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    The Far-reaching Effects of Smoking Essay

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    Smoking has far reaching effects on your life and the lives of others around and being able to quit this habit can allow you to live a more active life free of the desire to smoke. Smoking cigarettes are an addictive habit that is caused from a chemical that is in the tobacco called nicotine. Addiction is the word that is used to describe a person that habitually smokes cigarettes but the word addiction was not always used to describe such a negative thing. Addiction originally was used to describe

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    Ild Research Paper

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    concerns alveolar epithelium, pulmonary capillary endothelium, basement membrane, perivascular and perilymphatic tissues and over time, ILD may lead to pulmonary fibrosis. However, there are only three diseases that are most strongly associated with smoking and they will be discussed below. Respiratory Bronchiolitis-Associated ILD (RB-IBD) The first ILD to be discussed is Respiratory Bronchiolitis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (RB-ILD). RB-ILD is a recently described clinicopathological entity

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    attitudes are a significant risk not only to the health of smokers but to those who involuntary inhale the tobacco smoke of others. Smoking increases the risk of lung cancer and heart disease. Smoking cigarettes is a proven factor in raising the risk of having a heart attack, stroke disease, broncho-pulmonary diseases and poses risks in pregnancy to the unborn child. Tobacco smoking raises overall medical costs, decreases life expectancy and adds to loss of efficiency during the lifetime of an individual

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    Previous studies have demonstrated a rise in TC, TGL, LDL and Apo-B, and a fall in HDL and Apo-A in smokers; and this association is dose dependant [9,10,13][14,15]. It has been suggested that smoking, even of short duration and moderate consumption of cigarettes, is associated with adverse lipoprotein profiles [16]. Apolipoproteins are known to determine the structural stabilities and metabolic directions of lipoproteins. Of the apolipoproteins, Apo-B has identified in VLDL and LDL and thus appears

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    Definition Essay On COPD

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    Pollutions in the air whether it is inside or outside are another cause of the COPD. It is scientifically proven that ninety percent of the human bodies Americans are diagnosed with COPD due to smoking. Air pollutions are caused if you as a person have lung disease, it is yet to be determined by scientist if air pollutions inside or outside is the cause of the COPD. However it is proven that indoor air pollutions have a big effect of COPD. For example

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    The Habit of smoking itself can be dated back to approximately 6000 B.C. Through Medical research we have successfully understood how radiation builds up over time and produces cancer as well as disruption to other vital organs. Tobacco smokers have been looking for ways to overcome the nicotine addictions in order to live healthier and lower the risk of cancer. Electronic cigarettes have recently been introduced to the public, advertised as a way to quit with the same pleasure of smoking. E-Cigarettes

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    male’s smoking rate was 43.7% which is the highest level among the nation of OECD. Therefore, government argued that we should powerful policy for reducing smoking rate less than 30%. However, it is a lack of objectivity because the figure expressed not Korean adult smoking rate but male smoking rate only. According to OECD Factbook this year, Korean adult smoking rate is 23.2% which is 14th place among 40 nations including members of OECD and 6 nations of BRIICS. In addition, female smoking rate is

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    used? Science and medical reports have proven that smoking cigarettes has the potential to subject the individual to several life-threatening health effects such as lung cancer, COPD, Emphysema, cardiovascular disease, and an increased risk of stroke. Through the years, many global advertising campaigns and organizations like Action on Smoking and Health, American Lung Association, and American Cancer Society have been working to put a stop to smoking and the tobacco industry. In order to prevent future

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    The Great American Cigarette

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    The cigarette is one of the biggest causes of death on the planet ranging from it many diseases that it causes to the effects that it psychotically a person. With smoking being dangerous by it secondhand smoke and peer pressure succumb to people’s minds and thoughts to go and do these awful things. The Cigarette is looks simple but in reality it is engineered piece of death according to Hyde who says” A cigarette looks simple: just a paper wrapped around some tobacco, but todays cigarettes is a

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    of the reasons why smoking should be banned in public places. Before we get into the argument of whether smoking should be allowed in public places or not, we first need to identify a few items: the concept of smoking, the reasons people smoke, the government’s involvement, and an alternative solution. First, let us answer the question of “what is smoking?” Smoking “refers to the inhalation and exhalation of fumes from burning of tobacco in cigars, cigarettes and pipes” (Smoking). It was first used

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