Cigarettes Research Papers Samples For Students

The main objective of the author was to establish the relationship between the reasons why females practice cigarette smoking with the notion that the behavior helps to control body weight. The author wishes to establish that the same objective can be achieved through other means such as physical activity. The author intends to examine the effects of a behavioral task. Body image exposure was meant initiate concerns on body weight and their image among women. The women’s ages ranged between 18 to 24 years. It is also important to note that they did not have the same levels of ...

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Effects of Hookah Smoking
A hookah is a water pipe used to smoke (usually) flavored tobacco which is specifically made for this purpose. It has various names in various languages, such as water pipe, narghile, argileh, shisha, hubble-bubble, goza and etc. The origin of the device dates back to the 16th century in Persia. Today, hookah bars and cafes are gaining popularity around the world, including Britain, France, Middle East, Russia and the United States. Hookah smoking has now become a trend and Hookah itself has been classified as a socially-acceptable drug, with countries all over the ...

Introduction

Lung cancer has remained the leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in United States. According to International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), approximately 1.35 million new cases of lung cancer are diagnosed across the world each year. There are a wide number of risk factors associated with lung cancer. These are smoking, exposure to asbestos, silica exposure, and diesel exhaust. The most common cause is the exposure to tobacco smoke through either active or passive smoking. Males are at a higher risk of lung cancer than females, a ratio of 7.8 to 5.8 respectively. There are five ...

Smoking can be considered one of the oldest vices that remains ingrained in the culture of many societies today, no matter as to how it is done or the tobacco used by users. Smokers would often say that they continue smoking because it enables them to unwind from stress, to gratify one’s need after a long day and a practice that enables them to relate to their peers. Studies and concerns have been raised to contradict this act as it is discovered that smoking tobacco can cause debilitating diseases both for the smoker and those near the smoker. However, the ...

Health Care

Health Care Expenditures Attributable to Smoking
In the United States alone, there are about 440,000 individuals who die annually of smoking related diseases (Pubmed). According to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, recent studies linked cigarette smoking to a numerous other diseases to include abdominal aortic aneurysm, acute myeloid leukemia, cataract, cervical cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, pneumonia, periodontitis, and stomach cancer. “These are in addition to diseases previously known to be caused by smoking, including bladder, esophageal, laryngeal, lung, oral, and throat cancers, chronic lung diseases, coronary heat and cardiovascular diseases, as well as reproductive ...

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Drug legalization means that responsible adults may legally acquire, possess, and use a particular drug, there may be some regulations to it but legal acquiring and using is what drug legalization actually comprises of. Legalization of drugs also means that government sets standards for purity, age limit, controls manufacturing and distribution and forbids its use in certain places and conditions for example while driving, in hospitals etc.
Statistics: People’s support for drug legalization is growing, in 1969 only 10% voted in favor of drug legalization but now support is 52%. Most of the opposing people said ...

Introduction

Cigarette smoking has been regarded as one of the most single causes of death in developed countries. It is however the most preventable cause of deaths. Cigarette smoking account for one (1) among every five (5) deaths in the United States and more blatantly has been the major cause of premature deaths. Worldwide statistics indicates that in every single minute over ten (10) million cigarettes are purchased (Wilkes, 2008). While being a major case of health concerns, the issue has also gained momentum as a major issue of social concerns. The blaming games have been vented against key players in the ...

Smoking is one of the most disgusting habits all over the world. Undoubtedly, it leads to dangerous health diseases and risks such as high blood pressure and lung cancer. Today, everyone knows that cigarettes can kill, however people start and continue to smoke. Often people begin smoking as teens. It is a way to protest against parents or to be like their friends. In addition, the influence of advertisement cannot be underestimated. Adults smoke to cope with stress and feel relaxed. The danger lies in the fact that the negative consequences from smoking affect non-smokers. For decades, governments have been ...

It is no secret that smoking tobacco seriously harms your health. Although there are fewer smokers since the release of the landmark publication about the negative health effects of tobacco use in Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States (1964) many people still continue to smoke. Why? People who smoke want to smoke and really do not care about the dangers to their health or to others through second-hand smoke. The pleasures of smoking far outweigh the risks for smokers. The futility of making all present and future smokers quit ...

