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    Second-hand smoke affects children, the elderly, and nonsmokers. Many state and local governments have passed laws prohibiting smoking in public facilities. The diseases associated with second-hand smoking include: Cancer, Heart Disease, Atherosclerosis, Pneumonia, Bronchitis and Severe Asthma. Secondhand smoke refers to a complex mixture of particulate (or solid) and gaseous components. The characteristics of secondhand smoke change over time, particularly the components of sidestream smoke…

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    way that epipens would function. Stem cell transplantation is very sticky area for treatment of sickle cell disease; interestingly enough “patients with SCD have many of same toxicities and benefits from stem cell transplantation as patients with cancer.” (Thompson, Ceja, Yang, 2012). In 1984, the first reported case of a patient being cured of sickle cell disease was through stem cell transplant. It wasn’t…

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    (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…

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    the diagnosis of diseases, which is based on various tests on the patient. Cancer is the second most common non-accidental cause of mortality in the world. Today, cancer is one of the health problems of the world, and it costs a lot of research every year around the world, this is despite the fact that the third cause of death in our country is "cancer." Unfortunately, the wrong way of life has led to the emergence of cancers as a serious health problem globally, and the rising incidence of…

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    people's deaths? Children are naïve and will fall into the trap. When cigarette companies make ads, they are lying because they know there is no benefit except the feeling from the addiction. It can't happen anymore. So many people die a year from lung cancer or other illnesses caused by smoking. Cigarette ads are glorifying smoking. If you ask any smoker when they started they will tell you 9 times out of 10 they started really young and much before they were of age. These ads are glorifying…

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    Smoking is the process of inhaling smoke and dangerous chemicals into the body including the plant tobacco. This dangerous act has been spread worldwide legally resulting in negative outcomes. According to the statistics shown in the article "How Many People Use Tobacco" (2014), about 24.9 million individuals consume tobacco nowadays for different purposes and in many ways. These ways include putting the tobacco leaf in cigarettes, cigars, shisha, as a paste to sniff, and to chew. Many different…

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    Many people debate on should or should not smoking in public places be banned. Everyone knows that smoking harms our health and destroys every organ in our body. Tobacco was found in America for more than 8000 years. People started chewing tobacco at first and they only smoke it during specific events as been said by the “A brief history of smoking” (2011, p.1). It was considered as a type of accessories for a man to hold a tobacco in his hand. Some people see it as a sign of being mature and…

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    grew tobacco plants and smoke pipes. The tobacco industry was the place to gain profit up until recently. In the recent years, many studies have been done on tobacco and its harmful effects such as: second hand smoke, child birth defects, lung cancer, jaw cancer, etc. In recent years the use of tobacco products has plummeted to an unprecedented low. It became illegal for tobacco commercials to be shown on tv and the age in which you could buy cigarettes went from anyone, to 18, to the most…

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    Smoking has several negative effects on people’s health, not surprisingly. It is one of the major leading causes of death lead by lung diseases, cancer, and heart diseases. Furthermore, it does not only affect smokers, but also others around them, through secondhand smoking. Therefore, it is banned from numerous public places to avoid harming others. However, it is still allowed in other areas, especially in Kuwait. Not considering its various negative effects on others, could lead to serious…

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    E-Cigarettes Lab Report

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    nicotine to the lungs.…

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