...Smoking induces bad habits and temperament for many abusers. In the social situation of a school workplace, an abuser must often smoke a cigarette in order to emulate the typical extent of their personal addiction. This can range between smoking a pack a day for pleasure and smoking strictly under a highly stressful basis. These temptations are difficult to break, particularly when given opportunities to smoke in a commonplace for exemplary smoking penalties. In effect, the controversy behind smoking lies within self-righteousness and economics, which renders difficult recovery and little hope for substance banning. The fact of the matter is, whether or not people should have the right to harm themselves is irrelevant when their actions have the potential to seriously harm others and create a liability for their actions. Under such consideration, this puts adolescent children at risk, whom still have the opportunity to live clean lives. A child may be completely ignorant to cigarettes at one point in their lives, but following a single confrontational exposure to the debris of a cigarette from a group of teenagers, could wind up making a fatal life decision based off curiosity and leading to addiction. In addition, those of any age with health problems could easily be affected by cigarette smoke. This could range between hyperventilation and heart attacks; all at the liability of a juvenile young adult. Having the ability to smoke anywhere on school property would...
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...E-‐cigarettes: miracle or menace? Networks, Organizations and Society Introduction The electronic cigarette or ‘e-‐cigarette’ is a rechargeable battery-‐powered device designed to resemble a conventional tobacco cigarette. The e-‐cigarette does not contain tar and the nicotine cartridges seem to be a much safer alternative to traditional cigarettes, which contain a much higher number of notoriously harmful chemicals. Nonetheless, nicotine is addictive and is classified as a poison (Cancer Research UK, 2013). The issue has attracted heated debate, but the question remains: “Should e-‐ cigarettes be classed as general consumer products, tobacco products, medicines or drug-‐delivery devices?” 2 In attempting to answer the above question, this paper discusses the evolution of e-‐ cigarettes through the lenses of technological...
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...E-Cigarettes are battery-powered devices that vaporize nicotine. They've been sold in the U.S. since 2007 and now have millions of users worldwide and nearly $2 billion in annual sales. They contain less toxic substances than traditional cigarettes do, but little is known about their health effects. Whether they help or hurt anti-smoking efforts is hotly debated. Some say they encourage smoking by letting people maintain their habit in places where cigarettes are banned. Keep this question in mind. Is smokeless tobacco better? Are E-Cigarette (E-Cigarettes) a safe alternative to a traditional cigarette? The California Department of Public Health declared E-Cigarette a health threat that should be strictly regulated like tobacco products as “vaping” (Using the E-Cigarette) grows in popularity. They also noted that E-Cigarettes emit a cancer-causing toxin Formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is found in many everyday things, such as: certain building materials, disinfectants and embalming fluid. Lab tests have shown that using certain E-Cigarettes at high temperature could emit more Formaldehyde. On some E-Cigarettes, there is a dial to change the amount of heat and liquid and test have...
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...between smoking and lung cancer. Discovery of Cancer Cancer has a long history. It was known to the ancient Egyptians, who blamed the gods, and to the Romans, who blamed it on an imbalance of bodily fluids. This theory lasted for centuries. In fact, 18th-century scientists still believed that tumors were caused by unhealthy variations in a person's lymph fluids. It wasn't until the 19th century, when autopsies started to be performed on a regular basis and microscopes were used, that scientists could see that tumors were composed of cells. A German pathologist named Johannes Muller is credited with making this discovery in 1838. Rise of Lung Cancer Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women, according to the American Cancer Society, but this was not always the case. Before the advent of smoking it was very rare to find cancer in the lungs. In fact, in 1878, only 1 percent of autopsies performed at the Institute of Pathology of the University of Dresden in Germany found cancers in the lungs. Almost 40 years later, that number had risen to 14 percent. By the end of World War II, the number of men and women smoking cigarettes was at an all-time high -- and so were the rates of lung cancer. The Link to Smoking One of the first to postulate a link between smoking and lung cancer was a German doctor named Fritz Lickint. In 1929, he published a paper stating that most of his patients with lung cancer were heavy smokers, and he started an anti-smoking crusade...