General introduction: Historical Background about Tobacco

Cigarette consumption started as early as 16th centuries among the pre-Columbian Americas. However, the natives smoked for medicinal and ceremonial purposes only. The cultivation and smoking methods were completely different as compared in the early 1960’s. The people used to smoke the tobacco in pipes. Tobacco consumption started in Europe at the end of 16th century after Christopher Columbus took with him some few tobacco leaves and seeds. However, its used was largely popularized by such individuals like Jean Nicot who champion for the spread of the significance it had to the users. The main idea of Christopher ...

Smoking is a killer. This is a strong message that should be clearly adhered to and used to drive people towards the prevention of diseases related to smoking as well as death. Smoking has had very numerous negative effects on the lives of people as it attributed to financial, social and health factors (Beales, 2000). Many research institutes have for long been on the lime light to articulate the effects of smoking but people just do not listen. The irony in cigarette smoking is that, the cigarette packet is usually indicated that cigarette smoking is harmful to people’s health but smokers ...

Philip Morris is a company dealing with tobacco products. It is the leading company in the USA Cigarette manufacturer. The company has incorporated other brands. The brands include Cambridge, Benson & Hedges, merit, players, Virginia slims and Marlboro. Many factors influence the selling of the products/services offered by any institution. Consumers must have the ability to buy the product or the service the institution offered. This is often referred to as consumer purchasing power. Several factors influence the consumer’s purchasing power. At Phillip Morris USA, they have ways to ensure that their products reach the adult cigarette users in a most ...

Daniel Neal in his essay “Tobacco: Ignorance Is No Longer an Excuse” argues that long gone are the days when the dangers of tobacco were unknown to consumers. Today public health officials know well the dangers of tobacco. They have conducted extensive public education campaigns in order to inform both the smoking and non-smoking public about the dangers of tobacco on a person’s health. Neal believes though that restrictions placed against tobacco companies both in advertising and user’s ability to pursue compensation for damage should be abolished. He believes that both cigarette advertising in any forum should not ...

The aspect of public attitude towards taxation is a geopolitical issue that has influenced the behavior of many people in America. Notably, Americans usually have a strong negative feeling regarding local property tax because it is not fair in its administration. However, some of the locals share their mixed reactions about federal involvement in an effort to regulate the local property taxes. In a survey conducted in America, it was established that 44% preferred that the federal government should avoid interfering with the local property taxes, 32% opted for a new value added tax, while 14% opted for a high income tax levy on the ...

Mathematics

Abstract
Stopping young people from using tobacco is very important because most of the people who become regular smokers and find other ways to regularly use tobacco start when they are young. Most adult smokers started before the age of 26. Tobacco products are devastating to the human body, causing lowered quality of life and early death. The research concluded that public health messages, especially with television ads were very effective in changing young peoples’ attitudes towards using tobacco from positive to negative. The two must useful campaigns showed graphic images of the impact of tobacco on the ...

The first report from the Surgeon General that linked the habit of smoking to a disease was released in the year 1964 (NIH). Smoking has strong effects on humans both physically and culturally. Determinant laws have been passed that regulate the use of tobacco and smoking. This paper will discuss the various laws that have been passed to control tobacco and the physical and social impacts that result from smoking.
Over 40 years have passed since the report was released and a great progress has been made in offering education to the public concerting the dangers that surround the use of ...

Introduction

Smoking causes around 40000 premature deaths yearly in USA and 4.9 million deaths per year world or 8.8 percent of all global deaths (burns 2013). 4000 teens try to smoke for the first time each day. 1000 teen become daily smokers. Smoking is equivalent to poisoning. Tobacco is a deadly mix of more than 7000 chemicals (burns 2013). Death due to smoking is highly preventable. The causes and impacts of smoking are known and avoidable. Smoking is not illegal in most countries around the world. However, its effects are even worse than some illegal substances. Given these alarming statistics, researches ...

Perhaps smoking is one of the most well-known types of using drugs. Since it is legal in most countries, it is very much patronized by people of all ages, shapes, sizes and gender. Young and old alike just love the sensation of having a smoke. According to Health Literacy World, there are various reasons why people smoke. For teens, they love smoking because of the pressure from other friends who smoke, they want to be accepted, or they want to look mature. Adults have different reasons. One of the most common reasons is that they want to get over the ...

