Smoking

On January 11, 1964, Luther L. Terry, Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, released the first report of the Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health. On the basis of more than 7,000 medical and scientific articles, the advisory committee concluded that smoking is directly linked to serious health issues such as cancer, coronary heart disease, strokes, and a variety of other serious medical conditions. (CDC) Since the reports initial introduction 51 years ago,…

Massachusetts department of public health. Since Nicotine is an addictive substance, this sudden increase in its concentration made quitting smoking much harder on the 70% of smokers who want to quit smoking, according to Cornyn Houston the vice president of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention -aka CDC-. Contrary to the…

Although there has not been much research about it yet, vaping is becoming the next big thing in the smoking community. People are beginning to find out that there is a better, safer, and much cheaper alternative to smoking. That alternative is an Electronic Cigarette, which was first invented by a man by the name of Hon. The first “vaporizer” consisted of 3 simple parts: a lithium-ion battery, a small cartridge filled with the “e-juice”, and an atomizer, which is used to create heat, causing…

There are hundreds of methods to help people quit smoking; from quitting cold turkey to using alternative nicotine sources, yet even with the countless options less 6% have actually had success with quitting their destructive habit. Stephen King, in his short story “Quitters Inc.,” vividly shows the struggles of quitting through his tone, symbolism, and characterization. King displays the harmful effects addiction has in every aspect of that person’s life, along with how paranoia and…

for them benefit of themselves and their families. This type of change is needed because according to the American Cancer Society, around six million people die annually from tobacco products, and 30% of whom die from cancer-related diseases due to smoking (retrieved from http://www.cancer.org/aboutus/globalhealth/tobacco-control). This is a shocking number of people that are dying every year from tobacco related products and this new regulation could be a stepping stone in getting the number…

Many smokers struggle to quit smoking each year; unfortunately, the majority of them are unsuccessful. However, a present trend that has hit the market for about a decade or so is known as electrical cigarettes or vaping. This new development is assumed to help fight the craving and smoking cessation. It is growing in popularity across the United States and in England, with its advertised benefits of a safer approach to consuming nicotine. These electrical cigarettes are promoted to help…

SCIENCE DRUG REPORT – NICOTINE – Lily Gherbaz Nicotine is the chemical in tobacco, which makes tobacco smoking addictive. The chemical formula is C10H14N2 (shown in the diagram below). When nicotine is delivered into the lungs by inhaling smoke, mood and behaviour are regulated from the increase in the release of brain chemicals called neurotransmitters. (Chemical Properties, n.d.) (Botanical extracts, 2009) Nicotine is only one of more than 4,000 chemicals found in the smoke from…

On the fateful day of April 22nd, 2015, I was unfortunately carrying marijuana and a small pipe on me and then was caught by police. I now have to pay many hefty fines and preform many hours of community service. What I regret most about smoking marijuana is all of the time I wasted while being high and just not being able to be productive like I would have been sober. Instead I spent my time playing video games mindlessly, dazing into the television, or just sleeping instead of possibly…

what stage a person is in will help specify the material, resources, and tactics used in a health program. For example, quitting smoking is a personal choice. If a person is in the pre-contemplation stage, he or she is not even thinking about quitting in the near future. Recognizing this stage will lead you to specific ways that will help change their belief. Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States and it is responsible for about one in five or…

and pulls out one of his teeth, and lays it down of the counter. The cashier then hands him his cigarettes with a disappointed look and says “see ya again.” The organization is The Real Cost and they 're trying to show the health risk involved with smoking. This is an influential way to…