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Smoke Detectors, 2004.
A discussion of the reasons for having a functioning smoke alarm in the home.
3,140 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 91.95
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This paper examines how, in the United States, the accidental affliction of death caused by fires and burns occupies the fourth place. It attempts to show how smoke alarms are the chiefly efficient, initial cautioning device existing for the home and how they give precious time to run away from a fire. Generally, fires can propagate quickly through a home, and people may have as little as two minutes to run away following the alarm sounds. The possibility of dying in a housing fire is reduced to half when a functioning smoke alarm is available.
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"Though heat detectors are put into use for residential purposes from 1921, ?the field tests have shown that they are not as efficient as smoke detectors in sensing fires in the home? and the Section 16, Chapter 3 of the NFPA Fire Protection Handbook asserts that genuine fire tests in suburban occupancies have shown that considerable amounts of smoke have come before the considerable amounts of heat in approximately all cases. Most of the residential fires belong to the slow burning flame type and the most important point is that they are not of the soaring heat building type. (Smoke Detectors in the Home: A Matter of Life & Death) Most of the serious home fire happens when the people are fast asleep at night. Reports show that most people die due to smoke and poisonous gases rather than the fire itself. Many people at night do not know that there was a fire."
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Smoke Movement in High Bay Hangars, 2002.
Examines the interaction of smoke movement and detector sensitivity in high-bay hangar spaces.
9,084 words (approx. 36.3 pages), 42 sources, APA, $ 188.95
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This study develops reliable data that fire safety and security management professionals can use in the development of models for smoke detector types and placement in high-bay hangar facilities. Two research questions are investigated in this paper and hypotheses are tested in relation to each research question. The research questions investigated were as follows:
1. What effect does bay height have on smoke detector sensitivity in a high-bay hangar?
2. What effect does the use of a draft curtain have on smoke detector sensitivity in a high-bay hangar?
Each of the hypotheses is supported by the analysis of the data. The results of the research performed for this study show that, as bay height increases (all other factors remaining equal), smoke detector sensitivity decreases. The results of the research performed for this study further show that smoke detector sensitivity is higher when draft curtains are in place than when draft curtains are not in place.
Based on these findings, the paper concludes that the use of draft curtains should be mandated in all high-bay hangars. It concludes, further, that means should be found to deploy smoke detectors at levels lower than ceiling height in bays higher than 15 meters.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Research Questions
Purpose of the Study
Definitions of Terms
Overview of the Remainder of the Study
Review of Literature
Theoretical Framework
Waveform Analysis
Systems Theory
Related Research
Methodology
Research Design
Research Questions and Hypotheses
Variables and Operational Definitions
Data Collection Procedures
Data Analysis
Findings
Results of Testing hypothesis One
Results of Testing hypothesis Two
Summary and Conclusions
Summary of the Results
Conclusions
References
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"A total of 33 full-scale fire experiments were conducted in two high-bay hangars. The two high-bay hangars were of different heights, thereby allowing the effects of height on smoke detector sensitivity to be measured and assessed. Draft curtains were used in some experiments but not in others. This approach allowed the effects of the use of draft curtains on smoke detector sensitivity to be measured and assessed. Varying fire sizes were used in the experiments."
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Metal Detectors, 2004.
This paper discusses metal detectors, the mainstays of building security.
1,115 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 38.95
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This paper explains that, since 9/11, countries with a high level of terrorism, such as Israel, use metal detectors, which were formerly used mainly in prisons, but are now used in airports and other public buildings. The author reports that there are three types of metal detectors in general use today, including walk-through, hand-held, and extended arm types. The paper relates that several newer technologies, such as back-scatter X-ray, millimeter wave analysis, and terahertz wave technology, are in various phases of development and deployment to supplement the basic equipment that has traditionally relied on magnetic induction fields and their interaction with electrically conductive and magnetically permeable materials.
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"Most metal detectors utilize an electromagnetic field generated by passing an electric current through a wire coil. In the case of walk-through metal detectors, the electromagnetic field is projected in the form of a wall between the borders formed by the equipment; hand-held devices project a circular field surrounding the length of the device. In the case of walk through detectors, subjects (and any potential targets) pass completely through the electromagnetic field, whereas hand-held devices are employed by passing them close enough to potential targets to come within the known dimensions of the magnetic field surrounding the device. Extended arm detectors function exactly the same as hand-held devices, except that their design allows them to be more easily deployed to bring their electromagnetic field closer to the ground for their specific use in detecting buried weapons or contraband."
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Cigarette Smoking in Canada, 2007.
An analysis of the reasons why Canadians begin smoking, continue smoking and quit smoking.
2,720 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper focuses on discussing the reasons why Canadians smoke. It examines why individuals begin smoking, continue their smoking trends and finally what motivates them to quit smoking. The paper discusses the sociological understanding of human motivation in an attempt to understand the above three factors with regard to cigarette smokers.
