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    The topic that I have chosen to research is the effectiveness of graphic anti-smoking advertisements that are displayed on cigarette packaging as well as those shown on television. The reason this topic was selected, is that one day, whilst on holiday, a relative had left his pack of cigarettes on a table, depicting the image of a person with mouth cancer. All of my immediate family thought it was a repulsive image to see whilst eating dinner, to the point where one actually picked the package up

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    The Harmful Effects of Smoking Tobacco My purpose for writing this paper is to educate the reader of the harms and effects done onto a person from smoking Tobacco and persuade anyone thinking about or attempting to smoke Tobacco to consider the following for your own benefit. I will cover most harmful effects Tobacco has on not only the person using it but also the people around them. I will also show both sides of the argument with both the pros and the cons of smoking Tobacco as well as provide

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    more likely to suffer a heart attack than nonsmokers, and the risk increases with the number of cigarettes smoked. Smoking also causes most cases of chronic obstructive lung disease” (betobaccofree.hhs.gov). Headaches and migraines could also be added to the cigarette down-falls check list. A book that was written by German researchers reported that alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking were associated with increased migraines and tension type headaches (TTH) in high school students. “Cigarette

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    Smoking Vs Vaping

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    Smoking Vs Vaping lesser of two Evils Having to choose the lesser of two evils obviously still is not good but it at least minimizes a lot of the underlying problems with the evils. So which is the less of two evils when it comes to tobacco smoking and vaping. The debate about whether smoking is better for you or if Vaping is the new way to go. According to the cancer council NSW the Beginning of smoking happened nearly “2000 years ago tobacco began to get chewed and smoked during cultural or religious

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    In the United States, cigarette smoking is responsible for about 480,000 deaths per year. This has caused smoking addicts to search for help immediately. Many of them have turned to vaping either vape pens or electronic cigarettes. William Shadel explains how exactly vaping works, “...with an electronic cigarette, nicotine is heated and inhaled through a water-based vapor while nicotine in traditional cigarettes is carried on smoke generated by burning tobacco leaves..”(Shadel,1) . With plenty of

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    Would anyone engage in smoking cigarettes if each cigarette had an effect written on the side, such as lethal, or fatal? Advertisements pop up on the TV commercials, in newspapers, and magazines that illustrate the reality of what happens when engaging in smoking tobacco, but yet people still smoke cigarettes. Some of these advertisements campaigning against big tobacco companies use pretty graphic and shocking images to convince the population that tobacco is just awful for the body. Health organizations

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    According to the CDC guidelines, promoting smoking cessation is the most important component of a comprehensive state tobacco control agenda to reduce tobacco use. Smokers who quit at any age can prevent most of the risk of smoking related diseases including death, and has an immediate and long-term health benefit. Evidence-based research shows that statewide tobacco control programs that are comprehensive, sustained, and accountable have reduce smoking rates, as well as tobacco-related diseases

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    Elizabeth Keyishian, Author of Everything you Need to Know About Smoking writes that “Smoking is dangerous for everybody, but there are special health risk for women. Lung cancer has replaced breast cancer as the leading killer disease for women.”(Keyishian). Remember the warning label on the cigarette passage states that, “‘Smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, premature birth, and low birth weight.’”(Keyishian). Smoking may not seem like a big deal yet, but once a girl or woman starts

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    tobacco companies and ban the marketing, production, and sales of tobacco. This is because health issues contributed to the use of tobacco products are overwhelmingly high; they’re very addictive; the effects of second-hand smoke are as harmful as smoking itself; and an alarming percentage of the market research is geared towards teens and young adults. With technologies available today, doctors are finding more and more diseases and health issues associated with the use of tobacco products. “Respiratory

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    Running Head: Is smoking hookah as harmful on the periodontium as cigarettes? Kayleigh J Dow Old Dominion University: School of Dental Hygiene Abstract Hookah smoking has become a new fixation in our society. It is considered acceptable socially, practiced by many who don’t view it as harming their health. The availability of hookah is rather alarming and people of all ages, races, and religions are participating. There have not been many studies completed on the link between hookah

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