personality traits in the 5 th grade are most likely to smoke in the 12 th grade. Targeting smoking in high school students is important since studies have shown that adolescents who smoke daily in the 12 th grade are likely to become established smokers as adults. Results of the study, published in...
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U S Census Bureau South Dakota
400 wordsSOUTH DAKOTAN SMOKERS: AGES 18 AND OLDER By Karen Kezar A Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for MA 211: Business Statistics Dr. R. L. Freese, Instructor National American University Sioux Falls Campus August 7, 2001 INTRODUCTION Smoking is a great concern in our society. Smoking is a danger to not only the smokers? health but also those around him or her. It is hard to spend a day in public without seeing someone smoking. Is this amount of smoking as common in the rest...
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Effects Of Marijuana Tobacco Smokers
800 wordsMarijuana is a Marijuana Marijuana Marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. There are over 200 slang terms for marijuana including pot, herb, weed, boom, Mary Jane, gangster, and chronic. It is usually smoked as a cigarette (called a joint) or in a pipe or bong. In recent years, it has appeared in blunts. These are cigars that have been emptied of tobacco and re-filled with marijuana. Some users also mix marijuana into foods su...
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Cognitive Dissonance Theory One Of The Girls
2,052 wordsCognitive Dissonance How do human beings make decisions? What triggers a person to take action at any given point? These are all questions that I will attempt to answer with my theoretical research into Leon Festingers theory of cognitive dissonance, as well as many of the other related theories. We often do not realize the psychological events that take place in our everyday lives. It is important to take notice of theories, such as the balance theory, the congruency theory and the cognitive di...
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Hundred Years Ago Excise Taxes
2,533 wordsASin Taxes Sin Taxes A Fiscal Temptation Gambling and Excise Taxes as Revenue Alternatives The squeeze is on. Demand for government to decrease its reliance on sales, property, and income taxes as sources of revenue is continuing to rise, leaving policy makers scrambling for new, less painful sources of revenue. Also going up are the costs of providing public services, entitlement programs, and conducting the other various functions of government. This upward spiral requires that they simultaneo...
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