Smoking is harmful and dangerous for American University in Cairo (AUC) students. Worldwide, tobacco use causes more than 5 million deaths per year (“Fast Facts”) and this is a large number of smokers that should be decreased. In Egypt, there are 34, 000 deaths each year due smoking, according to the article “Smoking in Egypt | Egypt Independent”. However, the number of smokers in Egypt is increasing every day and especially among youth. AUC took a first step to protect its students from this danger by banning indoor smoking. AUC banned smoking10 feet from classrooms to maintain a healthier environment .However, it did not decrease the number of smokers on campus so AUC should ban smoking on campus.This essay will prove that smoking should be banned on the AUC campus for several reasons. Firstly, the number of smoking youth is increasing every day because Egypt is a smoking culture and they observe their parents smoking with few changes in health. Secondly, AUC should try to provide a healthier environment for the students and the working faculty because it is its responsibility. Thirdly, ban on smoking will set an example in Egypt to quit smoking and prevent others from this dangerous habit. Finally, AUC students are role models for the Egyptian people so they should become healthier to be more productive.
According to the statistics from the state-run Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, there are about 13 million smokers now in Egypt ("Smoking in Egypt
The smoking habit is the principal cause of illness, disability and death around the world. More than five million of people in the world die due to smoking habit every year. If we don’t take care of this in 2030 the amount will be ten million. Seven million of these deaths would be in poor countries.
The phenomenon of smoking is common among college students. AlSwuailem, AlShehri, and Al-Sadhan (2014) stated that one in four students at King Saud University is a smoker. According to the authors, the main cause that leads to smoking is having friends smoking. Smoking is the main risk for many health problems. The World Health Organization (WHO) shows that there are currently around one billion smokers and about six million people die from smoking each year, including more than five hundred thousand people who do not smoke are affected by second-hand smoke deaths (WHO, 2015). Second-hand smoke may be present in all areas such as restaurant, office work, and private homes. Cigarette smoke has over four thousand chemicals, including more than two hundred and fifty chemicals known to be harmful and fifty carcinogenic substances. In adults, secondhand smoke causes serious respiratory illnesses such as heart disease or lung cancer. Women that smoke during pregnancy can cause low birth weight baby. Many smokers are aware of the potential risks of smoking, but these statistics in the US Recent research shows that around twenty four percent of adults continue to smoke. Especially the adolescence smokers aged 18 - 24 years old increase nearly thirty five percent. Although the number of smokers increased, seventy five percent of smokers say they want to quit smoking. The combination of methods such as counseling by
I will be discussing the topic why smoking should be banned in the workplace (inside and outside). I’ll be covering the loss of productivity in the workplace and the benefits of a smoke free workplace. In my opinion smoking should be banned in the workplace because the productivity is what makes a business and the benefits are a healthier and safer environment producing a better corporate image.
Apart from the child health care system itself, parents hold the key to all of the child's. Some parents may not know exactly how to care for their child in the most healthy way due to the fact that the parent has: bad habit, drug issues, and in some way abusive.
Abstract-The problem, increasing adolescent smoking, particularly in Arabs is well described. The method-a quasi-experimental design is also identified. The results and conclusion highlighted the fact that they measured cigarette smoking which the Arab did less of, but did do more water-pipe smoking (Rice, Weglicki, Templin, Jamil, & Hammad,
A. Every wonder why people smoke? Is smoking really healthy for them? How much does it cost an individual to smoke? What are the costs to society when people smoke? These are all questions that can easily be taken care of by banning cigarette smoking. It is really a disgusting sight to see a woman with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth. It is equally bad to see children with smoking cigarettes.
In spite of the fact that examination on the point is restricted, a few studies demonstrate that most smokers on school grounds try not to follow open air smoking policies. To assist comprehend the consistence, or deficiency in that department, of open air smoking approaches on school grounds, this Experiences From the Field article portrays a venture directed to gauge how regularly an outside smoking arrangement was abused on a college ground (Seitz, 2012). Because of this, Journal of America start a research utilizing the scientific methodology to make sure smokers know the true consequences of smoking in ban areas. In the research, "smoking" incorporates tobacco things other than just cigarettes, littered wooden and plastic stogie tips
Smoking, as one knows it, has become a stress-reliever worldwide. One will find a smoker pulling out a cigarette and lighting it up around every corner. Smoking has especially become a growing problem in college campuses. When a college student enters the college campus, they do not only enter a new campus, a new life is also entered. In this new experience, one will find themselves exploring new things. The power of the eye is remarkable in today’s society. When someone has a friend that is doing something, the one looking will eventually want to try as well. This can raise many red flags that can be avoided, simply by banning smoking on all college campuses. Smoking on college campuses should be banned because of nicotine’s negative effect on student’s personalities, academics, and overall health.
Everyday occurrences in our life become normal we don’t take a second glance. We are surrounded by smoking day to day everywhere we go even if we don’t smoke it affects us. It has been in our society for generations. Families have grown up with family members that smoke or even smoking themselves. Smoking is a large part of our society spending billions while boosting the economy with sales and ads; in the midst of so much negativity surrounding smoking which is it good or bad? We hear the negatives all the time but upsides to smoking are never discussed.
Smoking is obviously harmful to one’s health. The smoke inhaled never leaves the body as it found it. Nicotine in the smoke is very addictive. Engaging in this dangerous act at an early age is far more dangerous to a teenager’s life and trims out at least ten years of their future lives by causing premature deaths. As we take a few steps back into the origin of smoking, the reasons the ancients held for it and the recent effects disclosed related to smoking, it is expected that the teenager will make a solemn decision to either quit smoking or never begin smoking. Ignorance and assumptions are no excuses for the consequent health hazards caused by smoking. Included within this paper are some recommended alternatives for those who on the verge of quitting that may be helpful.
For a country in our financial position the general health of Scotland is very poor. In some areas the average life expectancy is as low as 54 years old for men. A major cause of this is smoking. With the young in particular smoking is much more popular than it used to be. In October 2008, it was estimated that one third of 16-24 year olds smoke. This figure is at a 10 year high. In between the ages of 16-19 it is found that girls are more likely to smoke than boys.
Many ad campaigns and literatures have been published on the detriments of smoking. Medical reports further shows that half of all long-term smokers will die from a smoking-related disease. This unhealthy practice must be addressed by the government to lessen the medical cost to treat the ill effects of smoking. Despite all available data available on smoking’s ill effects government has little success in reducing incidence of smoking.
According to 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 to smoke it will be difficult to quit. When a female becomes a mother, she may still be smoking and unable to stop, causing harm to the baby.
Have people told you, smoking is bad for you or bad for the environment, but just left you there and did not explain why? Cigarettes have been a major problem ever since they were created and have caused harm to everywhere the wind takes it. The smoke from that cigarette can cause very bad damage to perSonal objects like walls or electronics over time. That little white stick of tobacco has caused billions of dollars in damage and health costs, which does not help the state 's debt. Even though you accept the risk of smoking do you really think that your two year old kids or dog accept the damage it can cause them in their adult life, The medical costs it could cause them to have to pay. In contrast choices you make do
Smoking is strongly associated with age, which may suggest social tolerance to smoking in this setting and that social and educational variables appear to play a significant role in smoking among universities students. According to research universities and college students on tobacco use, indicated that more than half of the students used a tobacco product. Nowadays the prevalence of smoking continues to increase especially among the younger age students. Tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as ischemic heart disease, stroke, chronic