Tobacco industry

to all restaurants, bars, package liquor stores, Deadwood casinos and video lottery establishments. It requires owners, managers, and operators of places where smoking is prohibited to inform violators of the smoking ban. The ban does not apply to tobacco shops, hotel rooms designated as smoking rooms, and existing cigar bars”(BallotPedia). Over the last 10 years the number of smokers in South Dakota have decreased…

E-Cigarettes: The Safer Alternative to Cigarettes Almost every commercial you see after your favorite TV shows concerns an epidemic in America that affects adults and mostly teens: the addiction of cigarettes. The majority of American families have at least two or more family members that smoke cigarettes. But what are some of the methods that smokers use to stop their addiction? The common use is the nicotine patch or “cold turkey”, which usually doesn’t work. The use of e-cigarettes benefits…

The Overview of Transtheorectical Model The transit heretical Model is also called the Stages of Change Model was developed by Prochaska, Di Clemente and colleagues of the University of Rhode Island in nineteen ninety-seven. This model was originally inspired by smoking cessation studies, a study that examined the experiences of smoker who on their own and the ones that require extra help to quit smoking to analyze why people have the capability to quit smoking on their own (3). The result had…

Using vape and e-cigarettes is widely seen as a terrible thing and for the most part can be. This invention was first used to stop smoking the combustible traditional cigarette. If this object was used for its original intention it would’ve been a very good thing. However, because it looks so much like the traditional form it was given a bad name. It was seen as the same thing as a traditional after all of the studies came back and said that they all have the same chemicals. This is true to an…

people that did not smoke caught second-hand smoke and end up in the hospital or in a graveyard. ‘’Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable and premature death, killing an estimated 443,000 Americans each year. Cigarette smoking costs the nation $96 billion in direct medical costs and $97 billion in lost productivity annually. In addition to the billions in medical costs and lost productivity, tobacco is enacting a heavy toll on young people’’ (Kathleen Sebelius). The smoker was not always an…

E-cigarettes is another name for electronic cigarette. An E-cigarette is a cigarette-shaped device containing a nicotine-based liquid that is vaporized and inhaled, used to stimulate the experience of smoking tobacco. The ingredients used in e-cigarettes is usually a mixture of propylene glycol, glycerin, nicotine, and flavorings. Others may have similar ingredients, but without nicotine. New research suggests that e-cigarettes vapor produces tiny particles that users suck deep into their lungs,…

Oral Cancer On average, 43,000 Americans are diagnosed with oral cancer per year. Of those 43,000, it will cause over 8,000 deaths. That is one person every hour of every day. This number is rising higher and higher not because it’s hard to discover or diagnose but the early stages of oral cancer are going unnoticed (“Oral Cancer Facts” 2014). More often than not, treatment is being sought out after it is too late. Understanding the causing factors of this disease and taking the proper…

Tobacco products are very popular amongst people and have been for many years. It is not like a fad where it is popular for a while and then people forget about it. What makes it so popular? It can be very harmful to people and yet people still act like it does not affect them. Even though it is not easy for people to stop using tobacco products. There are many programs that can help people quit using tobacco (Moody-Thomas 646-652). The outlaw of tobacco products would lead to tobacco no longer…

Many consumers that use e-cigarettes are using them as a way to end their smoking habits of tobacco products (Franck et al. 1945). E-cigarettes seem to be a growing trend in use among people that are trying to quit smoking. Therefore, e-cigarette companies are trying to target these people to help boost sales. However, many others are using e-cigarettes as a gateway into smoking, which may lead to tobacco or illegal drugs (CDPH 3). With this huge upward trend in e-cigarettes, this product is a…

A Miraculous Plant The tobacco cigarette in its modern form is so ubiquitous, so seemingly organic, that it is hard to imagine a world without it. However, throughout the course of human existence, the tobacco plant was relatively unknown and unused. In fact, the tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum, was only indigenous to central and south America, and was initially harvested for ceremonial or medicinal practices(1). The earliest evidence for the use of tobacco in the Americas dates back to around…