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    recreational drugs in the world; mainly in the form of cigarettes, but also in cigars and pipes, and in combination with cannabis and marijuana in 'joints'. Although most countries put age restrictions on its use, over a billion adults smoke tobacco legally every day, and supplying this demand is big business. As well as having serious health consequences for smokers themselves, the pollution of other people's atmospheres with cigarette smoke also makes this an environmental issue

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    study focuses on Youth/Student population and the second one was on adult. (http://www.smokefree.doh.gov.ph/index.php) Under the youth research, Philippines Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), it concluded that 46.2% of students had ever smoked cigarettes, which is tantamount to more than 1 in 5 students surveyed. Almost 9 in 10 of students surveyed saw anti-smoking media messages and over two-thirds of them think smoke from other is harmful. The study further concluded that approximately 86% of

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    Banning the Smoke Smoking cigarettes has been a huge public health issue in America for many years. They should be banned for they’ve caused many people their lives. The United States government along with other countries like the UK have moved towards a ban on cigarette smoking in public places. Defender of this approach argue that smoking cigarettes cause health risks for non-smokers. This may lead to a major economic consideration for Tobacco is the second major cause of mortality in the world

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    E-Cigarettes Entering the market in 2004, the trendsetting way to quit smoking tobacco cigarettes the electronic cigarettes. E-cigarettes are the modest way to smoke also called vaping. This device has users inhaling an aerosols called e-liquid made with and without nicotine, in many flavors such as traditional cigarettes are aggressively bring marketed to people of all ages as a safer way to smoke. Government should play a role in regulating the e-cigarettes industry. The FDA regulates traditional

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    imaginations of many people with its nostalgic singing and dancing along with its beloved story line of romance. However, it also left a lasting impression on youth when its favorite characters succumbed to peer pressure and began partaking in smoking cigarettes to fit in with the crowd, which leads to the question, “should big tobacco be allowed to influence people in the form of motion pictures viewed by cinema fans of all ages”? Smoking in movies is not merely a trend from the 80’s; rather, smoking

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    Cigarette Smoking Should Not Be Banned

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    Should cigarette smoking be banned for everyone in the United States? Why? Why not? Should those who chose their time smoking to relieve stress, personal enjoyment, or simply just because, have to lose their right to what makes them happy? Smoking tobacco products has been around for decades and in many different forms. Should personal rights be pushed aside to please those around us that disagree with the so called “disgusting habit”? In the paper The Washington Times an article caught my interest

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    Cigarette smoking is the major single cause of cancer death in the United States. Universities moving to become tobacco-free campuses have spread across the country. As of January 1, 2016, there are at least 1,475 smoke-free campuses in the United States. Of those, about 820 prohibit the use of e-cigarettes anywhere on campus. This is a major increase in numbers compared to 2011, where only 586 campuses were smoke-free. In Florida, 23 universities and colleges have prohibited smoking. In 2011, Florida

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    non-governmental organization and other associations have been putting pressure on the government to ban cigarette production but these products contribution of these products to the national GDP cannot be neglected. As a result, of the huge sum, the government gets from these companies in the form of taxes it extremely difficult for the government ban the production of cigarettes but have instead resorted to banning advertisements of these products. Is the government doing enough as it claims it is doing to

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    number of 823 now also prohibit the use of e-cigarettes, or vaping, anywhere on campus. Smoking on campus should be banned, because it affects people who have asthma and secondhand smokers, cigarettes smells terrible, and it’s a safety hazard. King James I of Scotland once stated “Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs.” Firstly, it affects people who have asthma and secondhand smokers. In

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    One Ban That Doesn’t Stink: Banning Public Smoking Do people know that cigarettes are responsible for more causalities each year than from HIV, illegitimate drug use, alcohol related incidents, and automobile calamities combined? It is one of the only permissible products that have been long-established to kill when used as intended. Tobacco usage is the main source of avoidable and premature death and disease worldwide according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Medical studies

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