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"Overall however, the outlook is bright for Canadian non-smoking campaigns. For the first time this last year, there are more ex-smokers than current smokers in Canadian society. Those who use to smoke have made the conscious decision to stop the cycle for their loved ones and children. Smoking begins with Canadian youth who are influenced by social media as well as adults and society to begin smoking and it perpetuates because of the social typecasting and overall clique nature of smokers. The herd mentality is the strongest impetus for all three stages of a smoker's cycle, because individuals associated smoking as a strongly social activity. However, as society moves away from smoking as a socially accepted medium, more and more youth will look to smoking less as anti-culture and more as irrelevant. As this process continues the next decade will see less and less smokers both take up and perpetuate this disgusting habit."
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Public Administrators and Smoking, 1995.
A research proposal to determine administrators' perceptions of smoking, anti-smoking and regulation efforts and the significance of the administrator's own smoking.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, $ 79.95
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"Statement of the Problem
The proposed research will consist of a descriptive study of the perceptions of public administrators regarding the regulation of cigarette smoking. Not only will public administrators' perceptions be collected, discussed, and interpreted, they will also be examined to determine whether they significantly differ as a function of differences in administrators ages, gender, yearly income, marital status and religion. Further, perceptions will be examined for differences depending upon whether or not the administrator is a smoker.
Problem Background
As noted by Mathre (1994), nicotine (the active ingredient in the tobacco plant) is one of the most toxic and most addictive drugs known to man. Regarding its toxicity, Mathre states that ..."
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Adolescent Smoking, 2007.
This paper studies research conducted among adolescents and students regarding motives for smoking.
1,462 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 48.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the developmental period for today's adolescents can often be characterized by risky behavior. Today, teenagers will participate in smoking cigarettes, drinking, doing drugs, or having unsafe sex, all of which can carry negative consequences. The writer points out that nearly 80% of today's smokers began smoking before they were 18 years old. Further, the writer notes that smoking is the single largest preventable cause of premature deaths in the United States. With close to 5 million children, out of 70 million living today that will have premature deaths due to smoking, it is of utmost importance to determine their motives. The writer discusses what motivates adolescents to smoke despite the obvious negative health effects. The writer maintains that understanding reasons for smoking can help researchers understand just how much cigarettes impact participants' lives. The writer concludes that research can possibly prove that smoking is indeed addictive, helping end any myths about smoking once and for all.
Outline:
Smoking Beliefs
Smoking Studies - High school
Results - High school
Smoking Studies - College
Results - College
Conclusion
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"In 2006, the University of Illinois at Chicago conducted an important study on the effects of nicotine, both positive and negative, in young smokers ranging in age from 15 to 18 years old. The legal age in the United States to purchase and use tobacco products is 18. Because of this, all participants were required to have parental consent as well as their own consent to participate in the study. As with any study, there was a control group that consisted of 27 nonsmokers. In order to qualify as one of the 45 smokers, the participants must have smoked at least 4 weeks and have smoked a minimum of 1 cigarette a week, but no more than 5 cigarettes a day. Nonsmokers must never have smoked in their lives.
"To accurately assess the impacts of nicotine and their respective effects on participants, the study used cigarettes of varying amounts of nicotine: a high-yield cigarette or a denicotinized cigarette."
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Company-Wide Smoking Ban, 2005.
This paper discusses, in the form of a memo, the initiation of a company-wide smoking ban by presenting background material and an outline for each department to prepare for this ban.
1,810 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper notifies all employees of the company that, beginning one month from today, the company will follow the guide-lines of federal and state requirements and institute a ban on smoking in the company buildings. The author stresses that the idea of a smoke-free environment is not only to encourage those employees who smoke to quit but also to protect the non-smokers from being affected by second-hand smoke, scientifically called Environmental Tobacco Smoke- ETS, which can do as much damage to persons nearby a smoker as if they themselves were smoking. The paper includes discussion points for each department about this No-Smoking rule including, although the company is offering financial assistance for a "Stop Smoking" course to encouraged stop smoking anywhere, designating a "Smoking Area" outside the building .
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"It is important for all of you to realize that this was not a sudden, hap-hazard decision, but the statistics were so overwhelmingly negative that we felt we had to do something to protect all our employees and to guarantee them, at least while on the job, a smoke-free environment. Later in this memo, we will explain some of the potential "solutions" to the smoking problem, but, as you will see, they simply did not solve that second-hand smoke situation. But, let me begin by a little background that alerted us to the dangers of second hand smoke."
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Teenage Smoking, 2002.
This paper discusses the dangers of teenage smoking. Specifically, it looks at how teenagers begin smoking, and what can be done to help them quit.