Missouri is a large state that is situated in the western part of the United States of America. It has four major cities and over 110 counties. This makes it a highly populated state in the country. According to the demographic analysis done in the state, the population has been increasing over the years due to increase in foreigners who come in search of jobs and settlement (Hoffhaus 10). However, this population has been regulated to avoid overpopulation in the state. The people living in this state are of diverse backgrounds. This has brought in diverse ideas to form constructive activities ...

Does increasing Cigarette Tax Help in Reducing Number of Smokers? To what extend does it decrease smokers if it leads to decreased smokers?

Abstract

Many governments have continuously increased i cigarettes taxes for the last decades. However, governments have been recording increased revenue from cigarette taxes despite decreasing number of smokers. The revenue raised has been used to finance ant tobacco campaigns across the country. Tobacco is a habit forming commodity this makes adults who have been smoking for long not to change their habits in short run. Researchers have given two main reasons for their behavior. First and foremost, the increased ...

It has been a battle cry for many health organizations, concerned social groups and parents to eliminate the presence of questionable substances available in the market – namely alcohol and tobacco. Both substances are known to cause negative consequences to its users, which may vary on severity depending on the age of the user and his physical condition upon intake. However, in comparison between alcohol and tobacco, many are pushing for stricter laws on tobacco due to the effects it has on the user and for those who smell the smoke coming from it. Several calls to reduce the tobacco, and ...

The Hazards of Nicotine and Cigarette Smoking

Smoking and Its Effects: The Hazards of Nicotine and Cigarette Smoking
Background
The Tobacco Industry
Tobacco first came to be known when Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer, received tobacco leaves as a gift from American Indians and brought it to Europe in the 1400’s. From that time to the early 1700’s, tobacco became widely popular increasing its value to that of gold and using it even as a medium of trade. The 16th-19th century saw the constant bloom of the Tobacco Industry then only producing and selling cigars. But it was in the early 20th century ...

Introduction

International nongovernmental organizations like WHO has been pressurizing governments to put in place policies which will reduce the number of smokers. Several governments have opted to increase tobacco excise tax as the main policy of decreasing smokers. In view of policy makers, increased cigarettes tax leads to increased retail prices because sellers pass the increased tax burden to smokers. It is widely acknowledged that increased price of a commodity leads to decreased demand because many people may not be able to afford the commodity. However, this objective may not be attained with ease because long run smoking is addictive, hence, ...

Beyond any reasonable doubt, cigarette smoking causes more harm than good to both the smoker and the surrounding. However, people continue to smoke. Ask any adult smoker the reason behind smoking and you’ll never get a convincing answer. The truth is that most smokers start when they are young, especially in their teens, and get so much addicted when they become adults. Trying to quit cigarette smoking has become an uphill task to most smokers since the drug is readily available, very cheap, and so much addictive. Research and statistics reveal that smoking highly affects human health and greatly ...

George Washington University

Joon Young Jung
Electronic cigarettes are amongst many products that are meant to promote a smoker to be able to quit. E-cigarettes are similar to ordinary cigarettes in appearance; however, they lack the tobacco ingredients that compose the traditional cigarettes. The e-cigarettes are made up from a metal tube and a battery-like structure that produces a lot of heat to cause vaporization of liquid nicotine. The propylene glycol fluid contains other chemicals that produce the vapor (smoke) that people inhale or exhale (Kaplan, 2015). While the e-cigarettes may appear to have certain short-term or intangible benefits such as lack ...

Introduction

Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that 18 out of 100 US adults who are 18 years or older are currently smoking cigarettes. CDC states that an approximate 42.1 million American adults are cigarette smokers. According to last year’s report on Smoking of the Surgeon General, more than 3.5 million of middle school and high school students in the United States continue to smoke cigarettes. “The burden of smoking-attributable disease and premature death and its high costs to the nation will continue for decades unless smoking prevalence is reduced more rapidly than the ...