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...tobacco smoker to have a healthier alternative to smoking cigarettes when trying to acquire their nicotine. Being the newer product out on the market in the refined versions of vapor liquid you can find today, there are many health questions that linger in people’s mind, some of which include but are not limited to, what do the doctors say? Is this FDA approved? How does this compare to the tobacco that is in an everyday cigarette? Is this lifestyle choice a change that I want to do? In this paper you can read several answers to these questions and having that knowledge you can go forward to understand more about how the electronic cigarette can affect you in positive and negative ways. There is a new discovery that is sweeping the nation in the recent years; the healthy substitute for cigarettes, the electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette or the “e-cigarette” is becoming more and more known throughout the smoker community as a healthier substitute for one who is addicted to nicotine. The electronic cigarette takes out the harmful tar and other harmful aspects of tobacco and delivers the nicotine though a vapor to the smoker. Though smoking in general is bad for your health and you are still susceptible to the possible cancer and respiratory problems that is caused by nicotine, the e-cigarette is a much better alternative to the everyday tobacco smoker. Many questions rise in concern of this new invention for the smoking community about the health and safety issues that...
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...To Legalize or Not to Legalize Medical Marijuana Elizabeth Connell ENG/102 Research Writing To Legalize or Not to Legalize Medical Marijuana Even though marijuana is a drug, legalized marijuana for medicinal use will help patients through various medical issues. Marijuana has been proven to ease the side effects of chemotherapy, helps patients with severe migraine, and glaucoma patients. Many people are on the fence over the legalization of medical marijuana. There are several reasons to legalize marijuana for medical use, let me tell you about one of the reasons. Six-year-old Charlotte is a little girl who suffered from an untreatable form of epilepsy. By the time she was two years old, her parents had tried all medications to cure her some of which almost killed her. She suffered nearly fifty seizures a night. Her parents managed to get her a medical marijuana card in Colorado. Her parents reported her seizures stopped after her first dose of cannabis oil. Charlotte came out of her catatonic state and met her parents for the first time. CNN featured Charlotte and documented her story. Some parents have turned to medical marijuana to treat their children of the incapacitating epilepsy. Doctors are attributing the drug with reducing seizure activity and bringing alleviation to epileptics. According to an article written by K. Pickert (2014), an innovative clinical trial is about to commence. This clinical trial may finally afford some science to support their assertions...
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...Despite of the fact that it has extreme and awful effects and there are no particular reasons that it must be legal for anybody. Heart disease, cancers and lung disease are only few of the hundreds of harmful impacts of smoking. What amazes me is why anybody would like to smoke if they truly know how it annihilates their body, also why society wants to keep it legal in any case. In this article, I would say smoking must be made illegal. Various people argue that smoking must not be banned; perhaps the reason is that it’s their personal freedom since smoking is exceptionally addictive and individuals get to be dependent to it. So we will find out in this essay that what makes them saying this. However, if what just leaves smoking is joy, shouldn't the government set health over delight? 2.1 Background of the study Around 400,000 deaths every year in U.S. alone are due to smoking ailments. Why might somebody even get a cigarette without focusing the effects it can cause him or her? Banning of cigarettes must be made legal as cigarettes are an addicting and effective drug which is extremely unsafe to the individuals who smoke them, to the people who like to inhale the second hand smoke, as well as to the environment. Cigarette is a kind of drug and smoking the cigarette has around 4,000 chemical ingredients and more than 30 of them are identified as the reason of cancer in people. Few specialists said that usually it’s not the nicotine which kills but these different chemicals...
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...Smoke: The Risk and the Controversy In "The Moral Instinct," Steven Pinker, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, describes a new sixth sense. "The moral sense," he calls it. It's the way we, as human beings, determine what issues are moral or amoral. Take smoking, for instance. Years ago, it was widely considered to be a health issue. Many non-smokers didn't smoke because they worried about how cigarettes could affect their lungs and heart. When scientists determined that second-hand smoke was unhealthy too, smoking became a moral issue. Smoking is one of the most widespread bad habits all over the world. In its turn, tobacco industry is one of the most profitable businesses nowadays. Millions of people start smoking, and then decide they want to get rid of this habit, thus the health industry products for smokers who try to quit their habit are also quite attractive to invest in. Nowadays everyone knows smoking is hazardous for the health of the smoker, and of people who inhale cigarette smoke; it leads to lung cancer, cardiovascular diseases, influences on prenatal development, and causes many other unpleasant and dangerous effects. Hot dogs, baseball and cigarettes? How did smoking become an American tradition? The "History of Tobacco" article state, American Indians began using tobacco as early as 1 B.C for medicinal and religious purposes. In the early nineteenth century, tobacco became increasingly popular among the gold miners and cowboys (History of Tobacco)...
