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    illegally as an effective medicine. In fact Queen Victoria used it to alleviate period pains. However, some women may find that heavy Cannabis use can make their periods irregular, whilst Cannabis smoked with tobacco during pregnancy produces the same risks to the mother and child as smoking cigarettes            In three major studies conducted in Jamaica, Costa Rica, and Greece, researchers have compared heavy long-term cannabis users with non-users

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    6.4.A Cancer is a disease that plagues millions of people annually (“Lung”). Lung cancer develops when healthy cells in the lungs are compromised by chemicals, pathogens, or radiation (Henderson). In the early twentieth century, before cigarette smoking and toxic man-made air pollutants became more commonplace, lung cancer was relatively rare (Henderson). It is now the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, resulting in an estimated 1.3 million deaths annually (“Lung”). Lung cancer is second only

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    like this, this seemingly innocent item was once just a means of fitting in. Now it is comsuming your life quite literally. this is where many young adults find them selves in the US, teen related tobacco use is a peer pressure turned addiction which places then in an inescable pit of furthered tobacco use, something you do not consider at a young age.

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    Persuasive Essay Smoking

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    Karyme Medina Mrs.Gonzalez ENG1301.S62 12 December, 2017 Smoking Bob Marley once said, “Tobacco is known to have been the cause of many medical deaths, while organic marijuana has not been cause of any leading deaths.” There has been known to be one thousand deaths a day caused by cigarettes, while marijuana has not been the death towards anyone. The after effects of smoking cigarettes is worse than smoking marijuana over a long period of time because of health effects, psychological

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    determinant approach used in healthy people 2020 to combat tobacco use, obesity, and physical inactivity-three of the leading contributors to morbidity and mortality in America? Tobacco use, obesity, and physical inactivity are the leading contributors to morbidity and mortality in the United States. We can decrease the morbidity and mortality of the three leading contributors. Around 16 million Americans have diseases related to smoking such as lung diseases, diabetes, stroke, cancer, heart disease

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    cigarettes have has declined from 20.9% in 2005 to 16.8% in 2014. The evidence also suggests that smoking was noticeably ln 2014 than in 2013. Sources reported that tobacco is the leading cause of preventable disease and death. Another essential point is that it kills 28,000 people every year in New York and afflicts nearly 600,000 residents with serious injuries directed to their smoking. In addition, smoking kills half a million Americans every year and costs about $300 billion dollars a year. Considering

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    of adults in the U.S. use some variation of tobacco? Tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, causing more than 480,000 deaths every year, which is approximately 1 of every 5 deaths.1 Award-winning youth tobacco prevention campaign launched by the Food and Drug Administration, The Real Cost, in their television advertisement, “Little Lungs in a Great Big World: Birthday”, describes the effect of tobacco on one's lungs through the use of satire, animation

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    United States of 17% of people diagnosed with lung cancer live for up to five years after they know their cancer status while this percentage and life expectancy lessens in third world countries. Lung cancer increased its spread after the advent of smoking cigarette and was pronounced a killer disease in 1761. Discovery on different aspects of lung cancer began in 1810. Diagnosis of the disease initiated and had a record of 374 cases worldwide in 1912. A German physician, Fritz Lickint, in 1929

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    Teenage Smoking Issues

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    The issues associated with smoking can be imperative to the growth and development of an adolescent. As a high school student many of these stressors affected my personal experience with substance use, as it is known that youth spend approximately one third of their time in school environments (Hofferth and Sandberg, 2001). Despite being aware of the harmful effects smoking has on one’s cognitive ability as well as the health risks associated with it, I was still presented with the ethical dilemma

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    against the legalization of marijuana, this paper will argue that the legalization of marijuana is warranted. It will prove this by weighing marijuana’s effects on the body when smoked against the effects on the body when drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco, by presenting research facts on its medicinal qualities, and showing how the prohibition ultimately contributes to organized crime. The Legalization of Marijuana – A Compelling Case for a Misunderstood

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