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GUILTY ACTOR: THE CANADIAN RED CROSS The Tainted Blood Scandal was used as further justification of the deferral even though the fault for this blood error was the Canadian Red Cross’ for remaining in denial and failing to disclose possible effects of Factor VIII to hemophiliacs. Hemophiliacs rely on blood transfusion to assist their blood in clotting. In 1984, it was believed that the heat-treating Factor VIII, a plasma component, would be beneficial to kill viruses, and the federal government…

high school there was always something out of the norm. One day I go into my health class thinking that it was going to be like any other day. Little did I know that our health teacher was going to go on a rant of the high school’s bad reputation of tobacco abuse? I’m not going to lie; it wasn’t a huge eye opener. If anything, the students took pride in it. At the time I was neutral, until my younger brother got caught smoking. My parents where devastated and I started to develop a repugnance…

Smoking and other tobacco-like products have been a problem in the United States for many years. These products kill thousands of people every year and can cause respiratory problems, heart disease, and in some severe cases cause lung cancer. The question then becomes, what can be done to either reduce the amount of smokers in this country, or is it possible to stop smoking in the first place? While the latter is difficult to determine and in many cases impossible to stop people from smoking…

Cigarettes started to appear in America around 1865, but they didn’t become a big thing until 1885 when the first machine was made to mass produce cigarettes. (Meyer) Around WWI, production became a bigger demand in America. (Meyer) People didn’t see cigarette smoking as a bad thing. They actually thought it was beneficial until men who had smoked for a long time would start developing lung cancer. (Meyer) When people decided to quit smoking they would use nicotine patches or nicotine gum, these…

self-insured may qualify for discounts for having more nonsmoking employees or get higher cost for having more smoking employees. Those rates are consumed by the employer and at most times are not passed down to the employee. There is no exact scale to measure excess healthcare cost a formula can be used to get an estimate. Where employer healthcare expenditures are 534.5 billion smoking a smoking private employee is 20.8 million In a study done by Martin J Lecker “The Smoking Penalty:…

“Vaping off of an e-cigarette is 95% healthier instead of smoking off of a cigarette”(14). An e-cigarette is a device that uses a battery and a tank full of e-liquid that heats up into vapor and delivers nicotine into the body. The use of an e-cigarette is so that people can stop smoking and start being able to breathe better and prevent lung cancer. The use of e-cigarettes is a healthier alternative than smoking cigarettes. Most e-liquids has 4 ingredients. They are Propylene Glycol (PG),…

We all know that smoking cigarettes or other tobacco products are bad for you and harmful to your health. According to the American Lung Association, “more than 480,000 people die from tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke, making it the leading cause of preventable death in this country.” (www.lung.org, n.d.) Another staggering fact is that “smoking is related to higher risks of serious diseases and is expected to kill more than 5 million people every year.” (Lüscher, et al., 2015)…

Having the knowledge that tobacco use and smoking is one of the leading contributors of many chronic and deadly diseases, and with the fact that Maryland is fourth in smoking among adolescents and young adults it is only logical that this program proposal is indeed of great need. This intervention program would be best implemented using Health Communication strategies. Health communication strategies are designed to inform and influence individual and community decisions to influence health.…

The Pharmaceutical industry is a $300 billion dollar business which receives a lot of scrutiny in regards to their purpose, side effects, and lucrative schemes (Prescription Drug).The effects of the prescription drugs can be deadly if not used properly. Prescription drugs are responsible for more deaths annually than illegal drugs (Mercola). Ironically, the thing that is supposed to help individuals with their health concerns is actually killing them instead. This is the result of patients…

1. What is Nicotine? Many people are well aware of the fact that nicotine is the main active ingredeint in cigarettes. However, very few know that it is also the tobacco plant 's natural protection from being consumed by insects. As a matter of fact, it is now known that the widespread use of neonicotinoids which is a cynthetic form of nicotine, as a farm insecticified is blamed for killing honey bees. In fact, nicotine is defined as being a toxin which can be just as lethal as strychine and…