One of the world's most controversial subjects today is whether or not there should be a ban on the production, sale, and use of cigarettes. Even though tobacco has been commonly used throughout the past centuries; cigarettes were not introduced until the early 19th century. Since their introducti...

Education: The Key to Smoking Prevention If I offered you a stick of gum, would you take it? What if I told you that for every minute you chewed that piece of gum you would take one minute off of your life, would you still chew it? I don't think many of you would. You would probably d...

Smokers versus Nonsmokers in Today's Society Smoking is a controversial issue because people produce, advertise, and sell a product that will inevitably cause harm to those who purchase it. As a result of this a clear distinction between smokers and nonsmokers has become apparent in...

A team of researchers led by Professor SA Glantz from the Centre for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco, has reviewed several scientific studies on the effects of smoke-free workplaces on smoking behavior. They concluded that 'Smoke-free workplaces...

Teen Smoking Teen smoking. Those two words mean a lot of things to a lot of different people. To some it means nothing. They are just two meaningless words found under T and S in the dictionary. To others it is as if these words symbolize some sort of treason or crime against society. Yet...

Is it a new trend? No. Alcohol has been a part of the lives of people for centuries. Its uses vary from "worship ceremonies," to "magic and medicine," to celebration of "births, marriages, and initiations." Like today, centuries ago people found drinking a delightful custom, however, intoxic...

SMOKING AND ITS EFFECT ON AN ATHLETE Smoking is a habit that is taken up by almost 30% of the growing teenage population . It not only plagues the young but also the old. When cigarette smoking was first introduced, it was meant to be a pastime. It was also considered to be 'cool',...

"The end doesn't justify the mean, or so they say, but when the cause is distorted by smoking, its effects are never justifiable." (Princess) Someone dies of tobacco, somewhere in the world every ten seconds. Why do many of us, one in every three persons, worldwide-smoke? and why sh...