Tobacco control

When I stop and observe people around me, I notice a lot of individuals who smoke cigarettes. I also notice people enjoy shooting guns as well. When I am driving in the car, walking down the street, and even outside of stores or restaurants, there are a lot of people who smoke. However, did one ever think to compare them to each other? Tobacco.stanford.edu shows a picture of a bullet and a cigarette compared to each other. The reality is that cigarettes are just as deadly as bullets from a gun,…

ban additives, like menthol – Weight 2% A threat to the tobacco industry is government restrictions on flavor additives to cigarettes. Like many consumer products, the tobacco product industry differentiates brands based on differences in taste. The menthol additive is especially important because it reduces the harshness of tobacco smoke. Tobacco product companies have long used menthol as a way to reduce the negative sensations of tobacco use in new smokers as well as creating product lines…

He even states that he feels “compelled” to be a whistleblower on the tobacco industry’s publicly harmful practices. Wigand’s affirmation of his position on the issue finally elevates his position from a defensive attempt to protect his family by damaging B&W into a quest that is ultimately to better the public through providing knowledge of the practices that B&W and the entire tobacco industry are responsible for. Believing B&W to be brought to justice, Wigand completes his…

For this first section I chose to write about the Lil Wayne and Whitney Houston record reviews. Very different music styles and both popular during different time periods and fan favorites of very different groups of listeners. Lil Wayne’s album reviewer, Camp, reviewed his 2013 hit album“ I Am Not A Human Being II”. Ann Power’s reviewed Whitney Houston’s 2009 album “I Look To You”. Both writers have very different writing styles and since these artist are very different I thought these two…

Many historians since 1933 have pondered the Eighteenth Amendment, better known as prohibition, and the Twenty-first Amendment, better known as the repeal of prohibition. One question that pops into many of the historian’s heads while researching the topic is, “Who or whom is to blame/give credit for for the banning of alcohol in the United States of America?” The answers to this question are varied and abundant with different opinions from researches on the topic. Thomas Fleming has strong…

Afroman's 2000 hit, Because I Got High, should be banned from UC Santa Cruz, as its main message is to smoke marijuana, which breaks school policy. Implemented on January 1, 2014, all UC campuses became smoke & tobacco free campuses, along with any UC owned properties. There is a large amount of influence to break this policy through social media and music. Throughout the song, Afroman mentions skipping obligations because he smoked pot and got high. This happened to him because pot releases…

Fight Bad Breath with Household Ingredients Commonly referred to as Bad breath or foul mouth odor; malodor is a big turn off. It becomes very difficult to have a conversation with a person whose breath emits a foul odor. A person who suffers from bad breath also feels very embarrassed when people cover their nose or look elsewhere while talking to them. So what causes bad breath? Apart from poor oral hygiene, bad breath is caused due to many other factors such as gum disease, cavities,…

However, Naylor is able to do all of this, include passion, and respect the emotions of others through freedom of choice. As a longtime lobbyist for a tobacco company, Naylor decided to discontinue his work because, “Some things are better than paying a mortgage” (TYFS). His final approach to life is that he should be a responsible role model for his child. On the other hand, Kinsey pride for his research…

Proposition 56 is a California ballot proposition on the November 8, 2016 ballot that would increase the cigarette tax by $2.00 per pack, with equivalent increase on other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes containing nicotine. We are in favor of this proposition to pass so it can help people. In a way of to stop them from,smoking so they won't end with damages in their body. Also helping little kids walk around with smelling the smell of cigarettes.And as well they won't be influenced…

The Tylenol scare was one of the biggest epidemics in the early 1980s and in over the counter drug selling and handling. The tragedy started off in Chicago where a young twelve year old girl of the name Mary Kellerman would have a sore throat and a runny nose. In this incident, her parents went to their local drug store to get some extra strong Tylenol for their daughter cold. Little did they know that the over the counter drug was laced with cyanide and the young girl was pronounced later on…