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Introduction
Electronic Cigarettes and vaping have become a normal part of our society’s daily terminology in the past couple of years. Advertisements for them abound, and vaping shops have begun to pop up everywhere. There are untold number of websites selling electronic cigarettes, and there are high profits to be made. Electronic cigarettes have been touted as a healthy alternative to smoking, or a non-addictive social activity. The multiple flavors available make the activity seem fun and harmless. While the advertising makes certain claims about how healthy electronic cigarettes are, companies have been known to stretch the ...

Introduction

Tobacco companies are developing and advertising products that they claim have reduced harm on the health of the consumers. As a result of this development, the number of youths using e-cigarettes is increasing at a very alarming rate. Center for Disease Control states that the use of e-cigarettes among the middle school teenagers as well as high school students has been tripling every year. It increased from 4.5 percent in 2013 to 13.4 percent in the year 2014. This was a percentage of high school teenagers alone. The use of e-cigarettes among the youths has greatly surpassed the youths’ ...

Methodology (Chapter III)

This chapter describes the methods used in this study. The study is organized in the following sections:
Participants & Setting,
(2) Focus group criteria
(3) Study procedure, and
(4) Collection data

Participants and Setting

The study involved eight (8) participants who belonged to six (6) different colleges/universities around the state of New Jersey. Those included New Jersey City University, Rutgers University, Felician College, Bergen Community College, Kean University, and Saint Peters College. Most participants were Hispanics with the exception of one Italian participant. All participants demonstrated a literal attitude and their interest in the topic made their recruitment extremely simple. They were asked ...

Abstract

Secondhand smoke contains many chemicals, including substances that can stimulate the development of cardiovascular diseases. Regular exposure to cigarette smoke put people at risk of developing various diseases including cardiovascular dysfunction. This is true even to non-smokers, due to the thousands of toxic chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Inhalation of these substances may lead to serious and life-threatening health concerns. Consequently, those who are exposed to secondhand smoke have a higher possibility of developing lung, nasal and other forms of cancer and heart diseases. The toxic substances upset the normal functioning of the heart and blood vessels which leads ...

A significant population in the world smoke cigarettes, which is a harmful behavior. Various studies have indicated that smoking is among the leading but preventable causes of death and diseases around the world. Apart from health issues produced by smoking, financial issues also prevail and they are among the main predictors of quitting smoking. For instance, Sindelar and O'Malley (2013) found out that quitting smoking could help an individual to save about $3000 per year. Despite the financial, environmental, and health problems created by smoking cigarettes, many people argue that smoking provides various benefits, and they cannot imagine the ...

Psychology

Abstract
Nicotine is an alkaloid existing naturally in tobacco products. It is highly addictive, and intake cessation is often marred by high relapse rates. Multiple sources of literature document the adverse health effects that nicotine dependence has on the body, including cancer, mental illness and coronary diseases. This paper explores the psychological factors behind the prevalence and severity of nicotine addiction. Section one provides an overview of the concept of nicotine addiction and the reason for its pervasiveness. Section two elaborates the psychological development of nicotine dependence, indicating the thought processes and personal motivations behind the use of ...

Abstract

Smoking and nicotine addiction is one of the issues that has been widely discussed and blogged globally. There are several divisive issues with regard to the effects smoking and how the problem should be dealt with globally. The public health officials use empirical evidence to prove that smoking causes problems like lung cancer, sexual impairment, and depression. The cigarette manufacturers on the other end oppose the idea that smoking can be directly linked to any of the three mentioned problems. The responses to such issues include various empirical studies trying to prove the health implications of smoking. This paper ...

Abstract

Cigarette smoking is one of the main risk factors for disability, disease, and death that can be prevented according to World Health Organization (Johnson et. al., 2000). The number of people that smoke has been rapidly increasing. The habit tends to start when individuals are at their teenage years or early adulthood and they become addicted and carry it on to adulthood. Some of the common reasons why young people begin smoking are to fit in to the crowd, for the rush they get and to experiment.
Many people try out smoking but don’t end up becoming smokers. ...

Introduction

It is common knowledge that there are numerous internal and external factors, which can influence in a negative way development of a fetus. Although it may seem that the future child is well protected, it is not exactly so. The fetus of the pregnant woman can be easily damaged by a variety of teratogenic agents, environment and the surrounding of the future mother.
One of the most urgent questions of our time is reaction of the fetus on maternal cigarette and alcohol exposure. Today a lot of prominent researchers all over the world are examining negative influence of cigarette and alcohol abuse ...

