People tend to fear death when something life threatening comes their way, but are not knowingly pushing themselves one step closer to it with their daily habits. How can one fear something such as getting Ebola and dying from it, when he/she is pretty much asking for the Grim Reaper at their doorstep. In the cartoon dated 10/9/2014, the artist draws attention to the American man fearing getting infected with the Ebola virus because he does not want to die, but is clearly pushing himself closer to his death by eating all of the wrong foods, drinking, and smoking cigarettes. Think back to a decade or two ago, you may or may not have been born or been old enough to remember but i'm sure most of us can picture it. If you do take that look back
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When you ask most people if they have ever smoked a cigarette most will either say yes or that they have been offered but refused. Peer pressure is one of the main reasons why people feel the need to smoke. Most people do it because they’re pressured to do it or because they just want to look cool infront of their friends, but before they know it they become addicted. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ”Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including more than 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure.” Tobacco literally kills nearly half of it's users. Not to mention “smoking causes cancer, lung diseases, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, immune system problems, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis,” says …show more content…
It’s common amongst adults to go out with a couple of friends and go get a drink. But sometimes it may not go as planned, you went to get a drink and ended up waking up at home the next day, not knowing what happened or how you got home. People who have experienced this type of situation should consider themselves lucky. In 2014, alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities). These are just the deaths related to drunk driving. According to the 2015 NSDUH “15.1 million adults ages 18 and older(6.2 percent of this age group4) had AUD(Alcohol Use Disorder). This includes 9.8 million men3 (8.4 percent of men in this age group4) and 5.3 million women3 (4.2 percent of women in this age group4).” Many people are abusing alcohol consumption and don’t even think about the effect it is having on their body, drinking too much can actually harm your health. It can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease, liver disease, stroke, digestive problems, and even cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, colon, and liver. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that “Excessive alcohol use led to approximately 88,000 deaths and 2.5 million years of potential life lost (YPLL) each year in the United States from 2006 – 2010, shortening the lives of those who died by an average of 30
When you ask most people if they have ever smoked a cigarette most will either say yes or that they have been offered but refused. Peer pressure is one of the main reasons why people feel the need to smoke. Most people do it because they’re pressured to do it or because they just want to look cool infront of their friends, but before they know it they become addicted. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ”Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including more than 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure.” Tobacco literally kills nearly half of it's users. Not to mention “smoking causes cancer, lung diseases, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, immune system problems, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis,” says …show more content…
It’s common amongst adults to go out with a couple of friends and go get a drink. But sometimes it may not go as planned, you went to get a drink and ended up waking up at home the next day, not knowing what happened or how you got home. People who have experienced this type of situation should consider themselves lucky. In 2014, alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities). These are just the deaths related to drunk driving. According to the 2015 NSDUH “15.1 million adults ages 18 and older(6.2 percent of this age group4) had AUD(Alcohol Use Disorder). This includes 9.8 million men3 (8.4 percent of men in this age group4) and 5.3 million women3 (4.2 percent of women in this age group4).” Many people are abusing alcohol consumption and don’t even think about the effect it is having on their body, drinking too much can actually harm your health. It can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease, liver disease, stroke, digestive problems, and even cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, colon, and liver. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that “Excessive alcohol use led to approximately 88,000 deaths and 2.5 million years of potential life lost (YPLL) each year in the United States from 2006 – 2010, shortening the lives of those who died by an average of 30