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The Dangers of Smoking

 

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             Secondhand smoke is estimated to cause three thousand lung cancer deaths every year. The mixture of smoke given off by pipes, cigarettes, and cigars contains four thousand substances. More than forty of these four thousand substances are said to cause various cancers in animals and humans. Secondhand smoke is estimated to cause between one hundred-fifty thousand and three hundred thousand lower respiratory tract infections in infants and children. Between two hundred thousand and one million asthmatic children's' condition is made worse by secondhand smoke. Exposure to secondhand smoke can also cause irritation of the throat, eye, and nose. Secondhand smoke is also known as environmental tobacco smoke, passive smoking, and involuntary smoking. Secondhand smoke has been identified as a known cause of lung cancer in humans.
             People think that when they smoke they are smoking pure tobacco, and think nothing else of the other ingredients in cigarettes.


Essays Related to The Dangers of Smoking

1. Prevention of Smoking

... a good example for kids by not smoking and informing them on all of the dangers of smoking we have just talked about. We have to make sure kids know the law. It is illegal for anyone under 18 to buy cigarettes, therefore we can't be the ones helping them get the cigarettes. That law is there for a reason. Kids don't know and understand the dangers of smoking at these young ages. They are ... being influenced by there peers to smoke, without knowing the dangers of it ... are many things we could do to save lives. According to teen health 3,000 kids under the age of 18 become regular smo...

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2. Smoking Around Children

... smoke but friends do. There is a wide variety of dangers when it comes to parents or family members smoking around children. Children that see the people around them smoke may tend to believe or assume that is okay or acceptable to become smokers themselves either as a teenager or as an adult. The dangers of being exposed can differ by the region in which one lives in where cigarette ... smoking is not permitted in a public area. Almost half of the kids living in the Midwest (40%) are exposed to tobacco smoke, as compared with 24% in California, where the dangers of second-hand smoke ar...

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3. Smoking Ban

... bar to fulfill their needs, but since this new law people have learned to cope with not smoking and it has helped some smokers to reduce the amount of cigarettes they smoke or even to quit smoking cigarettes altogether. The city of Boston recently picked up this new law and also banned smoking in restaurants and bars. This law is becoming more and more popular with officials ... protects my health and is protecting the health of the people who do smoke by giving them a hard time about it. This hasseling that the smokers receive has led some smokers to quit smoking and is most definitely...

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4. Smoking in restaurants

... introduced to Europe in the sixteenth century by Spanish explorers (Berger 11). However, it was not until 1964 that smokers were warned of the dangers of smoking. Furthermore, nonsmokers were informed by the Surgeon General Report of the risky health effects from secondhand smoke in 1972 (Berger 11). Today, many are well aware of the possible health effects that smoking and secondhand smoke can cause. Even though many are educated on this ... issue, smoking is a difficult habit to break. Choosing to smoke or not ... ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

5. Final Essay - Smoking and Human Rights

... among adults has decreased significantly over the last 50 years. The rest of the world however this is not always the case, with poorer countries statistically having higher rates. Part of the reason for that is the poorer countries have the least resources to educate and protect their citizens from the dangers of smoking. Resources such as money and ability to enact and enforce certain public ... enforce certain public health measures in order for their citizens to have the opportunity to be educated and live a life of leisure unaffected by the dangers of smoking cigarettes. What the Au...

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6. Cigarettes - Addiction and Product Dangers

... finally quit smoking. She then sued the Liggett Group, the makers of the cigarettes she smoked. The lawsuit charged that the company knew of the link between cancer and smoking in the early 1940's. The company was found innocent of conspiring with other tobacco companies to hide the dangers of cigarette smoking but guilty on the grounds of falsely claiming its products were safe. However, things have changed. It is not 1940 anymore, when people were ignorant about the dangers of smoking. Tobacco ... companies now have Surgeon General warnings on cigarette packs. Unless they have been li...

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7. Smoking in Public

... adjust to a boycott by, for instance, permitting smoking ranges. The quantities of peoples who smoke have increment throughout the years. Despite the fact that they are furnished with the learning of how undesirable smoking can be, peoples still decide to smoke. Smokers decide to subject themselves to the wellbeing dangers of smoking. It additionally influences every one of the general population around the peoples who smoke in light of the fact that when peoples smoke in pubic ... the smoke voyages all over the place through the air, and the ... ...

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8. Clearing The Smoke Between Cigarettes and Marijuana

... for increasing hunger levels in AIDS patients, and relieving pressure on the eyes of glaucoma sufferers.. Whether its dangerous or not, smoking will always be a part of society. Many people disregard the apparent dangers of smoking because of the enjoyment or health benefits that they receive from smoking things such as a fine, Cuban cigar or a pipe of marijuana to ease the pain of chemotherapy. After all believe it or not, non-smokers die everyday ... . However, it is important not to smoke in excess. Smoking is not a serious health risk until it becomes a habit of everyday use. The ple...

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9. To Light Up or Not to Light Up: That is the Question

... you", millions would still smoke. We know all the dangers of smoking, why not create a law to make it illegal? Making cigarettes illegal would reduce the health risks involved with smoking, prolong people's lives after quitting, and reduce the risk of secondhand smoke. Although people will always fight and say that they need the cigarettes in order to live a normal life, a ... or she will get a disease from inhaling another's second hand smoke. With all the risks that are involved, the dangers of smoking definitely outweigh the necessities. Making cigarettes illegal would reduce the hea...

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  • Approx Pages: 6
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  • Grade Level: High School