Impact of Contraband, Bootlegging and Peddling on Inner City Small Business Success: A Millennial’s Perspective

Abstract
Inner cities were the business hub for a long period of time. However, in the last 30 years, many large and small businesses have closed down their shops and moved out of inner cities to more affluent city suburbs. Especially noteworthy is the fact that small essential businesses such as grocery stores and drugstores are closing down their stores in inner cities despite a huge demand prevailing there. There are many reasons attributing to the problem. Contraband, bootlegging and peddling definitely have forced some of the small business owners to shut down their business. They are unable to ...

The utilization of cigarettes is a major public health issue and is considered a harmful and highly addictive habit. Many different people smoke for various reasons, including to relieve stress because tobacco use can give the user pleasure and calmness. Smoking also harms the people around the smoker as they become passive smokers. Hundreds of thousands of people are diagnosed daily with the effects of smoking, for example, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and deteriorated dental hygiene.
Tobacco use is an expensive affair, usually costing the average smoker about $5 a day, $35 a week, $140 a month, and approximately $1, ...

Introduction

Despite efforts of the federal government, schools, and parents in preventing the youth from engaging in vices, the youth still gravitates toward abusing substances such as alcohol, cigarette, and drugs due to the $25 billion worth of advertisements that are shown during the airing of movies and television programs. It seems that advertisers discovered that the media depiction of substance use would be more effective than traditional advertising. This is because in general, media contents are seen as positive; otherwise, they would not be released for public viewing. Moreover, media depictions would not induce criticisms as much as advertising ...

Introduction

Tobacco smoking is considered to be a major health issues around the globe and is also claimed to be the most preventable cause of death in current time (Borgan, et al. 2014). Tobacco smoking is associated with 6 million deaths per year around the globe and is considered as one of the biggest public health issues by the World Health Organization (WHO) (Behbehani, et al. 2014). Based on current evidence and a report published by the WHO, 5 out of 6 million deaths are associated with direct tobacco smoking while nearly 600,000 deaths are due to non-smokers exposed ...

While tobacco use among adolescents has reduced dramatically over the past four decades, its prevalence remains worryingly high. Nearly 90% of all smokers tried out cigarettes in adolescence and 99% first started by the age of 26. An estimated 3,800 youths aged 18 years or younger try out their first cigarette, and a further 2,100 young adults become daily smokers. In 2015, one in three high school seniors reported having smoked a cigarette, while 1 in 15 12th graders (or 7%) reported smoking regularly and on a daily basis. This translates to nearly 450,000 12- to ...

The marijuana legalization issue was first debated over 100 years ago by BIHDC (British Indian Hemp Drugs Commission). This commission resorted to a defined conclusion that; cannabis sativa (marijuana) was detrimental to human health,and the best way out was to impose high taxation to this drug. Prohibition of this drug was inevitable; the best solution was to tax the crop highly. This resolution failed after several years of attempts. Marijuana remained a legal drug in India until the year 1989 when it was phased off by the single convention international narcotics treaty (Gahlinger 2004). Over the recent past, an acute ...

Results:

Demographics and Smoking Rates:
This study involves 80 PHCPs as participants out of which 51.1% aged between 25 and 35. The gender-based ration was (86.8%) female to male. Most of the participants (86.5%) were GP doctors. These ratios can be seen in Figure 1 and 2.

Smoking Rates and Practices:

Based on demographics and diagrammatic (figure 3) illustrations it was found that only 15% involved PHCPs were smokers out of which males ratio was higher (24%) in comparison to females which was only 11%. The observed variation p was significant (p=0.006). Only 5% participants had been ex-smokers while a major segment of 80% ...

Choi, Kelvin. PhD, MPH, Lindsey Fabian, MPH, and Jean Forster, PhD, MPH.(2012) Young

Adult’s Favorable Perceptions of Snus, Dissolvable Tobacco Products, and Electronic

Cigarettes. Findings From a Focus Group Study. US National library of Medicine.

102(11):2088-2093

Aim of the study
The aim of this study is to explore the young adult’s view on the use of tobacco products and their thoughts about whether they would try these products. Smoking among teenagers is a worldwide issue. There is an urgent need to protect the population from health, environmental and economic factors that exposure to and the use of tobacco causes. The Government is putting measures in place that will reduce ...

