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Situation As a nurse in one of the local hospitals in Louisiana, I have noticed that many children are hospitalized with various health issues like ear infections, bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, rhinitis, pneumonia, sinusitis, and sore throats. These medical issues have become common among students in the region without a clear understanding of the major contributing factors. In attempts to identify the main factors resulting in the illnesses, I have conducted state-wide analysis of the problem…

associated with smoking is lung cancer. Smoking is responsible for 87 percent of lung cancer deaths. Once you are diagnosed with lung cancer your chance of still being alive in five years is less than 1 in 5 (“Lung Cancer Basics”). Lung disease is a growth that begins in the lungs. At the point when a person has lung disease, their cells are irregular and group together to shape a tumor. Not at all like typical cells, tumor cells develop without request or control, crushing the solid lung tissue…

countries and 43 per cent in more developed countries. According to WHO report, breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in females affecting 145 countries, worldwide. The top three cancers contributing 43% of cancer burden include breast, colorectal and lung cancers (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) Globally, breast cancer is most frequently occurring cancer in females with estimated 1.7 million new cases (25% of all cancers) in 2012. Regarding mortality breast cancer ranks as most…

Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system. This disease affects the immune system which compromises the body’s ability to fight infection. Due to the advances in treatments, patients diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma have an improved chance for a full recovery. A few of the risk factors for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma are as follows: an individual that is young or late in adulthood, having been infected with Epstein-Barr Virus, having a first-degree relative (parent or sibling) with…

appearance. Smoking can cause your face to have more wrinkles, and stain your teeth yellow. Over time an ex-smoker’s sense of smell would get stronger, and they will have better chance at conceiving children. A smoker has a higher chance of dying from lung cancer…

You must be high! Especially if you believe legalizing a substance that has more overall disadvantages than advantages is the right thing to do. Cannabis, also known as marijuana is the most abused illegal drug in the United States. The debate on the legalization of recreational marijuana has gone on for many years. As always, there are two sides to a debate. In the marijuana debate there are individuals who want marijuana to become legal and then there are the individuals who want marijuana to…

According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, “Cigarette smoking causes about one in five deaths in the United States each year.” For decades, there has been controversy about tobacco and smoking; on one side it’s argued that smoking doesn’t affect people as badly as everyone says. Then on the other hand, it’s disputed that smoking has very harsh side effects to anyone that’s near it, even non smokers. It’s argued that there’s a good and a bad side to smoking, but as research…

Essay Subject – Frontiers of Molecular Biology Topic – Are nonsmokers more affected than smokers from cigarettes? By Manami Tanaka Group Number: 10 Letter Count: 20000 letters Introduction In our daily life, we see many people smoking in many places. I also see them at entrances of our university buildings. At the beginning of my university first semester, my friend told me that she got injured, because her arm was attached to the flame on a…

One of the most severe yet preventable health problems in the world is cigarette smoking. It is the second globally leading risk factor for death after high blood pressure (Lim et al., 2012). The consumption of tobacco is currently the single preventable cause of death (World Health Organization, 2011). By 2030, over 500 million people may die due to tobacco which contains active drug nicotine. To understand the factors leading to tobacco use it is most important to consider the enormous health…

Many people debate on should or should not smoking in public places be banned. Everyone knows that smoking harms our health and destroys every organ in our body. Tobacco was found in America for more than 8000 years. People started chewing tobacco at first and they only smoke it during specific events as been said by the “A brief history of smoking” (2011, p.1). It was considered as a type of accessories for a man to hold a tobacco in his hand. Some people see it as a sign of being mature and…