In addition, more than three million people die every year worldwide from smoking related diseases (Pringle 44). Besides the transience statistics are the millions of additional colds, canker sores, cases of chronic bronchitis and dental issues that are related to the use of tobacco products. Tobacco use doesn’t just burden an individual’s health, put also places quite a financial burden on their bank account. Smoking even a half of a pack per day will cost the average individual upwards of two thousand dollars a year if the smoker uses one of the most popular brands, Camel or Marlboro, as most young smokers do. Add to that national annual health care costs and lost work revenues totaling seventy billion dollars, damages from the 38% of accidental fires attributed to
Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer, with nearly 90% of patients dying within 2 years of diagnosis, in large part because it tends to be diagnosed late (Gulyn and Youssef, 2010). Signs and Symptoms Initial presentation of lung cancer, regardless of gender, tend to be nonspecific, as a chronic or new cough in 65% to 75% of cases, with 25% or more having a productive cough (Yoder, 2006). Since lung cancer often occurs in central airways it can also present as pneumonia and lymph enlargement; hemoptysis will occur in 20% to 30% of patients. Other symptoms include dyspnea , with 60% of patients developing it early and 65% developing it at some time during their illness (Yoder, 2006). About 50% of patients present initially with chest pain (Yoder, 2006).
Out of nowhere the cancer was back. Grandfather went in for his one year checkup and was told cancer had been found in his lungs and chest. I could tell then that grandfather had lost all hope, but he tried more experimental treatments that often made him very sick. Although he would have rather discontinued his treatment he didn’t for the sake of the family. Even
Cadmium stays in your body for years. Lead is another harmful ingredient used in cigarettes. Lead poisoning stunts your growth, makes you vomit, and damages your brain. Tobacco leaves long-term effects such as death, heart disease, cancer, lung disease, reproductive damage, and birth defects. Tobacco kills more people through heart disease and stroke than it does through cancer.
Most addictive drug b. Contains poisonous chemicals (there are more than 4,000 chemical compounds in second hand smoke of which 200 of them are poisonous). c. Leads to lung cancer, serious illnesses, and death. d. The risk for cardio vascular disesase is 70 percent greater for smokers. (Donatelle, 2010) 3.
Affects of secondhand smoke includes: heart disease, cancer, and asthma. “Each year in the United States alone, it is responsible for: an estimated 46,000 deaths from heart disease in people who are current nonsmokers, about 3,400 nonsmoking adults die of lung cancer as a result of breathing secondhand smoke, and worse asthma or asthma related problems in up to 1 million asthmatic children” (American Cancer Society, 2011, para. 11). Most smokers do not realize how much their smoking affects those around them, until they lose someone close to them from secondhand smoke or if you have children that stay sick due to smoke. There are a lot of bad chemicals in cigarettes and other tobacco products.
SOSC 2330 THE ECONOMICS OF LAW, POLICY AND ORGANISATION. Smoking costs governments millions of dollars because of the large number of people who need treatment in hospitals for smoking related problems. Tobacco consumption is by far the leading cause of premature deaths and deceases in Canada. According to Health Canada more than 37,000 people will die this year due to smoking. Of those, more than 300 non-smokers will die of lung cancer and at least 700 non-smokers will die of coronary heart disease caused by exposure to second-hand smoke.
Of the 7,000 chemicals in just one cigarette, 250 chemicals are toxic to one’s health...whether it be the smoker or the bystander breathing in the sidestream smoke. 69 chemicals of those 250 are known to cause cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute, “approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths occur each year among adult nonsmokers in the United States as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke”. This statistic derives from the fact that “sidestream smoke has higher concentrations of cancer-causing agents (carcinogens)…” (“Secondhand Smoke” par 1). In a general gist, secondhand smoke can put an individual at risk of cancer even if they have never smoked a day in their entire life.
I. INTRODUCTION: A-Attention Getter : Smoking causes more deaths then __ combined. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Illegal drug use Alcohol use Motor vehicle injuries Firearm-related incidents B-Thesis Statement : Each year, an estimated 443,000 people die prematurely from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, and another 8.6 million live with a serious illness caused by smoking. C-Preview : We will examine the history of tobacco , and then the the positive light they tried to portray tobacco in, with finally the truth that tobacco has on this world. II.
It’s costing some of our children their lives. Incidence of Reported Cases of Child Abuse | Type of abuse | Percentage of total | Neglect | 54 | Physical abuse | 25 | Sexual abuse | 11 | Emotional abuse | 3 | Other | 7 | Information from Wang CT, Daro D. Current trends in child abuse reporting and fatalities: the results of the 1996 annual fifty state survey. Chicago: National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, 1997. | Child Abuse Each day in the United States, more than 4 children die as a result of child abuse in the home. www.childhelpusa.org In 2003, an estimated 1,500 children died of abuse and neglect-an average of more than 4 children per day.