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    The smoking population in London stands around 1.2 million and with such a significant percentage of this city with the habit, it is unsurprising the ban has caused such wide controversy. Without hesitation, I add my voice to the chorus of non-smokers who think this ban goes too far. However, I am not saying that smoking is in any way good as I am extremely aware of the gruesome health risks and unattractive photos of black lungs and lopsided livers that litter the media. I just ask of you Britain;

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    Electronic cigarettes, new trick Electronic cigarettes are the latest product of the tobacco family opens their place among the community, which means it is going to cause some people to quit smoking cigarettes taken place. Electronic cigarette or electric cigarette is a device that simulates smoking . It works by producing a vapor that smell, taste and feel like real cigarettes to consumers , develops Electronic cigarettes are sold around the world today are the millions of consumers . In different

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    for years now (Turley 3). If you look at the history of tobacco it goes back thousands of years and still today we have tobacco consumers regardless of the numerous studies suggesting you should not consume tobacco. According to the CDC, cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. More information about the amount of harm tobacco causes as well as policies put into play have led to the decrease in the consumption of tobacco. It is hard to balance the

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    Several people think if smoking is legal and if the smokers are of age then they should be allowed to smoke. They also think It is not the job of the government to tell anyone what to decide to do with their life and not for them to command smokers to stop. They think that banning smoking in public would applaud people to smoke more in their houses, this will hurt other people in their house, especially their kids. It would also make bars, pubs and clubs go out of business.  In an article by Joseph

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    that more and more people smoke now than they have in the past. Smoking causes damage not only in the lungs, but also in the body, lips, or inside the mouth. Even though smoking does harm your body there are some good things that come from smoking. Such as it can lower the risk of obesity, and knee replacement surgery. There is different types of lung cancer one for smoking and the other, nonsmoking. Although people are smoking, not only are adults getting lung cancer, but kids and teens are

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    liquid nicotine. The user is able to inhale this vapor and get the nicotine without the other 4,000 chemicals present in tobacco cigarette smoke (Schroeder). Nicotine is a chemical that is produced by the tobacco plant. People have discovered that by smoking the leaves of a tobacco plant the nicotine in the leaves is delivered into the bloodstream. Nicotine by itself is not an awful drug as far as drugs go, although it is highly addictive, it is the tar in cigarettes that does so much damage. Tobacco

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    and Drug Administration (FDA) on electronic cigarette products is creating a desire for state and local governments to enact laws aimed to address their usage (Balakit, 2014). In Maryland, House Bill 0026, Clean Indoor Air Act – Use of Electronic Smoking Devices – Prohibition, was intended to make the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), “battery-operated devices that contain nicotine cartridges and other chemicals,” illegal in public places (Subramaniam, 2015, p. 2). This would be consistent

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    Electronic cigarettes, also called e-cigarettes or e-cigs, are an alternative choice to smoking actual cigarettes. Whether e-cigarettes should be regulated is a controversial topic among the people of the world today. A few people withhold the beliefs that electronic cigarettes should not be regulated as regular cigarettes are. It is possible that they believe that the regulation will lead to the prohibition or cease of smoking wholly. However, speaking as a candor person, one may say that these people are

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    Did you know, smoking causes more than” 440,000 deaths” per year? (“Effects of Tobacco” 1). That is an overwhelming number of deaths that could be prevented if only the individuals did not use tobacco. As of 2008, East Tennessee State University has adopted a tobacco-free policy for not only the safety of students, but their overall mental and physical health as well. That policy has been increasing on college campuses at a nationwide level. As of 2009, the American College Health Association adopted

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    safety grants addressing marijuana, and preventing damage to the environment resulting from illegal marijuana production. Proposition 64 legalized permitting smoking marijuana in a private home, or at a business that has been licensed for on-site marijuana consumption. Although smoking while driving, in all public places, and anywhere smoking tobacco is, has remained illegal. Along with, possession on school grounds, daycare center, or youth center where children are present. For businesses to sell

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