Tobacco Addiction Essay

Post hoc ergo propter hoc (often shortened to “post hoc”), is an archaic logical fallacy that, when utilized in mathematics, can be used to disguise a less impressive statistic. The fallacy states that since B happened after A, A caused the outcome of B. An example of this is marketing techniques to deter teenagers from smoking cigarettes. Since smoking and low grades often go together, the marketing team can say that smoking causes low grades. What the propagandists don’t reveal is that perhaps…

quit smoking first, well, I do not agree with this statement. A realistic view of accomplishing these goals needs to understand that while working towards smoking cessation several tools are available that will aid you to lose weight and not use tobacco. Reaching a goal does not have to be an all or nothing scenario but should use small steps that will reach the main outcome of a performance goal. I will use regular exercise, calling a friend or family member who supports me, and self-talk as…

The Blame Game: An analysis of the 2015 Indonesian Wildfires and the 2009 Australian “Black Saturday Bushfires” The Indonesian wildfires of 2015 and the Australian black Saturday bushfires of 2009 are both major disasters that caused severe damages and many casualties, but with different controversies surrounding them. The many lives lost in Victoria Australia brought a major discussion about hazard response, vulnerability and human rights on the agenda. In Indonesia the controversies around…

There are a plethora of possible research study’s that could be conducted in order to engage students and provide them with valuable knowledge. One research study that I previously participated in at Indian River State College in my honors statistics course was the islands project. The online islands project allowed students to collect a random sample from hundreds of people on separate islands and in separate towns. On this online site students were able to conduct study’s on the people they…

Lead has a long history had many uses back in its prime. Lead use dates all the way to the 300 BC, but It wasn’t used extensively until the Medieval times. Lead was originally utilized by the Romans for an array of problems. In an article by Needleman (1999) the romans would use Lead for roofing, coffins, cisterns, tanks, and gutters, and for statues and ornaments. The people found that unlike other metals lead did not need to be painted in order to not be corroded away. Leads inherent softness…

campuses have comprehensive tobacco policies and 1130 are 100% tobacco free. This growing number can be attributed to support from academic community and growing social norm supporting smoke free environment (Americans for Non Smoker’s Rights). In NYS Tobacco free initiative, smoke free policy is defined as no smoking anywhere on the campus where as tobacco-free policy prohibits all forms of tobacco anywhere on the campuses including e-cigarettes. Implementation of tobacco-free policy can be…

The city commission should ban the use of toxic herbicides and pesticides in parks and playgrounds to help the continual growth and development of the local ecosystem and the health of people in these establishments. Pesiticides and herbicides used in parks can cause health problems in people, especially in young children who frequently explore parks and playgrounds. Pesticides and herbicides are used to keep unwanted organisms from growing in a certain area. However, many of these chemicals…

From the table, we can see there were no colonies growing on the tryptophan dropout and the isoleucine drop out, on all the medium plates except for the 1X dilution Tobacco medium plate. For the positive control, increasing concentrations of ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) resulted in a decreasing number of colonies growing on the medium plates. This means that EMS is mutating the yeast in such a way that they would not be able to grow on the YPD. For each concentrations of the positive control,…

Melanoma is the deadliest type skin cancer. A person dies from melanoma every 57 minutes and about 9,940 are estimated to die from it in 2015. There is a greater risk of melanoma for anyone that has more than 100 moles. For characteristics of melanoma, there are new moles, evolving moles, and existing growths that change/grow remarkably. There are also lesions that can either itch, change, bleed, or don't heal. If a mole is asymmetrical then it is a warning sign for melanoma and the moles can be…

Brayan G Biology Per. 2 Mr. Klaman E Cigarettes A E Cigarette is a cigarette with less nicotine and runs by using a battery powered vaporizer to make smokers feel the same way as if there were smoking a real cigarette. Many discussions are being held on if E Cigarettes make it safer for smokers or if they make it more dangerous? Scientist are on both sides of this opinion because some researchers believe that E cigarettes can draw many young people to try it because it's not as…