Cigarettes

In 1865, cigarettes were created by Washington Duke on his 300-acre tobacco farm. Since then over 36 million people in the U.S. smoke cigarettes. This is a very startling fact, knowing what lies within these “death sticks”. In the 2010 commercial, created by ANPHA, my group chose for the project, the author uses heavy imagery to capture the audience's attention. Visuals of a test tube filling with smoke and a tar like substance bubbling up within the tube is portrayed within the 30 second ad.…

“Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive.” The given quote could be related to several people in my life. My mother, father, sister, stepfather, and stepsister all contribute to the awful habit of smoking cigarettes. Growing up, my mother has always smoked-- all day and every day. While there was not any noticeable harm being done--the older I got--the more I could see the toll it was taking on her. Her once young skin began to wrinkle as the years went on. Her…

One of the most severe yet preventable health problems in the world is cigarette smoking. It is the second globally leading risk factor for death after high blood pressure (Lim et al., 2012). The consumption of tobacco is currently the single preventable cause of death (World Health Organization, 2011). By 2030, over 500 million people may die due to tobacco which contains active drug nicotine. To understand the factors leading to tobacco use it is most important to consider the enormous health…

Although tobacco smoking is harmful to one’s health, this has not deterred people from engaging in this habit. In many occasions, smokers never consider the surrounding people before lighting up their cigarette. This is because they are ever after satisfying their desires; hence, rarely considering whether the action will affect their neighbors. One reason why public smoking ought to be banned is because non-smokers are also directly affected due to the…

Cigarettes, tobacco, smoking these things bring up thoughts of bad habits, horrible cigarette smell, cancer, and secondhand smoke. Recently there has been an influx of the use of non-tobacco smoking replacement devices also known as electronic cigarettes and vaporizers. Many individuals have switched to these devices as a way to quit smoking. Many of these people have found that the way people and business treat non tobacco smokers is the same as traditional smokers. These individuals made the…

Advertisements are deceiving; cigarette companies use them to target consumers of different social statuses, race, and ages. The majority of the ads portray an image that makes the consumer believe that if they use their product they will look or be as happy as the person shown in the ad. Yet many ads do not show the side effect that their product can have or the effect it can cause on the consumers health. For example in my ad, it tries to convince young adults to buy Newport cigarettes. The ad…

Many people smoke cigarettes because it calms their body when stressed. Tobacco has been growing wild in america for more than 8,000 years. Around 2,000 years ago tobacco began to be chewed and smoked during cultural or religious ceremonies and events. The first european to ever smoke tobacco was Christopher Columbus.Cigarette making machines were developed in the latter half of the 1800s. The first such machines produced about 200 cigarettes per minute, nowadays a cigarette machine mass produce…

The nicotine in cigarettes is as addictive as heroin or cocaine (Benjamin). So you should know that cigarettes are drugs and should not be thought of lightly. Seventy percent of smokers can’t quit (“Tobacco Related Diseases”). But luckily after the age of twenty-six if you have never smoked before, then you probably never will (Benjamin). Smoking also ruins our environment because the smoke and chemicals from the cigarette pollute our air (Benjamin). You should not smoke at all, but especially…

Summary After reading the article choices, I was immediately drawn to the article “New Federal E-Cigarette Rules Have Heavy Impact in Only 2 States” (McCullough, 2016) The article’s focus is on the new federal rules to ban sales to minors and impose stricter safety reviews for the products. The article mostly focuses on the state of Pennsylvania and Michigan because there are no age limit laws for e-cigarette sales. (2016) Additionally, according to McCullough (2016) there are activist in…

Banning Cigarettes My mother smoked cigarettes for over 30 years. I always told her she should quit before she gets lung cancer or worse, but she continued to smoke anyway. Four years ago, my mother finally quit smoking after she suffered a severe heart attack. The doctors had to perform emergency open heart surgery, which was risky since my mom was 69 at the time. My mother’s surgery was successful and she fully recovered a year later. My mother is considered lucky to win her battle with…