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quit smoking if menthol cigarettes were not available, and only 13% of menthol smokers said they would switch to a non-menthol cigarette. “These public reactions to a potential FDA ban on menthol cigarettes provide a strong counterargument to the tobacco industry perspective that a ban infringes on freedom of choice, patronizes adults, and will lead to a large black market”…

Pain in the abdomen can be a common problem and although it can be caused by a lot of factors and may be due to some diseases. Of course, it can also disrupt your normal activities and daily tasks. However, if you are experiencing pain in your abdomen as a symptom of pancreatitis, you may need to find treatment for pancreatitis to stop the discomfort. Pancreatitis happens when your pancreas is inflamed and there can be a lot of causes for this. Excessive alcohol intake, gallstones, smoking,…

26 million of that. California Citizens Against Special Interests and Wasteful Taxes, No on Prop. 56 raised $27k and Protect Small Business and Smoke Free Alternatives, No on 56; Sponsored by Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade Association raise $3.6k. Tobacco companies alone spent over twice as much as all the committees supporting Yes on 56 combined. Both sides also have various commercials promoting their side of the argument. I have watched commercials from both sides and came to the conclusion…

Electronic cigarette (EC) is the Electronic Nicotine Delivery System simulates the combustion of tobacco by vaporizing the flavored nicotine solution, from which the aerosol formed can have lower amount of tobacco-leaves-derived intoxicants and EC is considered to be less harmful (Lindblom, 2015). Currently, sizable smokers are puffing on the EC whilst the civilian use of EC has been restricted by legislation in some countries, this in turn, sparks contentious debate without consensus. By the…

“Hey there, Sweetheart - can I bum one?” The Death-bringer internally sighs - he had expected to be bothered for cigarettes, but not quite to this extent; he is down nearly half his pack, yet he has only smoked two himself since he purchased it hours ago, the rest having been supplied to those who asked as they approached him on the sidewalk. Smoking is an occasional vice of his, and he is semi-immortal anyway – he won't die from it even if he continuously smokes for a mortal's lifetime, so long…

Introduction and Background “How the Big Tobacco Deal Went Bad” written by Jim Estes attempts to cause reform by educating the public about the misuse of funds for self-interest by the government politicians. The New York Times The New York Times is a periodical published daily in New York and its online newspaper. The target audience of the newspaper is educated and younger individuals that have political affiliations. This newspaper has liberal political views while raising awareness on…

In 2013 The New York State Dental Journal published an article comparing and reviewing the oral hygiene between smokers and non smokers with periodontitis. The article also suggests that smoking and periodontitis are directly linked. (Gene B. Sherwim, 2013). A study on the relationship between Smoking and Periodontal disease states that periodontal diseases and smoking are in direct correlation to one another. (Gene B. Sherwim, 2013). Evidence from a 2010 study states that smoking cigarettes is…

E-cigarettes give smokers the nicotine they need but not the other bad chemicals and are a perfect substitute and eventually replacement to conventional cigarettes. British reaserchers did a study on smokers and e-cigarettes. The study found that people who wanted to quit smoking were about 60 percent more likely to succeed if they used e-cigarettes compared to would-be quitters who tried an anti-smoking nicotine patch…

Logan stated “E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that are designed to resemble traditional cigarettes.” E-cigarettes are so popular now in this generation. Teenagers at the young age get addicted to the nicotine not for the right reasons. These products such as Juuls and vapes are supposed to displace cigarettes and help smokers who want to quit but, they are doing just the opposite. This is relevant to the US/VA Government because the problem with E-cigarettes is they’re all around the…

The film Thank You for Smoking is a comedy that follows a lobbyist, Nick Naylor, for the tobacco industry. Nick Naylor is the main character who is the rhetor. This comedy takes a serious topic, and makes it more at ease through mockery. A good example of rhetoric can be found in Thank You for Smoking during a scene where Nick Naylor conveys an argument about the objection to placing a skull and crossbones label on every pack of cigarettes. Baylor makes sure to deliver this argument in front of…