925 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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The paper describes the health risks involved in smoking and asserts that teenagers begin smoking because of peer pressure and because of the way smoking is portrayed in advertisements and television. It describes how smoking then becomes a habit and an addiction for these children so that they are unable to quit. The paper suggests ways in which a smoker can quit, such as using nicotene patches, chewing nicotine gum, and undergoing therapy.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
How Kids Start Smoking
Peer Pressure
Advertising
Smoking in Film
Why Kids Continue Smoking
Habit
Inability to Quit
Addiction
How Kids Can Quit Smoking
Patches and Gum
Therapy
Conclusion
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"The health hazards of smoking are well known and documented. In 1992, over 400,000 people died from complications from smoking each year, including lung and throat cancer, stroke, and heart disease. The number today is even higher. Additionally, some studies have also shown that starting to smoke as a teenager has the potential to permanently damage lung tissue."
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The Effects of Secondhand Smoke, 2006.
An analysis of the debate over banning smoking in public areas.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper discusses the effects of second-hand smoke and the debate over protecting non-smokers. The paper attempts to address the question of protecting non-smokers from the the inadvertent negative health effects of passive smoke. To answer this issue, the paper provides an overview of the development of anti-smoking regulations in America and impediments to changing the smoking culture. The paper concludes that because of the health threat second-hand smoke poses to the non-smoking public, smoking should be prohibited from all public places.
Outline
Can the Tobacco Industry Keep Doubt Alive?
Will Legislation Prevail Over the Industry?
Is Evidence Enough to Prove Them Right?
Does the Media Play a Role in Keeping Smoking Alive?
Do Nonsmokers Have the Right to Protection?
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"Many states, especially California and Washington, have now enacted strict controls on workplace and public smoking (Robinson, 1996). Is it right to enforce such controls over a person's right to smoke? This issue has become a well-debated topic, debated by your average person on the street to your local law maker. OSHA since has put restrictions on workplace smoking, making it only possible in well-ventilated areas (Browner, 1993). Smoking is no longer allowed in your average office cubicle or lunch room. The courts are filled with lawsuits from nonsmokers who died of lung cancer after long-time exposure to secondhand smoke in the workplace. Can such accusations be validated? On a positive note, all of these developments have helped persuade many smokers to cut back or even quit all together. This new "awareness" has cut deeply into the tobacco industry's profits, but has not made enough of an impact to convince the population to quit smoking all together. In response to this change in behavior, the industry is fighting back, including Federal court hearings in an effort to overturn the EPA's decision (Morain, 1993). They have spent millions trying to block local public smoking restrictions, and in many cases, have succeeded in their fight. Most visible were advertising campaigns focused on spreading doubt and turning the EPA's decision into a government control issue. These efforts have worked, but only to a certain point."
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Smoking Ban in Public, 2002.
An analysis of the issues involved in the prevention of smoking in public places and in businesses.
2,190 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper discusses the claim that smoking should not be allowed in public places. The problem of second-hand smoking as a result of smoking in public, is raised. The hazards of second-hand smoke are presented in the paper. The issue is addressed from a legislative point of view as well as from the business/company perspective. The paper provides a number of reasons why a company should endeavor to prevent smoking within its boundaries. The media's influence on public awareness of smoking and passive smoking hazards is examined.
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"Smoking should not be allowed in public places. This is based primarily on the fact that second-hand smoke is a health hazard, but it can also be argued that allowing people to smoke in public only perpetuates the habit and encourages others to take it up, thus adding to the health hazard in the long run. The private sector is already addressing the issue on a case-by-case basis, banning smoking in the workplace in many companies. Those who believe there is a problem may create a smoke-free area for customers or workers, or workers can demand that their place of business be entirely smoke free. Still, the government should take further action to protect the public where companies do not, including in shopping areas, workplaces, theaters, restaurants, and anywhere the public gathers. Allowing smoking on the street in fact encourages smoking, and discouraging smoking should be a primary effort for the public and private sectors to reduce the health costs paid by both."
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Dangers of Secondhand Smoke, 2006.
This paper discusses the health risks involved for children from secondhand smoke.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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In this essay the writer points out that statistics show that second-hand smoke is harmful to children. The writer also notes that few parents realize that when they smoke, their children are also smoking. It is important to look at the definition of second-hand smoke, the statistics about second-hand smoke, and specifically the health risks involved in children who inhale second-hand smoke. The writer maintains that parents should not smoke around their children because it endangers their children's health.
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"Why is the government so worried about smoking? Should smokers not have the freedom to smoke wherever they want? Why are they putting bans on smoking in public places? The answers is due to the facts and statistics that show that cigarette smoking is harmful to a person's health and even second-hand smoke is harmful to those who breathe it. Statistics show that second-hand smoke is harmful to children. Few parents realize that when they smoke, their children are also smoking. It is important to look at the definition of second-hand smoke, the statistics about second-hand smoke, and specifically the health risks involved in children who inhale second-hand smoke."
