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Cigarette Smoking Health Effects in Men, 2001.
An examination of the impacts of cigarette smoking on health with focus on men smokers.
2,330 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 8 sources, $ 71.95
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Cigarette smoking is the single most preventable cause of premature death. Men who smoke are most at risk of death from lung cancer. The author argues that smokers are in great danger of dangerous health effects from smoking and discusses the various impacts caused by smoking.
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'Causing more than 400,000 deaths each year, tobacco usage is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Additionally, the direct medical costs amount more than $50 billion per year. More people are harmed and killed by smoking every year than they die of alcohol, drug abuse, AIDS, murders, car crashes, fires, and suicides. Nationally, more than 5 million years of potential life are lost each year as a result of smoking. Every day, nearly 3,000 young people under the age of 18 become regular smokers. Approximately 80% of adult smokers start smoking before the age of 18. Furthermore, approximately five million children presently living will die prematurely because of the decision to smoke cigarettes at adolescence."
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Refuting the Anti-Smoking Myths, 2004.
An opinion paper that argues statistics regarding the dangers of smoking to one's health need to be re-examined.
1,325 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper states that, while there is a lot of evidence supporting both sides of the debate, it is obvious that there is not necessarily rock-solid evidence showing that smoking is, in all cases, completely harmful to the health of the smoker. The paper argues that there is, in fact, some very compelling evidence pointing to the possibility of positive applications in the medical field for cigarettes.
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"Smoking has become a national issue almost overnight. From antismoking laws to wrongful death lawsuits, America is fighting back against their new cigarette enemy. It was only a few decades ago that the general public did not even begin to consider the health risks of tobacco. Today, every classroom and public service announcement preaches the harmful effects of smoking and recruiting a new generation to live up to the desirable ?cool not to smoke? image. We now look back upon the time before cigarette carton warning labels as the modern Dark Ages. However, for a moment consider another perspective, one where Joe Camel is not synonymous with Satan, and ?smoker? is not another word for baby-killer. Although it seems impossible in today?s educated world, could it be possible that smoking is not the great evil it has been made out to be? There are many smoker?s rights activists and scientists alike who are trying to get the word out that smoking might very well be OK."
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Smoking in Public, 2006.
An examination of the effects of second-hand cigarette smoke.
1,076 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper examines how second-hand smoke affects the health of other people and then discusses a new law in Germany that bans smoking in restaurants, schools, and other public buildings. The writer explains that these bans are based on the evidence showing that second-hand smoke can cause cancer and other health problems just as direct smoking can. The writer further discusses the long-term health risks for children exposed to second-hand smoke, leading to serious health consequences later in life. The writer concludes that we need to make smokers more aware of the dangers of second-hand smoke.
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"A recent article in the New York Times addresses a new law in Germany that mirrors law being passed across the United States. Probably the most widely argued community health issue of the last three decades or so has been smoking, extending beyond the question of what happens to the body when someone smokes or how much smoking damages the health of the smoker and instead showing how the whole community may suffer for what a smoker does. Landler (2006) refers to an ongoing campaign in Europe against smoking in public places, a campaign mirrored in several American cities."
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Smoking, 2003.
AN analysis of the negative health effects of smoking.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper discusses the negative effect of cigarette smoking on health including the immediate, long-term and/or irreversible effects and the symptoms experienced by smokers. It also looks at variations in the health consequences and symptoms involved in quitting smoking.
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"The list of adverse effects from smoking continues to grow with each passing year. According to the World Health Organization the effects of smoking are devastating to health. This paper presents a brief review ..."
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Smoking, 2003.
A look at the disastrous health affects of smoking.
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper briefly looks at the health hazards of smoking and discusses how this phenomenon was not known before. It examines the various health problems that smoking can cause.
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"There is a killer among us. This killer accounts for as many deaths in three days as the World Trade Center bombings. In a year, five times as many people die from this killer than the number who died in the Vietnam War. To make things even worse, the killer is claiming our young people at an increasing rate. But you won't find a public outcry to eliminate this killer. As a matter of fact, the people who are most at risk are the very people who defend the killer the most. This killer is cigarettes."
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Teenage Smoking, 2002.
