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What do you think the number one killer in the United States is? The answer: tobacco use. Deaths from tobacco use in 2000 beat the total number of deaths from obesity with an astonishing 435,000 deaths. This also beat the total number of deaths by alcohol use, microbial agents, toxic agents, motor vehicle accidents/collisions, firearm use, sexual behavior, and illicit drug use (Marshall). So if smoking is the number one killer, shouldn’t we take steps to reduce the number of smokers? One small,…

Cigarettes consist of many harmful chemicals. One of those chemicals is Nicotine which is a highly toxic substance that causes many respiratory diseases like respiratory muscle paralysis, it also negatively affects the central nervous system. Nevertheless, scientific researches proved that the concentration of Nicotine in cigarettes increased by 16% in the time period between 1998 and 2004 according to the Massachusetts department of public health. Since Nicotine is an addictive substance, this…

Cancer is the second most frequent cause of death in the world. Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells which can invade other parts of the body causing a neoplasm or tumor. Tumors can be either benign or malignant, with benign tumors usually remaining localized. (1) Continuous growth, prevention of programmed cell death, invasion of tissue, promotion of blood vessel constriction and formation of metastases are all characteristics of malignant tumors. Benign cancer does not present with…

Smoking effects every organ in your body, examples have been found in the onset of Alzheimer, Pre-aging, Lung Cancer, and heart disease such as diabetes, and heart attacks. Almost all of these diseases contribute to the leading mortality and morbidity rates in the World today. The effected group is everyone that is surrounded by someone or persons that smoke, or any tax payer. This statement will be addressing South Dakota, Minnehaha county young adults ages twelve to eighteen. Smoking effects…

Deadly Butts More than ten times as many Americans have died prematurely from cigarette smoking than have died in all the wars fought by the United States during its history (“Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking”). At first, one would find this hard to believe when they think about all the wars this country has been through over the years and the fact that many people have died from something as simple as cigarettes. However, when one looks at the research and statistics, the damaging effects…

believe that cigarettes should be illegal INTRODUCTION Image living in a world where marijuana was always legal and in many places still is and cigarettes were always illegal. Sounds crazy doesn’t it. Smoking causes more than 4 in 5 cases of lung cancer. Lung cancer has one of the lowest survival rates of all cancers, and is the most common cause of cancer death in the UK according to an article oncancerreaserchuk.com.…

addiction. Smoking can lead people have some damaging health risks such as they can get lung cancer, mouth cancer and many other. They does not seem to even care about the people around them. As when they smoke in public places, the smoke tend to go in the air and everyone can smell it which could be very harmful for second hand smokers. It can effect second hand smokers very…

the U.S. annually.(11 facts about smoking-do something.org). This part is important because it shows that if you smoke you will likely die. There are over 13 different types of cancer including lung cancer.(medical news today.com). This part shows that there there are many different types of cancer. Lung cancer is one of the most common and deadly types of cancers caused by smoking.(11 facts about smoking-do something.org). This is important because it shows that the most common cancer is…

Jha, Phil, and Peto (2014) reports that “there were about 100 million deaths from tobacco in the 20th century . . . if current smoking patterns persist, tobacco will kill about 1 billion people this century, mostly in low- and middle-income countries (p. 60).” One might argue that every individual who smokes cigarettes does not develop health problems because smokers limit how many cigarettes they smoke. Smoking one cigarette can still cause the same affects. “More Americans die every year…

would save at least 20,000 dollars. For example, 20,000 dollars can be spent on a college education, a brand new car, and multiple other ways. Also, in the Article "Lung Cancer Treatment Costs, including Patient Responsibility, by Stage of Disease and Treatment Modality, 1992–2003." proclaims that, “For a 72-year old diagnosed with lung cancer in 2000, monthly costs in the first 6 months of care ranged from $2,687 (no active treatment) to $9,360 (chemo-radiotherapy), and varied by stage at…