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    Tobacco is the main ingredient in the cigarettes. The main thing that makes up tobacco is nicotine. Nicotine is the addictive drug inside of tobacco. According to “The Dangers of Smoking” article written by The American Medical Association Family Medical Guide, “[n]icotine, the substance in tobacco that makes smoking highly addictive, raises your heart rate, irritates the lining of your blood vessels, and promotes blood clotting, increasing your risk of heart attack and stroke” (2004.) Within…

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    his/her right and see someone smoking; and then look to the left and witness the same. There are serious consequences to the use of tobacco and pharmacies are supposed to sell drugs for people to get better, but they’re selling cigarettes. Smoking leads to 440,000 deaths a year in the United States (CDC 2014). There are certain pros and cons to the selling of tobacco in pharmacies. The sale in pharmacies assist in a financial burden on people, it‘s harmful to the environment and it leads to life…

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    Act regulations, etc. In India, the government was asked to step in to ban tobacco advertising, a situation that can be used to examine the difficulty of sorting out ethical issues for governments and companies. In India, there was a push to ban tobacco companies from advertising or sponsoring events. This was driven by a desire to prevent youth and others from taking up smoking by limiting their exposure to tobacco product advertising and through an anti-smoking program (“Ban on…

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    Smoking In College

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    One tip suggested including smokers in the write-up of the campus policy. This ensures that all voices are heard, and an inclusive environment is promoted. A well thought out plan should take finding partnerships into consideration. Widener partnered with Independence Blue Cross to offer students education in cessation. Also, the smoking policy should be promoted as a movement towards the well-being of the campus by not only encouraging smokers to quit, but by promoting healthy eating habits and…

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    Safe Cigarette Analysis

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    bad”? Well this phrase closely relates to tobacco. According to Marjorie Jacobs, tobacco was originally used for special religious and medical purposes by the Native Americans in between 600 A.D. and 900 A.D.. It was then grown as a cash crop in 1612.“ By the 1800’s many people had begun using small amounts of tobacco: Some chewed it. Others smoked it occasionally in a pipe, or they hand-rolled a cigarette or cigar.” (Jacobs,1). As you can see, tobacco was originally used for the good of…

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    millions of preventable deaths in the United States. Many people who smoke profusely for years, end up contracting lung cancer (Tavernise & Gebeloff, 2014). Cancer is caused by viruses, bacteria, radiation and some chemicals – chemicals found in tobacco products used by hundreds of millions of people around the world. In recent years, the smoking rate has begun to decline, yet people of lower incomes continue to be at a higher risk of contracting lung cancer due to their smoking habits which are…

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    Naylor they begin to “boo” him and even spit toward the stage where he is sitting. Naylor is the first to speak, asking one question; what does big tobacco gain if Cancer Boy dies. His question is cold and completely inappropriate, however it causes the audience to stop and consider his side. What if Williger dies? If the boy, and others like him die Big Tobacco actually loses a customer, they will lose out on his consumerism. Unfortunately, Naylor is right. Clearly this is a ludicrous position…

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    discovering other physicians began to write about the dangers of tobacco (Cancer Council para. 3). It was not until the 1920’s that medical reports came out linking tobacco to lung cancer. This would have been devastating to the tobacco industries and many news sources refused to publish these findings. The news of tobacco causing cancer was down until the 1950s and 1960s when new research was released stating how dangerous tobacco can be and is the cause of many cancers and diseases. People did…

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    All of our lives we have been told that tobacco is an evil that has a detrimental effect on our lives and the lives of those around us. What if I told you this archaic belief conjured up by individuals with low knowledge of this miracle substance are wrong. Scientists today know it to be true that this miracle drug is proven to have a substantial effect on weight loss and prevention of health problems down the line in everyone’s life. Tobacco is Kentucky’s most essential crop and must be…

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    today in America smoke tobacco knowing that tobacco is one thing that can call you to your death very early. Tobacco has a very long-lasting history in America, tobacco was discovered by the American Indians that was before the Europeans came from countries like England, Spain, France, and Italy to North America. Tobacco was not always for bad use, Native Americans sometimes smoked tobacco for their religion and medical reasons as well. In 1612 in Jamestown, Virginia tobacco started being grown…

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