Discusses the health risks of smoking and nicotine addiction.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 21 sources, $ 47.95
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Discusses the health risks of smoking and nicotine addiction. Oklahoma as the most high-risk state. Health, human and financial costs documented by various studies. Problem of aggressive tobacco company marketing. Proposes an incentive-based learning and internalization program to reach vulnerable high schools students in one Oklahoma City country.
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"Statement of the Problem
Beckham County, Okla., faces a significant health risk from the phenomenon of teenage smoking. The most recent data available show that Oklahoma is among the most at-risk states in the country for smoking, with 46% of Oklahoma's high school students identified as smokers in 1999, compared to 36% nationally (21% in Florida) (OSBH, 2001). Some 25.2% of Oklahoma adults smoke, compared to 22% nationally.
Smoking and other uses of nicotine have been positively associated with cardiovascular disease, heart attacks, emphysema, premature births and low birthweight, and bladder, throat, and lung cancer, among other serious health problems. Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to nicotine addiction. Oklahoma's State Department of Health reports that more than ..."
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Smoking and Cognitive Functioning, 2008.
A literature review analyzing whether smoking is detrimental to the mental health of elderly patients, or not.
926 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 32.95
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This paper examines the correlation between smoking and cognitive functioning in the elderly. The paper aims to determine if evidence exists to support the contention that smoking is detrimental to the mental health of elderly patients, or if this suggestion is unfounded. It generally discusses the health risks associated with smoking and then analyzes the literature with regards to the specific risks of smoking in elderly patients.
Outline:
Introduction
Health Risks
Literature
Health Promotion
Conclusion
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"The research indicates that there is widespread concern for the impact that smoking has on the mental health of elderly patients. The literature indicates that there is currently no correlation between a decline in mental health and smoking, but that there are continued concerns for health risks that are known and have yet to be determined for all age groups. It is apparent, therefore, that continued research is significant to discover the impact that smoking has on all people and that in relation to the elderly smoking should be evaluated as part of the service delivery on a consistent basis."
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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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Stop Smoking, 2007.
Looks at the dangers of smoking and how to stop it.
1,750 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper explains that, before the smoking epidemic can be stopped, people must first be able to understand what tobacco is and how it affects their health. The paper first describes the production of tobacco products and what makes them so harmful and then examines the common tobacco-caused deaths, including lung cancer, emphysema, bronchitis and numerous other complications. The paper also points out that one of the greatest struggles with smoking is passive or second hand smoke, which is called environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). The paper concludes that the best way to overcome these problems is to educate people about the dangers of smoking not only to their health but also to the people around them.
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"ETS affects everyone differently, but it can have the greatest impact on children and young adults. If a mother decides to smoke during her pregnancy, it may result in many complications for the child further on in life. It was determined that if a pregnant woman smokes two packs of cigarettes a day she will be blocking off forty percent of her unborn child's oxygen supply. It has also been determined that if all women decide to quit smoking while they are pregnant it could save up to 4,000 babies each year."
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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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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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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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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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The Cost of Smoking, 2005.
An analysis of the health care economics of tobacco consumption.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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This paper addresses the costs of smoking on society by evaluating the impact on health, the various economic costs attributed to smoking, and the taxation measure utilized to reduce the demand for tobacco. Issues that are addressed include the social costs of smoking, whether smokers cover the smoking-related costs that the rest of the community bears, and whether the average lifetime health care costs of tobacco users is higher than those of non-smokers. It also looks at whether tobacco taxes are an effective measure to reduce the demand for tobacco and reduce health care costs imposed by smokers.
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"Do smokers cover the smoking-related costs that the rest of the community bears? Typically, these costs are covered by tobacco tax revenues imposed by governments to compensate the public sector, which are borne by the smokers themselves. However, a high percentage of the smoking-attributable costs are borne by private individuals or by business (Collins and Lapsley, 2003). Smokers impose direct health costs on non-smokers, which include irritation and nuisance. There may also be a cost from fires, environmental degradation, and deforestation from tobacco growing and processing, and from the consequences of smoking (Jha and Chaloupka, 1999). Smokers impose physical costs on others as well as possible financial costs. In theory, smokers would smoke less if they took these costs into account, because the socially optimal level of consumption, in which resources are efficiently distributed in society, is reached when all costs are borne by the consumer."
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