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    created by the CDC “Terrie’s ad” a woman is in a hospital bed speaking against smoking cigarettes. Her voice is very difficult to understand, her skin has detrimentally changed, and the imagery portrayed is very disturbing to the audience. Terrie claims she started smoking as a teenager, and it is eventually released that she dies at the age of fifty-three from cancer. The purpose of this commercial is to stop people from smoking, ideally before they start. To reach this goal the creators of the video

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    nicotine becomes absorbed in the body from smoking one cigarette (MConell 1). Furthermore, studies conducted by multiple scientists reveal that nicotine may be as addictive as cocaine or

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    Harmful effects of smoking Doan Thi Huong Thao BAIU08155 International University HCMC Academic English 2 Bien Thi Thanh Mai Instructor May 17, 2010 Abstract Smoking is known to be a primary cause of harmful effects on health, family, environment and society. However, scientist research in health and environment, that researches show that smoking cause many diseases, even lung cancer. An aim of my study has been to determine that smoking also effect on family and society. Results indicated

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    although most lung cancers are related to smoking, 10% of people with lung cancer have never smoked.’’ (http://lungcancercampaign.org/patient-information/). Which links to the smoking

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    Kaylee Brandenberg Professor Mary Dixon English 1010 17 March 2017 To Vape, or not to Vape? Introduction E-cigarettes: a safe way to stop smoking, or a gateway to get teens hooked on bad habits that can lead to deadly diseases? E-cigarettes evolved in 2003 and have since proposed the long drug out debate on whether they are helpful, or if they are indeed a health risk. Many traditional cigarette smokers have began to take the leap by trying out vaping. Unfortunately, what most smokers don’t

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    According to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), 36.5 million Americans currently smoke, that is about fifteen percent of the population which is equal to the combined population of America’s twenty-five largest cities. Although anti-smoking advertisements are shown throughout the United States, people do not take them seriously half the time. The advertisement in this analysis showcases a grayish background, with the colors focusing mainly on a cigarette box that has the cigarettes put into crayon

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    Teenage drinking and the abuse of alcohol/smoking. Alcohol abuse can cause wrecks, smoking can cause many different cancers. Whenever people under age consume alcohol, they tend to do stuff that they will regret. Whenever people under age smoke they have some sort of cancer in/on their body. When adults drink they still have a chance to wreck but the percentage of adults getting in a wreck is less of a chance of an underage drinker. They have age restrictions for a reason. E-cigarettes are

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    Why you should quit smoking and use E-cigarettes Humans have grown on probably the worst habit of all time, smoking either tobacco/any other drug. The amount of people smoking/starting to smoke is rising rapidly each year. Most companies that supply tobacco are trying their hardest to increase their profit and sales, since evolving from ‘the classic pipe’ tobacco is becoming easier to use and easier to get. The price of tobacco/cigarettes are also decreasing rapidly every year which is another reason

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    disease, a bad habit or a little weakness. Much has been said about smoking, but it is still a major problem in the United States. This habit has joined men and women and has received widespread popularity among children and adolescents. Nicotine addiction has a negative impact on society as a whole, as well as, on the life of an individual's health. Many smokers easily accept their bad habit. They were convinced that smoking does not cause harm to the body, they did not know about the harmful

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    There has been a great increase in the number of deaths due to smoking. Headlines such as ‘’Second hand smoke kills 600,000 worldwide annually’’ (Falco, 2010) highlights that there’s a major problem. My question is, why are people still smoking? It should be a wake-up call for those who smoke but even with the hard facts presented, people still decide to smoke. As a psychology student, I was interested in exploring the phenomenology of smoking & wanted to address this matter further. To do this, I designed

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