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...Bryce Wawrzyniak February 19, 2012 Eng-106 Prof. Eleanor Smoking Smoking has been the center of many health studies and controversy around the world. There are many reason people smoke, but the one thing every smoker has in common is that they are becoming less healthy with every cigarette that they consume. These health issues are a direct cause of the cigarettes and the toxins that are incased in a small piece of paper. How can such a small 3-inch item contain so many harmful elements that can be so detrimental to the body? Also, why do so many people insist on continuing to smoke even though they know the side affects and how it can deteriorate your body? As many research studies have shown smoking has a direct correlation to lung disease. With smoking, there are many other problems such as; lack of breathes, rotten teeth, coughing spells, smelly odor and others. With all of these problems that stem from smoking, why would anyone continue to smoke? Starting with the first problem, lung disease. The toxins that are inside of the cigarette are the cause of the lung disease. Of these toxins include tar, butane, formaldehyde, arsenic, and many other terrible ingredients (Breyer, 2011). So every time you smoke a single cigarette you are ingesting dead body preservative, lighter fluid, and poison. There is no reason to smoke and put these harmful products into your body. Cigarettes will change your life and not for the better. Cigarettes not only cause health issues but...
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...I’m Against the Statewide Smoking Ban By: Michael Spatz Imagine you walk into a restaurant and are seated in the smoking area. Knowing that this bothers you, you choose to sit there anyway. A smoker comes in, sits down in the booth next to you and lights up. Believe it or not, this is a common situation that happens for a lot of people. What would you do? Michael Spatz claims that “a statewide smoking ban is not what the state of Kansas needs right now.” (211.) I both agree and disagree with his claim. I agree with his claim due to contrasting and personal experience that Spatz suggest in the article I then disagree with his reasons for the smoking ban, because though I am not one that is bothered much by smoking, but the smell, I believe that everyone had the right to smoke if they please. In Spatz’s article, his first claim is that “Bars will lose the business of smokers, which in some cases, is enough to close down the establishment.” (211.) I completely disagree with this statement. There is quite a controversy about the smoking ban, and seeing as how most Bars allow smoking, I can see how passing this ban statewide would affect most owners. The one place that smokers know they are welcome are the Bars and if they can’t go there to smoke, where will they go? Not all Bars will lose business because of the smoking ban, but many have. Though not all people go to the bars to smoke a cigarette, but maybe to have a few drinks or so, then the smoking ban may not have such an...
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...Analysis of the: Taxable revenues reported before and after enactment of the Indoor Smoking Ordinance by Minneapolis businesses with on-sale liquor licenses: A comparison of revenues for the 6-month periods from April through September in 2003, 2004, and 2005 This report is an analytical report that is evaluating the impact that a non-smoking ban had on the food and beverage industry serving the people of the city of Minneapolis. This is a non-bias report to provide statistical information for the citizens of Minneapolis to better educate them on the ramifications of their city’s council vote against smoking at a food and beverages establishments. In 2005 the city of Minneapolis enacted a citywide indoor smoking ordinance, which included restaurant and bars found within the city. The representatives for the restaurants and bars claimed that by enacting this law would negatively affect their livelihood. They claimed that they would have an extreme loss of revenue because of the close association between the consumption of alcohol and the smoking of cigarettes especially by people frequenting these types of establishments. The representatives of the local hospitality industry continue to make these claims and requested that this study to validate their position with hopes to have the law reversed. The city also wanted to do this study to combat other similar studies with negative results from groups attempting to have the ordinance changed. The organization of...
