Tobacco Addiction Essay

But, for the most part, sin taxes on tobacco have had the desired effect. And tying revenue to a popular project is often the only way to gain political acceptance of proposals many see as unwelcome coddling from a nanny state. Philadelphia’s soda tax — or any tax levied only on sweetened drinks…

The Zika pandemic has become a common cause for conversation in today's ever growing society. With thousands of tabloids discussing it's potential impact on the Olympics, it's no surprise that people are questioning going to such events. To begin with, many well known people of science have come out to say that it is not justifiable to have people attending events with such risks involved. Furthermore, the virus itself can cause a variety of pregnancy defects, with no vaccines in sight. Last…

Quit Smoking Now Americans are probably the most impatient people on planet earth. They are so impatient that they all want everything yesterday already. They can not just calm down and take a breather for a couple minutes. When Americans want everything so fast and do not get a break they get crabby and stressed out. They then have to do something to try and get rid of all that stress. Some deal with their stress by going for walks. Others deal with it by working on something else or reading a…

Topic: The risk of tanning beds Audience Analysis: Understanding the consequences of using a tanning bed. General Purpose: To persuade. Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience not to use a tanning bed. Thesis: The risk associated with tanning beds are constant burns, exposing yourself to skin cancer and it can all be avoided by substituting it with a tanning spray or not tanning at all. Introduction I. Glenna Kohl had a deadly habit. (attention) (narrative)(pathos) II. Such as Glenna many…

As society changes, cultural artifacts rotate and change with the opinions of the populace. In the mid-20th century, society was grasped once again by the cigarette, and the tobacco industry came back into power. This market famously expanded through use of sleek and deceptive advertisements which utilized some of the most famed people in the world at the time. Other companies took a different approach hoping to seize the market through advertising to young adults, the most famed of this was the…

In 1865, cigarettes were created by Washington Duke on his 300-acre tobacco farm. Since then over 36 million people in the U.S. smoke cigarettes. This is a very startling fact, knowing what lies within these “death sticks”. In the 2010 commercial, created by ANPHA, my group chose for the project, the author uses heavy imagery to capture the audience's attention. Visuals of a test tube filling with smoke and a tar like substance bubbling up within the tube is portrayed within the 30 second ad.…

From the early 1900s, Zonolite vermiculate mine was a primary worldwide that produce 80 percent of vermiculite production. However, the toxicity that was not clarified from government and mining fill to the miners were slowly killing in the town, Libby. Based on the article, A Town Left to Die, written by Andrew Schneider, it depicted how people suffer from the toxins in the air, asbestos, which came from the vermiculate mining. Agent What agent was responsible for the illness in the Libby…

school students, 1.5% indicated current use of e-cigarettes in 2011 and 4.0% in 2014 (Porter et al., 2014). It was noted that the number of current e-cigarette users was the highest in 8th graders and among students living in households where tobacco products and/or e-cigarettes are used. Contrary to the increase in e-cigarette use, traditional cigarette use decreased over the 3-year period for both ever and current users. For high school students, results also revealed an increase…

The Tell-Tale Heart (From The Old Man’s Perspective) I have been a heavy smoker all my life. As I got older, I began to realize that death was slowly creeping in my direction on silent feet. However, I never would have imagined one day meeting a much more tragic fate. Ever since my grandson’s 13th birthday, my health has declined rapidly. Although I did not want to admit it at the time, I was experiencing an excruciating chest pain that one could only diagnose as the development of cancer. My…

I have been a part of the Deviant Art community since 2012, only actively been publishing my deviations to it since 2013. I never really realized how poorly Deviant Art's staff and support was until I ran into a few problems concerning art theft. As much as I appreciate it's wide-variety of art and their additions to customizing personal profiles, I can't say it doesn't go through quite the fight with a good majority of it's web viewers. A situation happened a day or two ago about the recent…