“Chew On This” In “Chew On This”, written by Julie Mehta, the article outlines the fundamental importance of abstaining from dangerous drugs, such as smokeless tobacco products. Overall, she supports her justification through personal anecdotes of tobacco users who have experienced the repercussions of smokeless tobacco directly as well as detailed accounts on her profound research clarifying health risks. In addition, Julie Mehta offers background on the tobacco industry’s marketing format concerning adolescents and teens through the promotion of innovative substances, which seem to be less harmful and addictive. Julie Mehta offers thorough research on the disturbing effects of smokeless tobacco by interviewing users who have taken some form of the substances themselves.…
E-cigarettes are a controversial public health concern that is on both sides of the health spectrum; they are viewed as a safer alternative to smoking tobacco, but poses similar health risks. The 2014 article Why e-cigarettes should be banned from minors by Gary A. Emmett supports the belief that e-cigarettes have negative effects on health and should be inaccessible for minors. Although e-cigarettes are publicized as a safer and less addictive alternative to smoking, e-cigarettes are also argued to cause liquid poisoning and contain the addictive stimulant nicotine, and Emmett presents evidence to persuade the audience to control this product. Emmett’s article from the Philly news website was chosen for its representativeness principle, reflecting on his rhetorical output.…
Before colonial times, the tobacco native to America was smoked by Native Americans for religious reasons like prayer, health, and spiritual protection. When the European settlers arrived in America they did not have much use for the native tobacco, until the 1600’s when the English settler John Rolfe began experimenting with American tobacco. Only a few years later Rolfe revealed a sweeter and more fragrant tobacco to the Jamestown colony. The “bewitching weed” or “poor man’s crop” that Rolfe cultivated was an instant hit and saved the Jamestown colony’s economy, which until that point had been in a depression, from collapsing. However, even though tobacco was quite popular there was still some debate, in 1604 King James I was the first recorded spokesman to proclaim the perilous and fatal effects of smoking.…
Everyone knows that smoking cigarettes are a bad habit and are dangerous for the user 's health. These cancer causing, teeth yellowing, bad breath causing cigarettes are still used everyday by people all over the world. It used to be cool to smoke and it seemed like everyone did it. Like fashion, smoking cigarettes soon became the thing of the past. People still smoke, but not as much as they used to.…
Lastly, according to the study hookah smoking contains “thirty-six times the amount of nicotine and higher concentrations of heavy metals” (Aljarrah, K. 2009). This means that you are getting much more nicotine with a single puff of a hookah than you would from a cigarette puff, as well as getting metal particulars into your lungs, which will increase your chances of lung cancer. Smoking hookahs, and cigarette are things that we as individual can control, but there are also many things in society that increase the chances of us developing lung cancer that are out of our…
Maksym Ptakh Mr. Soheil Heidar-Bozorg ENG4U February 8, 2015 The Benefits of Illegalizing Cigarette Smoking in North America Smokers tend to believe that smoking only brings them harm and that it is their choice to smoke, but unfortunately that is not the case. By smoking cigarettes, the smoker does not only harm him or herself, they harm the world around them as well. Today, about 6 million people worldwide die annually to cigarette smoking. Cigarette smoking is known to cause multiple illnesses, such as heart diseases, lung diseases, and sometimes death.…
Today, citizens all over the world are bombarded with abundant of campaigns that persuade people to stop smoking. To enumerate, the production and sale of cigarettes not only have a negative impact on human health, it can even cause death. Smoking also affects the children around you with second-hand smoking. When a teenager starts smoking and they continue to do so, it can greatly affect their future ahead of them. Cancer sticks contain over 4,000 chemicals that that contain cancer-causing and toxins.…
There has been a marked decline in cigarette smoking in the United States since the 1964 U.S. Surgeon General’s Report due to sustained and effective regulatory public health and clinical efforts.1,2 However, there has been an increase since the 1990s in the use of non-cigarette nicotine-delivery products, including water pipes.3-5 Water pipe smoking (WPS), also known as hookah, shisha, narghile, arghile, and hubble bubble (depending on the world region), is a 500-year-old form of tobacco use historically engaged in by older men in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. The practice of WPS has been a symbol of social sharing and cultural…
Electronic Cigarettes: a device used to stimulate the experience of smoking, holds a heated cartridge that vaporizes liquid nicotine. E-cigarettes are debated on whether or not they are a safer alternative to regular smoking, but they have health risks, which implies that they are not safer. To start with, bereft of FDA orders, alternative cigarette companies are able to unscrupulously lace their products with addictive drugs. Considering, teen’s growing brains are most effected by the electronic hookah’s smoke, parental guardians can agree that anything harmful to children should be outlawed with age restrictions. In contrast, deep-rooted adult smokers find e-cigs a helpful tool to quit smoking.…
This article has greatly impacted my understanding of drug use, specifically nicotine. I learned that the health effects of nicotine are chronic, meaning constant and prolonged use yields addiction and nearly irreversible health effects. Furthermore, I learned that the use of hookah although it is filtered with water has similar health effects as cigarette smoke,often more harmful than cigarette smoke. In fact, hookah second hand smoke has more carcinogens than cigarette second hand smoke. How can something that was supposed to be less dangerous, display more negative health effects than the “real deal?”…
Dip and Chewing Tobacco causes harmful effects on anyone who uses it, the products can carry the risk of numerous health related problems later in life. In addition, Dip and Chewing tobacco creates negative effects on the environment and human society. Tobacco contains nicotine, which is a proven addictive drug and can easily produce unpleasant habits in its users, inflicting an impulsive drive to use tobacco again and again. Furthermore, tobacco products tend to be expensive to the public, but the addictive nature of the products leaves the user feeling dissatisfied and inclined to buy more. Tobacco not only harms the health of the user and the environment, but it creates an unwanted addiction and habit, which is why it is important to refuse…
Introduction A known problem throughout the world that has been around for millenniums, is drugs. Among these drugs is one that has been in use by humans since its founding, before most of the other drugs of today. This drug is called Tobacco. It seems to be one of the most dangerous drugs socially acceptable that is very harmful to both people and animals alike.…
Twenty percent of people in the United states smoke cigarettes. A part of that percent is kids from six-teen to twenty-five years old and that ratio is gradually declining do to the trend of people trying to quit. While vaping has been surging with popularity. I myself have vaped and smoke cigarettes yet I quit both of them because of not only the cost but for my life 's sake.…
Today, hookah cafés (sometimes called hookah bars or lounges) are gaining in popularity around the world, including Britain, France, Russia, the Middle East, and the United States (Mara, 1). According to a 2011 study, 40.3 percent of college and university students surveyed had smoked tobacco from a hookah (Wake Forest, 1). These statistics apply to Kansas State University as well, because many college students live in the Manhattan Area. Hookah bars in the United States create a bridge for many Middle East and United States students at a time where America is at war in the Middle East. Bringing cultural sympathy through hookah bars at a local level can decrease misunderstandings between foreign and domestic students ("Hookah Bars Find a Place in America”, 1).…
“Cigarettes smoking is the leading avoidable cause of death worldwide” (Susan 88). Although this long paper roll of tobacco lessens stress and helps improve concentration, it has been the cause of several grating diseases and has a great impact on people's health. It contains over seven-thousand chemicals including cancer-causing chemicals and poisonous gases that not only affect smokers but nonsmokers as well because of secondhand smoke. These chemicals in cigarettes such as tar stain smokers teeth and make them look older in age. Cigarettes also hurt the environment by polluting the earth.…