Abstract

The purpose of this essay is to analyze the problem of smoking in the workplace and determine the common problems and consequences connected with the problem. I have chosen the smoking in the workplace topic due to the fact that it has been on the agenda for a long time. The first part of the case study includes the brief analysis of the preferred problem, influence on the people around you and influence on the health. The final stage of the research will cover the common methods and ways of preventing smoking in the workplace and in general.
Humanity ...

It is a normal occurrence to a person nowadays to see around them people smoking in the streets, restaurants, or even at homes. While many are aware of the health impacts of smoking, people still smoke because it relaxes them and it is a vice that could not be easily removed from a person’s system. As a result of this impassive behavior, the trends of smokers and those who are inflicted of smoking-related illnesses continue to increase each year with deaths recorded due to chronic smoking. However, there have also been cases wherein smoking is seen as a remedy or even cure for several ...

- History of tobacco smoking in America
- The presence of tobacco in America dates back to the seventeenth century. Initially, tobacco was grown by poor farmers as a foundation crop. The demand was low and it was cheaper to acquire. However, subsequent wars increased the consumption of chewing tobacco, smoking pipes and cigars. Eventually, the market grew with the availability of slaves. Although slavery had existed long before tobacco was planted, the sudden increase in demand created an unexpected opportunity. The slave labor was incorporated into the tobacco labor force. Moreover, machine produced cigarettes reared its ugly head ...

Introduction

Pregnancy is associated with particular risks in women who use alcohol or drugs and this applies to both legal and illegal drugs because the fetus is connected to the blood circulation of a mother. A pregnant woman, who consumes alcohol or drugs, may have premature childbirth, abortion or even if a baby is born then he/she may suffer serious and sometimes life-long damages. Scientifically, it cannot be determined exactly at what amount and frequency of taking various drugs in pregnancy endanger a child. For pregnant women or those who want to be pregnant, there is only one piece of advice to quit ...

Introduction

Many people have started comparing popular fast food companies directly with the cigarette industry these days. One thing which cannot be denied is both these Industries sell products which endanger health of consumer. Eating 3 Big Macs each day and smoking single cigarette pack yields same degree of heath issues. This paper will discuss the blame game where many people have started blaming the fast food companies which sell their high-calorie and non-nutritious products to customers, who are unwilling to understand their own mistakes in gaining poor heath and increasing waistlines. Many people tend to bloat as they fail ...

Introduction

Marijuana aka Cannabis sativa is illegal under the federal law of the US. Under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, marijuana is listed as the Schedule I drug meaning that marijuana has high potential of drug abuse and serves no confirmed medical purpose. However, defying the federal laws, California, Washington DC and 16 other states have legalized the use of marijuana. In the US, over 39% people have used marijuana at least once many of whom have later become addicted to the drug. Marijuana addiction is pretty common especially among young adults aged between 18 and 25. In 2004, ...

For a long time, smoking was seen as part of the rites of passage into adulthood. Teens were lighting up in large numbers as part of their introduction to becoming adults. Starting in the 1950’s, results of studies conducted on the effects of cigarette smoking began to be published, among which was the link to lung cancer. Tobacco companies reacted by setting up the Tobacco Industry Research Committee (TIRC) in 1954 specifically to counteract these reports. By the 1960’s, as the public became more aware of the adverse health effects of smoking, the number of smokers started to ...

1. Introduction

There has been variations in population of smoking college students throughout the globe especially for past 20 years. These variations were due to the differences in the smoking bans and lifting bans in colleges by the governments. It is estimated that a typical smoker starts smoking before reaching the age of 24 years. This factor makes it very important to consider the smoking habits of college going students who generally fall under the age of 24 years. Smoking students not only consume a major portion of tobacco products but are also the long lasting customers for tobacco companies. They ...

Saudi Arabia is one of the countries hit hard by tobacco epidemic and critically require saving. Consequently, a fully funded, sustainable, and broad strategy to control tobacco in such countries is necessary to promote quality health. To manage this strategy, a country heavily relies on the support of trained professionals in running programs aimed at reducing smoking. Sadly and much to the contrary, the health professionals themselves use tobacco more regularly compared to even the general community who they are supposed to care for.
According to our study, most tobacco users regardless of their gender prefer waterpipe as their ...

