Smoking cessation

Electronic cigarettes have helped people to quit smoking; however experts are worried that e-cigs manufacturers are targeting young people which will cause them to be addicted to nicotine. “Smoke Signals” by Alessandra Potenza has explained that even though e-cigs were made to be positive, they can be dangerous at the same time. U.S. officials are worried that e-cigs are attracting more teens to try this product instead of addicted smokers. Ecigs has a lot of money in marketing to make them…

regardless. An effect of any risky act is getting yourself hurt and possibly others around you as well. Because people take risks even though they know that it might be dangerous, they are allowing themselves to get hurt. For instance, eating fast food, smoking cigarettes, and drinking often or on a daily basis will alter your health, and put you into the risk of damaging organs and your body. Additionally, by doing a reckless act, it will result in breaking your bones and muscles. Besides…

Australians relishes fairly high levels of health compared to many other countries. Statistics reveal that Australia has a moderately long-life expectancy, declining mortality rates and reasonable access to health care. We measure health status through the process of data and information collection known as epidemiology, which is the study of disease in groups or populations to identify patterns and trends. The measurement of epidemiology includes life expectancy, mortality, morbidity and infant…

twelve and seventeen start smoking every day, 2,000 of whom will become daily smokers.” Teens find themselves curious of what smoking is like. (Hyde and Setaro 7) Adolescents that grow up in an environment of psychological, sexual, a substance abuse can influence smoking. Peer pressure is one of the most common reasons for trying a cigarette. According to researchers, concerns about image and weight control is responsible for smoking at an early age. (Hyde and Setaro 11) Smoking is not just…

Expedia.com® recently released the results of their annual Airplane Etiquette Study. Participants of the study ranked the most annoying passenger behavior. If you fly frequently it is likely you have experienced many of the behaviors on this list. Social media has also provided a spot light to share terrible passenger behavior or even live tweet it! There are even passenger shaming Facebook and Instagram accounts dedicated to sharing this unbelievable behavior. The survey found the first and…

Did you know that there are thousands of wildfires in the U.S each year? Many of those wildfires are started by people. Wildfires can have many bad effects on the environment. Wildfires can destroy homes and habitats, create smog and take many lives. Wildfires can destroy homes and habitats. When animals homes are destroyed they have to find a new place to live and the animals who already live there will be pushed out of there homes. When wildfires destroy homes people are forced to move or…

Candles are made up of chemical compounds pressed together in the form or a candle. They are made of two totally different types of wax which is Paraffin wax and Beeswax. The Paraffin candles are 95% of the world’s population of candle production. But when it comes to the beeswax the beekeepers can only used one or two pounds of the wax for every hundred pounds of honey they are able to harvest. They are also thought being able to clean the air because when the beeswax candle is burned it…

Teenagers have even adapted to the use of this addictive drug. The amounts of users that participate in cigarette smoking are on the rise. It has been concluded from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that each year, an estimated 443,000 people die prematurely from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, and another 8.6 million live with a serious illness caused by smoking. Despite these risks, nearly 23 percent of high school students use tobacco products, and more than 90 percent…

In 2011, 4.2 million Americans aged 12 years or older have tried heroin. Out of that 4.2 million about 23% became dependent. Heroin can leave users with a sense of euphoria, making them to feel relaxed and drowsy. Users heart and breathing slows down. This slowing in breath is an indication of lung function slowing down, which in turn can lead to an overdose that kills people. About 15% of users whom suffer overdoses have died due to fluid filling up in their lungs. Bacteria that is often found…

among sub-groups within the Asian American, Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian population. The three leading causes of death among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are cancer, heart disease, and stroke, all of which can be caused by cigarette smoking. Asian American and Pacific Islander population is the only U.S. population suffering cancer as the leading cause of death. In particular, Asian Americans have the highest incidence and mortality rates of liver and stomach cancers--the…