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The Dangers of Second-hand Smoke, 2002.
A look at the dangers that second-hand smoke has on people, animals and the environment, with a strong argument supporting a ban on smoking in public places.
2,146 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper touches on the physical dangers of inhaling second-hand smoke and the negative effects of second-hand smoke on children and pets. It also argues for a ban on smoking in public places and describes some of the cities and states that have already instrumented such a ban in the United States.
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"Second-hand smoke is a public health hazard. Not only does it have the supernatural ability to cling to clothing and hair, leaving behind a lingering, musty, and stale smell, but it can also create very serious health problems. For those who choose to partake in the precarious activity of puffing on a cancer stick, the associated side effects are expected. Smokers are voluntarily and knowingly exposing themselves to the possibilities of asthma, lung cancer, heart disease, and other related diseases, and are not all that surprised when they become ill from their bad habit. For those who choose not to inhale poisonous chemicals into their lungs, however, the side effects are just unfair. Many non-smokers have chosen not to smoke to preserve their health and prolong their lives, and they should not have to expose themselves to second-hand smoke when they are out in public. Non-smokers should be able to feel free to socialize in any restaurant or bar without having to be subjected to the harmful effects of second-hand smoke. With so many grim statistics out there about second-hand smoke, why are we still allowing people to smoke in public places, literally killing those who choose not to smoke?"
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Florence King's ?I?d Rather Smoke than Kiss?, 2005.
This paper reviews Florence King's expression of why she chooses to smoke in her article "I'd Rather Smoke than Kiss", published in the "National Review" (7/9/90, Vol. 62 Issue 13, p32).
1,060 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 37.95
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This paper explains that, although she is for smoking and is a smoker herself, Florence King's "I'd Rather Smoke than Kiss" expresses both sides of the issue; nonetheless, she states that no matter what the American society thinks, says or does, it will not convince her to quit smoking. The author points out that, when explaining her opinions and situations, King's choice of words suggests that she purposely tries to segregate all smokers from the non-smokers. The paper concludes that King's article is important because her arguments exemplify different observational situations, which society imposes on smokers in the United States and offers insight into some of the issues of discrimination towards smokers by combining personal experience and actual situations that smokers encounter everyday.
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"I guess I can agree with some of the things that she says in her article, but she did not change my opinion on smokers. I am neutral on the subject I am ok with people smoking around me and if I don't like it then I will leave. Kings does do a good job in supporting her opinion and finding facts to support her. However, she needs to look at how the society is structured. Who cares if someone really wants to smoke in a restaurant! People are trying to stay alive and they are trying to help the generations to come be suitable to live in. For instance, when adults venture into local bars, clubs, or festivals, they are aware that they will encounter smoke. If society really believed that smokers should quit then owners in the "night life" would ban all smokers from their facilities. Certain areas of our society do not discriminate against smokers but they do separate them."
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Smoking Among the Elderly, 2007.
This paper discusses the dangers of smoking and the methods available to help the elderly to quit smoking.
1,076 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper looks at effective strategies for eliminating smoking within the elderly who are shown to be the least likely to quit smoking despite the tremendous health problems that it imposes. The paper examines group therapy, intensive behavioral therapy, the use of cessation literature and reliance on family networks. The paper claims that it is essential that the medical profession increase promotion of programs and literature to encourage smoking cessation.
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"The conventional wisdom that cigarette smoking severely affects the health of individuals has permeated American society. However, there has been no rapid decline in cigarette smoking within the past five years despite tremendous efforts by the national media and government to curb smoking. This problem is especially prevalent among elders, who are shown to be the least likely to quit smoking despite the tremendous health problems that it imposes. Of the top sixteen causes for death among the elderly, eight are related to smoking."
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Smoking Cessation Partnership Program, 2005.
This paper explains the increase in smoking today and examines a smoking cessation website.
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The paper discusses that in 1998 the Journal of the American Medical Association reported a 27.8% increase in smoking among college students over the previous four years, from 22.3% to 28.5% of the college student population. The paper explains how today, many campuses are creating smoking cessation websites and assistance groups. This paper presents an analysis of such a website, as well as a literature review of 5 articles pertaining to smoking cessation research.
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"Evidence from recent large surveys of college student (aged 18 to 22) in North America indicates that this population is taking up smoking at an alarming rate (Murphy-Hoefer et al. 2004). Factors associated with smoking are: Peer influence. Peer smoking exerts social pressure to encourage initiation and continuation of smoking. (Niaura, Shadel, Britt, Abrams, 2002) Depression and stress. The literature suggests that depression has been found to have a strong association with cigarette smoking in college and university students."
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