Smoke

Almost 20% of adults in the United States smoke cigarettes which is now the number one cause of death that is simply avoidable. Anti-smoking advertisements are shown throughout our society, broadcasting the harmful effects of smoking through pictures or even commercials. The advertisement I chose is an image in black and white showing a man smoking a cigarette, with the smoke forming a gun pointed at his head with words on the side, “Kill a cigarette, save a life. Yours.” The advertisement uses…

Tabaco consumers. In order to get the data necessary, I will survey different age groups and the percentage of consumers who drink coffee or smoke. To get the data necessary for the IA, I have created a survey in which people will answer 7 questions in which there will be questions that will ask at what age did they start drinking coffee or how often do they smoke cigarettes.  Here are some statistics on coffee drinking consumers in which it shows the percentage of drinkers worldwide: Coffee…

people can smoke and what goes into cigarettes. The reason for the government regulating these tobacco products are because we are learning just how dangerous it can be. In the last fifty years health risks from tobacco has been on the rise. Tobacco is linked to many diseases, and cancers, and can have harmful long-term effects on people’s health. In the book Merchants of Doubt, Oreskes and Conway even mention how secondhand smoke is a hazardous to peoples health that do not even smoke, and how…

After paying for my black and mild I made my way across the street to a bench to have my smoke, The pavement boiling in the hot sun. Descending the steps to the bench I brought out my old lighter, battered and worn with scratches and etchings of the past, I set it onto the bench and began a ritual that I should have long forgotten, gripping the cigarette with thumb and ring finger I tapped the lighting end seven times, just like she used to. A simple act, place the cigarette to my lips and light…

to these harsh chemicals. People who are exposed to smoke are more likely to have lung diseases, cancer, and many more health problems. In the Cdc.gov fact sheet it’s reported that “Since 1964, approximately 2,500,000 nonsmokers have died from health problems caused by exposure to secondhand smoke.” Secondhand smoking is dangerous for adults but more so for children because their lungs are still developing. We’ve all learned that secondhand smoke can cause health risks for children.…

people can be seen on the outside of their jobs taking a break with a pack of cigarette. I can remember taking up a pack of cigarette a family member left carelessly only to see in bold that smoking kills. This brought me to the point of why bother to smoke. (Brownlee and Roberts). “The dangers attributed to cigarettes moved to a menacing new plane recently when…

second-hand smoke, which is the smoke that smokers breathe out. That smoke that comes out from a cigarette is just as harmful to non-smokers because the health risks are still involved. According to the CDC reports, “ exposure to secondhand smoke is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States, killing over 50,000 non-smokers each year”(Sundial Par 6). Many college campuses all over the country have realized that and have implanted the smoking ban so you can smoke in a…

Las Vegas Nevada is one of the prettiest places to be in the morning to enjoy the birds chirping and the cool brisk breeze that swipes across your face that is, until that breeze turns into a nasty smell of smoke from multiple addicts trying to sell illegal via marijuana when you're young curious kids are tagging along right next to you. Every day this will happen on the streets of Las Vegas if we legalize it. Marijuana should not be legalized because of the terrible effects of the drug, the…

people in the United States yearly. People know the dangers of a cigarette, but they continually smoke it. It can cause multiple cancers and smoking should not be taking lightly. There is no way you are getting healthful benefits from smoking. Smoking harms three things in the world with the drugs a cigarette contains, which are; the smoker harms themselves, they harm people around them due to second-hand smoke, and they hurt the environment due to littering. Cigarettes need to be illegal in…

Banning Smoking in Cars with Children There is scientific and compelling evidence that smoking in cars puts the health of children at risk. Secondhand exposure to smoke causes thousands of preventable hospitalizations, and several diseases in children, including asthma and pneumonia (The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke A Report of the Surgeon General, 2006). Specifically, there is extensive scientific evidence that…