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...metropolitan city. Employees: The employees consists of the police, sanitation, transportation, city council, school board, and all other city official that helps run the city are all overworked and underpaid. Major Bloomberg initiating all to these regulation can make these employees life very difficult. Some of these employees are affected by the mayor’s smoking band. Stockholder: The stockholders are the people that voted for Mayor Bloomberg and they are investing in his candidacy with the expectation of a return on their investment with the improvement of Mayor Bloomberg maintaining his integrity and the issues of which he was hired under. External Customer: The people of NYC expect the mayor that is hired into office to have their best interest at hand. The customer wants a mayor that will govern the city and protect the citizen. With the banning of smoking in commercial places brought about a controversy between smokers and non-smokers. Non-smokers and other health issues customers saw it as a sign of relief by living smoke free and not being subjected to second hand smoke. Mayor Bloomberg admission of smoking marijuana in 2001, one could say was an attempt to express the youthful experimentation which brought about the tough drug laws. Mayor Bloomberg issues on stem cells, same sex marriages and abortion are not aligning with the Republican Party. Some health conscious customers are in favor for the ban of trans fat in restaurants. This will allow more customer...
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...1/27/2015 1/27/2015 Raelinda Tong Kaplan university Raelinda Tong Kaplan university Annotated Bibliography HS305-Dr. Marie Annotated Bibliography HS305-Dr. Marie For the annotated bibliography I chose three credible sources. I find that WebMD is a good site to go to when there is a question that pertains to the health world. WebMD is not only partnered with the FDA, but each article that is published is first read before it is published. The other site reference is CBS news and I also find that they are a credible site. There is a split between the views and concerns that all stem around the e cigarette. The two different views are the e-cigarette is a great alternative to smoking and the other half think it’s going to lead teens to being addicted to nicotine. I personally would like to know what chemicals the manufacturers’ put in the vapor oil that is burned. Doheny, K. (2014). E Cigarettes Q&A. unknown: WebMD In this article it discusses the worry of E cigarettes. At this point the public and our health officials do not know what potentially effects that E cigarettes has on our health. Some even believe that they could be a gateway drug taking form of tobacco product and creating risky behavior for our underage individuals. Thankfully, The FDA has requested regulations for the industry. Up to this point officials do not know what compounds are in the production of the E cigarette. The regulations may take up to two years before they can closely monitor...
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...work has to be done correctly. My organization in the last year has implemented a health and wellness program by hiring the local hospital to conduct screenings and teach classes for a healthier lifestyle. These screenings and classes are held on site so there will be more participation, and it will be convenient for the employee. A few of the wellness programs the company is focusing on is weight and smoking. Break walking at the workplace is one of the most favorite exercises for weight loss; this program consists of employees walking for fifteen minutes, twice a day, on their breaks and after work. The company has designated an area around the facility with markers so that the employee can document the distance they have walked each day. The company has a weight loss program called the “Biggest Loser” and each employee will be weighed each week by the human resource assistant and documented. At the end of the year, whoever loses the most weight will receive two hundred dollars. This program is a great incentive for employees to lose weight. Cigarette smoking puts you at a higher risk of illness and death from a heart attack, stroke, and various cancers. My organization pays for weekly on-site classes and they also pay for the nicotine patches and nicotine gum. By paying, the organization felt it would give the employee more of an incentive...
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...Legalizing Marijuana in the United States There is major controversy about legalizing marijuana. There are many pros and cons on this issue that law makers have to consider because of its huge impact on society. Marijuana is a drug made from a plant called cannibus sativa. It is inhaled and it is also eaten. Some side effects of consuming marijuana are becoming relaxed, alters your mood, make you hungry, heightened sensory awareness and altered perceptions. Personally I’ve been around people who have smoked marijuana and I’ve never seen anyone get angry, steal or try to harm someone while under the influence. I would consider this a safe drug. Marijuana is a good substance to consume, studies from www.brown.edu show that only a small percentage of users become addicted. However, people use the drug frequently can build up a strong tolerance. Another website I found, www.well.com informs people about marijuana, and its effects on the human body. One thing that particularly stood out for me was that it says that “marijuana smoke has been found to contain more cancer-causing agents than is found in tobacco smoke.” I am for legalizing marijuana but I don’t believe it should be consumed in public places and there should be marijuana smoking designated areas just as there is tobacco smoking designated areas because everyone doesn’t want to get high and if it is true that marijuana smoke has more cancer causing agents than tobacco, it should be the person’s option to...
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