Smoking cessation

For this paper, I chose to look into the typical Brazilian diet and analyze it. I specifically wanted to look into the high prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and how the foods commonly eaten in this culture can play a role in this. This topic is important to study because of the tragically high prevalence of cardiovascular disease in Brazil. According to The Global Heart journal, “Over the last 5 decades, CVD have been the leading cause of death in Brazil” (Mota, Mattos, Oliveira, &…

Off-duty smoking and whether or not such behavior provided a substantial reason to affect employment is the basis for the scenario presented by Arnold, Bueachamp, and Bowie (2013). The case stipulates that two equally qualified individuals present as comparable candidates for a management position at a retail store. The deciding factor for hiring one over the other is the perception that one is a smoker, provided with details of the smell of the person’s clothing and breath as well as a pack of…

The movie “The Insider” is an award winning film that viewed several ethical reasoning tactics. The main character of the film was Jeffrey Wigand who was employed by Brown and Williamson that shared information with Lowell Bergman, a producer for 60 minutes, about their illegal activity. Although, Brown and Williamson was the third largest tobacco company in the country, they used their power to gain a profit by inserting illegal addictive drugs into their cigarettes. This company defined…

vapor without combustion. This stops the release of toxins in marijuana smoke. Is using a weed vaporizer a good choice? Maybe you know that the primary application of marijuana is smoking. However, some circumstances will present negative effects that don't come from marijuana. The same with tobacco smoking, cannabis smoking possesses the same description with the first since both have the same carcinogens which cause the ignition of the cigarette by combustion. Since there is no combustion,…

The three videos I watched were “Tips from Former Smokers” in this video some people are giving advice to other people to stop smoking. I believe this video would be effective at convincing individuals to change a behavior that has the potential to negatively affect their health because seeing other people who cannot talk helps them realize that if they continue to smoke something similar or worse can happen to them. “Anti-Prescription Drug Abuse Public Service Announcement” this video is giving…

Rodtavious Welch 8 Grade English Mrs.King April 26, 2016 Drinking Should be Illegal Do you want to know why drinking should be illegal because people get killed every year from drinking. Drinking kills Drinking too much can harm your health. Excessive alcohol use led to approximately 88,000 deaths and 2.5 million years of potential life lost each year in the United States from 2006 – 2010, shortening the lives of those who died by an average of 30 years. If you don’t think…

Week Five – Discussion - Isabel Miranda Great posting, clear explanation and well organized. Just one important factor I found some ex-smoker patient believes that the moment they stopped smoking, there is no more risk of any lung disease. However, they forgot that the damage to the lungs by smoking cannot be repaired. As you well mentioned “not every person whom smokes acquires emphysema”, however when the person smokes, the first contact is a mix of gases around the eyes, nose and throat.…

Cluster Headaches: Medicine’s Mystery Malady In The Beginning Humankind has always suffered from headaches. The first written records discussing cluster headaches were in the mid-1600s. At that time the headaches were described by the intensity of the pain or given the name of the author describing them. Wilfred Harris, a British neurologist, was among the first to accurately describe the episodic nature of the headaches. Later, in 1939, Dr. Bayard Taylor Horton, a US neurologist, further…

of the human body. Marijuana smoke cause respiratory problems, increased coughing and production of phlegm and acute chest illnesses like bronchitis and lung infection. Marijuana also increases heart rate from 20% to 100% within a short period of smoking. Marijuana smoke is made up of toxic chemicals like ammonia and hydrogen cyanide that may irritate the bronchial passages and lungs. Marijuana would affect the respiratory system. The drug would also aggrevate existing medical conditions like…

grandfather died from smoking and drinking, but we’re here to discuss why and how smoking should be illegal in America. Why do so many people in the world today have problems with their health? Many people start to smoke at a young age and as they become young adults, they ruin their bodies by smoking or doing drugs. Tobacco usage still remains the largest cause of death in the U.S. According to 2010’s U.S Surgeon General's report, around 443,00 adults die from smoking-related or drug…