Introduction

Lung cancer is a deadly form tumor that advances in the chest cavity. It is the leading cause of cancer deaths among both men and women in the United States. Due to the severity of respiratory complications posed by this medical complication, early diagnosis and treatment is essential. The discussion below is aimed to create enlightenment on the development and treatment of cancer. It also focuses on the current researches about this complication and outlines some of the proposed treatment approaches. For a fact, early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer is essential since lack thereof results in death.

Symptoms

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Introduction

Smoking among college students is a modality of interacting, of sharing a specific habit and behavior, which represents desired outcomes for fulfilling the need of belonging. The college students are usually teenagers who need to feel accepted, even admired by their peers (Walton, Cohem, Vwir & Spencer, 2011). Like this, smoking is considered a tool that enhances the social connections by college students and this is a social problem, because it changes their behavior, attitudes, personalities and it affects their health, while they pursue their goal of being accepted by a group.
Sociology is the discipline that studies society, describing the fundamental laws that ...

Smoking has been a consistently rising issue in the United States since tobacco plantations sprung up in the south, before the Civil War. Since the popularity of cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco began to catch on, the citizens of America have experienced a wide array of side effects because of the substance. The various forms in which tobacco and nicotine are consumed cause cancer of the mouth, esophagus, and lungs, which can cause death or disfiguration. Gum disease is also possible, as well as heart disease and emphysema. Most popularly, however, is the addiction that nearly everybody consuming nicotine and tobacco ...

- Abstract of the case

Dates: Reargued January 9,10,11,12, 1911; Decided: May 29, 1911.

The objective of the case was to ascertain whether the actions of the defendants amounted to a restraint on the ‘interstate commerce in tobacco’. Drawing precedence to a previous ruling against Standard Oil Co., the court was of the opinion that the company has violated the provisions of the Antitrust Act, 1890 on two grounds, by restraining interstate trade of tobacco and by monopolization of the tobacco business. The court reaffirmed that the actions of the American Tobacco Company was against the public interest as it involved ‘combinations’ that attempted to restrict competition. The court was ...

There are laws in many countries, which control the use of cannabis. The plant is one of the most controlled plants in the world. In addition, one has elicited great debate. In western countries, marijuana is either legal or largely tolerated despite legal restrictions while in the East trafficking is punishable by death. This difference in restriction of bang is attributed to cultural differences and legal frameworks. This paper will address the pros and cons of legalizing the use of marijuana by separating cultural perceptions from the debate surrounding the drug.

Marijuana is among of the most popular names ...

Introduction

During smoking, a substance, commonly cannabis or tobacco is charred and the smoke is inhaled or tasted. Primarily, smoking is practiced for leisure or recreational purposes where substances (active) are released during combustion in a form that they are readily absorbed into the lungs of the smoker.

Smoking is also practiced by some people as it forms part of their rituals or cultural inclinations mainly to induce abstractions or ‘spiritual illumination’; hence those who are part of that coterie have to smoke to be accepted. More often than not, the habit of smoking is increasingly becoming rampant among teenagers as a result ...

Assignment 2 Research Essay

Draft 2
The Fast Food Industry
SUNGD1403
2016/3/10
Abstract
The rapid development of world economies has been characterized by skyrocketing trend in consumption of fast foods. The causative variable for the surge in consumption of the said food is largely the need for instant gratification by most contemporary diners coupled with convenience, speed and ease of access associated with fast food industry which complements the need for most workers to save on time. Additionally, the paper looks into cross-sectional studies with regard to the existence of a causative correlation between the increase in the trend in consumption of fast ...

Research Question: Does a diet such as low fat and low cholesterol really help lower LDL? Hypothesis: It may or may not. Early research sometimes suggested not eating eggs would help lower cholesterol. This resulted in limits for how many eggs one should eat, if any. Determine if a low fat and low cholesterol diet really works with the study outlined below .
Compare two groups of patients: one group eliminating foods which may alter LDL levels and one which continues on with their usual diet before diagnosis of the high LDL levels. Foods to be considered are eggs, 2% ...