Smoking

Iman Rahimi Public Speaking The Health Effects of Smoking Hookah INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: Tradition plays a big role in the human experience. Regardless of whether the tradition is beneficial or detrimental, often times people continue to carry them out in order feel that the period of time they live in is connected to all other periods of time, that they can become part of something larger than themselves. There are many traditions taking place today that can be traced back to…

on Smoking & Health, over 20% of people in America die from tobacco; and, a person dies every 6 seconds from a tobacco-related disease, such as lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD), and heart disease. Even though, people realize about this issue, it is difficult to most of the people to stop smoking, because of the nicotine addiction. There are many solutions to reduce or prevent this problem, the most popular and basic solutions around the world are a smoker quits smoking,…

Smoking cessation was my semester’s goal but after a few days I realized that goal needed modification into a reachable goal with a specific outline. Decreasing the amount, I smoke with the eventual outcome of changing my lifestyle by creating my own smoking cessation program was this semester’s goal in Psychological Aspects of Kinesiology. Initially, I wanted to stop completely smoking and found that was extremely difficult for me to accomplish. I have smoked for more than 10 years which…

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…

pregnancy, resulting in a fatality. The effects of smoking during pregnancy on newborns can be harmful to babies when they are born, and even be deadly. Some expectant mothers smoke because they are addicted to nicotine or due to stress, but no matter the reason an unborn baby is still being potentially harmed. Some of the most known birth defects in newborns, from mothers smoking, are premature birth, stillbirth, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Smoking during pregnancy causes these…

Students Should Not Smoke on Campus Modern society has put a label on cigarettes marking them as harmful, dangerous killers. Anyone associated with cigarettes automatically becomes its accomplice and victim. All WCC students should abstain from smoking any type of tobacco products/cigarettes on campus because it makes people around them uncomfortable. Not everybody that attends the WCC campus is accustomed to being around smokers and may feel intimidated by their presence. People passing by…

Comparing marijuana smoking to tobacco smoking seems like an easy answer, tobacco is bad end of story. This is true, but isn’t smoking marijuana also harmful to the lungs and pulmonary system? There have been studies that have concluded smoking marijuana does not do the same damage as tobacco. This statement is somewhat misleading because marijuana smoking has not yet been found to be a factor in causing cancer; however, cannabis has been linked to respiratory issues such as bronchitis and…

The anti-smoking campaign presented by NHS (see fig. 1) clearly illustrates the severity of becoming addicted to smoking. Not only is it an addiction, but a habit that one cannot escape and will eventually be the death of that individual. Through use of scare tactic and logic regarding the outcome of fish whom become hooked, NHS construes a touchy and effective ad that delivers the harsh reality of cigarette smoking in order to save or help those potentially affected. The consequences of…

Disease Control and Prevention), "cigarette-smoking kills more than 480,000 Americans each year, about 17% of those deaths were from exposure to secondhand smoke”. One of those victims of secondhand smoke would be an infant whose life hasn’t begun yet. In the United States, according to a study of 39 states and New York City, about 11% of expecting mothers stated smoking during their pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). Smoking during pregnancy leads to very severe…

however only 25 % of Chinese adults have a comprehensive understanding of the potential health affects and hazards that smoking causes. Even less are aware of how harmful second hand smoke is to the public. China has no smoke-free legislation in Health-care facilities, educational facilities, government and indoor offices, or restaurants. There are no fines issued for smoking to the establishment or the smoker. China has such a low tax on tobacco that it has little…