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    Smoking Life Away Smoke travels far. After the smoke is released, it diffuses and travels in the atmosphere reaching just about anything at a reasonable distance. When one smoker puffs out, it affects that person, somebody across from that person, and the clean air around that person. Ever wonder why warnings and disclaimers are always present with anything that concerns smoking? This is because it is dangerous, and it is harmful , and it should warn you about the lasting impact it leaves you

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    The Shoddy Smoking Side-Effects What if you were to live in a place where our government debts weren’t severe? What about living in a world with a cleaner atmosphere? Would you want to have excessive Carbon Dioxide and other harmful chemicals in the air? Smoking, one of the leading cause of pollution and death, affects us as humans and can cause extremely bad habits. These types of harmful effects applies to our lives and society and many wish for a better, cleaner, and healthier place. But with

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    the past century smoking has been integrated into our society, and it has been lingering without any uproar. The beginning of the 20th century was a time where smoking cigarettes was something a doctor would do in a hospital after surgery. Smoking was so common around that time youths were even indulging into the harmful habit with no penalties. In today’s time, there is a significant amount of awareness to the destructive nature of smoking, and any other tobacco product. Science has reached

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    Alcohol and tobacco are among the top causes of preventable deaths in the United States. More and more college students were attracted to drinking alcohol and smoking of tobacco and it is very harmful to their body. Alcohol is one of the most used and misused drugs known to man. One reason alcohol is misused is that it is accepted in society. Alcohol is usually included at celebrations or family. Alcohol affects the nervous system by slowing the body's functions. Alcohol also causes damage to the

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    people say that smoking marijuana is bad and that one shouldn’t do it, but there are a lot of people that don’t know why. There is also a large percentage of children who are peer pressured into trying for the first time. “According to the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2.1 million people in the US abused marijuana for the first time that year”. Marijuana has many negative effects that people don’t even think of before they use. Smoking marijuana can have negative effects on your physical

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    Cigarette smoking is prevalent throughout the world, despite a broad range of adverse effects on the society, public health, environment, and economy. Many smokers continue to smoke despite being aware of the cost to their health and finances. The easy access and availability along with the addiction to nicotine are the primary causes of tobacco use around the world. People continue to smoke because cigarettes are readily available and they can quickly acquire cigarettes despite an intention to quit

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    Center for Disease and Health Prevention, smoking tobacco is the leading cause of preventable diseases and deaths throughout the entire world. Smoking can take control over any person's life; It doesn’t matter what sex, race, age, or even education level someone has. Smoking tobacco does not just affect the smoker, but the people who may be around at that time. Even though smoking is major health risk, people all over the world have multiple reasons for smoking; stress, addiction, peer pressure, lack

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    Smoking Gun: The Effects of Smoking 1 in 5 adults and teenagers smoke, according to BeTobaccoFree.hhs.gov. This ad about smoking is directed towards them, and features a hand holding a cigarette, with a shadow in the background of a gun with a finger on the trigger. There is smoke coming from the cigarette, as well as the end of the barrel of the shadow gun, as if it has just been fired. The black, bold words, “Smoking Kills” are above a smaller font that reads, “About 106,000 people in the UK die

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    Smoking Smoking, the drug killer number one is everywhere at this time, even government and enough information, which we can get almost everywhere cannot stop some young people. What forces young people to smoke? Why they risk their health just for cigarettes. Is it the addiction what make them smoke, or it is a societal pressure, or it is something else ? The second important question is that, what is the major and minor effect of smoking. I have many experiences with smoking, because using of this

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    products for example cigarettes while ant-smoking campaigns are the activities and rally that the tobacco industries and other institutions or organization employ to oppose or curb smoking globally, example public education. The rate of smoking globally is on the rise if the current data is to go by the youths will be the most affected compared to adults, this trend is worrying and leaves us with many questions than answers concerning the future of the nations. Smoking has been identified as one of the

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