People who smoke are up to six times more likely to suffer a heart attack than nonsmokers, and the risk increases with the number of cigarettes smoked. In the United States, approximately thirty eight thousand deaths each year are caused by exposure to second hand smoke. Among current smokers, chronic lung disease accounts for about seventy three percent of smoking-related conditions. Over time, smoking will cause serious health conditions such as: cancer of mouth and gums, tooth loss, and obviously, lung cancer and death. Smoking can result in the loss of medical readiness, which can and will affect your chances to possibly stay in the service.
No More Killing Smoking cigarettes is the top number one cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. It accounts more than 480,000 deaths every year or one of every five deaths. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015) The ad features a picture of two cigarettes standing upright; resembling the burning Twin Towers after hijacked passenger airliners struck them on 9/11. “No More Killing,” a statement in big bold letters hoping the make an impact on it audience. Under that on the left-hand side in small print is a statistic that reads, “It is estimated that one person dies every 8 seconds from smoking.
The American Cancer Society states that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women. Cigarette smoking is directly responsible for 87% of lung cancer cases in the United States annually. Secondhand smoke, which is the inhalation of smoke from another’s smoking, is a cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers (“Lung Cancer and Smoking Cigarettes”). According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 3,000 adults that do not smoke will die each year from lung cancer due to breathing in secondhand smoke. Smoking cigarettes is by far the main contributor to lung cancer.
According to did www.cancer.org[->0] 443, 000 people died last year caused by tobacco consumption, cigarette smoking accounts for 30% of all cancer deaths in the world. According to www.worldometer.com to this date, January 30th 2014, already 201,632 people have died because of alcohol, and counting. So, who is really the bad guy here, the one that produces important resources or the ones that kill you? Forget for a second, all the bad media that's been out there about the plant, and look for the facts. Why is the government against it?
More or less it’s been good and bad. I ask why hasn’t marijuana been legalized across the country only because America has accepted much worse. There are substances sold daily that are far more damaging to the people of United States and its communities. Alcohol and tobacco is a substance that can cause long-term and short-term damage to the body. Alcohol alone can cause “high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, liver disease, digestive problems” as well as depression, anxiety, and more (Alcohol and Public Health, 2014).
A Ban Should be Placed on the Sale of Cigarettes A ban should definitely be placed on the sale of cigarettes since it could have a positive impact on many people. It is a proven killer, not only for the actual smoker but for people who are faced with second hand smoke, if other harmful substances such as crack and marijuana are illegal cigarettes should be too. Cigarettes are a proven killer, despite knowing this vital information, South African’s waste billions of Rands each year on them. It is the one of the most traded items on the planet, with approximately 1 trillion being sold from country to country each year. It has become one of the world’s largest industries.
per year (“U.S. War on Drugs” 7). Alcohol is toxic to healthy cells and organs and causes about 35,000 deaths in the U.S. per year (Armentano 2). Anyone who is eighteen years of age or older is able to purchase cigarettes and other forms of tobacco. If you are twenty-one years of age or older, you are able to buy alcohol.
One, a study carried out by University of Hong Kong and the Department of Health that was reported in the South China Morning Post shows that there is a high correlation between level of physical activity in people and in the risk of dying from different diseases such as cancer. According to this study, it clearly shows that deaths resulting from lack of physical exercise are way higher than deaths from smoking. Actually, according to this study about 20% of all deaths among people who are aged thirty five and above are associated with lack of exercise which is evidently higher those deaths of the same group of people from smoking. Particularly looking at cancer, the risk of dying for men is about 45% and 28% for women due to lack of physical exercise from this chronic disease. From this study too, it shows that most of the people being diagnosed with cancer are people who spend a lot of hours watching television, and they are into jobs that require them to sit in the office for long hours a day such as 10 hours with no engagement to physical exercise at all.
Smoking is the largest cause of preventable death in the world and 90% of lung cancer patients developed lung cancer because of smoking. There are around 400 chemicals inside a cigarette and a large amount of it is toxic to your body. A few examples of chemicals are benzene (found in crude oil), Acetone (An ingredient in nail polish), turpentine (paint thinner) and nicotine, a highly addictive drug. Smoking contributes to your risk of coronary heart disease. This disease increases your likelihood or having a heart attack.
Topic: Marijuana should be banned Argue for or against this topic I am supporting this topic that marijuana should be banned. Marijiuana should be banned because it is dangerous to health. Marijuana makes you do anything that you feels to to do . Using marijuana may lead you to do dangerious activities and may make your family ashamed of you. Inaddition,it is an unsociable hobby.