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I agree that tobacco applications such as the Puff Puff Pass can influence young children and teens the choice of smoking a cigarette in one stage of their life. Children tend to acquire the values, knowledge, and norms of society, which can lead them to believe that tobacco apps are appropriate for them to download and play. Even though children and teens are smoking through a smartphone app it enhances them to take on smoking later in their life due to the early exposure of cigarettes. Young…

In the vast majority of cases, the lung damage that leads to COPD is caused by long-term cigarette smoking. But there are likely other factors at play in the development of COPD, such as a genetic susceptibility to the disease, and smoking is thought to be responsible for around 90% of cases. The likelihood of developing COPD is increased by often smoking and longer duration of smoking. This is due to smoking irritates and inflames the lungs, which results in scarring. Over many years,…

ipsilateral pleura and lungs{affecting just one lung either left or right lung} -Stage 2-Involvement of chest wall,mediastinum{structure at the middle of the heart},pericardium or contralateral{opposite side}pleura -Stage 3-Distant blood spread into other organs eg brain,adrenals Treatment Treatment is discouragingly ineffective and survival rarely longer than 2 years with an average of 10-14 months.In selected cases with stage 1 a radical surgery-pleuropneumonectomy{removal of lung and pleura}…

different ways cigarette ads uses Jib Fowles’ appeals throughout the decades. The only thing I know about cigarettes is that they are detrimental for your health. However, I do know movie references, which is why I’ve named my essays “Smoking Lung” and “Black Lung Down”. The first ad in the book was a Camel ad from the 1940s. This ad showed two doctors explaining to a young girl that smoking cigarettes is good for her health. The ad showed in bold letters of how more…

Can you imagine a teen choosing to give them a chance to die early in his or her life? Or allowing the teen to create habits that will carry on with them into the rest of their adult life? Well, that’s what teens are doing, 5.6 million of today’s Americans younger than 18 will die early from smoking related illnesses(“CDC”). That is way too many people dying from something that can easily be prevented. Overall teen smoking is very bad for teens to get into, especially at such a young age. Teen…

Final Quiz on risk Perception and Behavior Risk perception is defined as one person has thought on how dangerous a risk could be and what quality of risk it can be. As stated risk perception is based on thoughts, as a result, each individual is going to have their own perception thoughts on the risk. They may have thought of other ideas that another person may not have. The risks that has been chosen is having a mass casualty plan for a fuel explosion at a gasoline station. There are is a…

Joseph R. DiFranza is not the typical scientist or doctor. He views the effects of smoking much differently than anyone else in his profession. The effects of smoking on adolescents are much greater than the world seems to know. A limited exposure to nicotine changes the brain, modifying its neurons in a way that stimulates the craving to smoke. Many scientists believe that nicotine addiction takes years to develop. DiFranza questioned the facts of nicotine addiction when a young girl came…

Honors: “Cigarettes are a classy way to commit suicide.”Around 36.5 million adults smoke in the U.S. The greatest problem that I see facing society today is smoking. In order to help solve this problem I plan on convincing people to stop, reminding them how much money smokes cost, and how it affects everyone. My first way to get people to stop smoking is to convince them to stop.In Virginia you only have to be 18 years old to buy cigarettes while in some states you have to be 19.Most stores in…

For purposes of revascularization, PVD is considered in terms of inflow (aortoiliac) and outflow (infrainguinal) occlusive disease. Revascularization options for these patients are open surgery which includes endarterectomy, bypass surgery, or extra-anatomic bypass [axillofemoral bypass and percutaneous endovascular repair. Aortoiliac and aortofemoral bypass procedures are associated with 74% to 95% 5-year patency rates, respectively, which are comparable but not superior to percutaneous…

Are you Aware of how bad Second Hand Smoke is Really Effecting us? By the end of this year more people will die from second hand smoke related deaths than the average crowd at a Major League Baseball game. Secondhand, or passive smoke, is an insidious killer that is harming people, pets and, are environment. It’s of great importance to take note of the fact that second hand smoke can cause cancer. It is just as deadly if one is exposed to it for prolonged periods of time. A smoker should take…