If your pet dog Sparky became suddenly ill, would you begin to perform experiments on your uncle Waldo to try to find a cure? Probably not, that would be ridiculous. Finding a cure for a nonhuman disease in a human is completely illogical. Yet people across the world have been led to believe that e...

Natural Remedies For Common Maladies The origins of herbal medicine can be traced back as far as 2852 B.C. and the Fu Si dynasty in China (Frey 1). Although there have been other recorded uses of herbal medicines this was considered the first system of use. The first books were written at this t...

Abstract The human respiratory system is a complex system involving the coordination of organs with different structural, functional and defensive mechanisms. The high costs and the high fatality rates associated with chronic respiratory disorders require some serious rethinking in our approach to...

"Marijuana, Satins Advocate" The dispute of whether or not marijuana should be legal is not a new one. It is a topic that has been discussed and debated about for decades, but has not yet been resolved. The main three points of concern are the effects of the drug on an individual, ...

Currently in the United States, there is no national ban against smoking in public places. Each state is enforcing its own regulations on where cigarettes can be used. However, in the past couple of decades, the number of regulations against smoking has been increasing. Smoking was banned on do...

A cigarette is the perfect type of absolute pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more could one want? (qtd. in Hilts, 102). Statistics show that there have been 1.1 billion smokers in the past 90 years, making it the most widespread addiction in the world. Those smokers ma...

Is there anyone who does not know someone who smokes? Everyone has a family member, friend, or co-worker who smokes. They have chosen to smoke, but by just being around them you are also smoking, only you have not made that choice. Before you choose to take this risk you should think about what may ...

Tobacco is a plant grown for its leaves that are smoked, chewed, or sniffed for a variety of effects. It is considered an addictive substance because it contains the chemical nicotine. The tobacco plant is believed to have originated in the Western Hemisphere. The cultivated species most often grown...

What Is Lung Cancer? Most cancers are named after the part of the body where the cancer first starts. Lung cancer begins in the lungs. The lungs are two sponge-like organs in the chest. The right lung has three sections, called lobes. The left lung has two lobes. It is smaller because the heart...

Cigarette smoking is known to be the cause of most lung cancers. The risk of the disease increases with the number of cigarettes smoked. Filtered and low tar cigarettes may reduce the risk slightly, but it is still far greater than that of a non-smoker. If a person stops smoking, the risk of lung c...

Tobacco Smoking For many people smoking is a trend, or a way of attracting attention so people will think better of them, at least that is how the smoker feels. But in many cases in this corrupt day and age the smoker is an addict and is the dependent of the vicious drug nicotine. Nicotine is the ...

Attention Step Second-hand smoke is the third major preventable cause of death trailing only active smoking and alcohol. As you can see, second hand smoke is not something to be overlooked. Second-hand smoke is the smoke that many pedestrians as well as others who attend many public places where th...

The Truth about Marijuana Many people say that marijuana is a gateway drug that can cause dangerous effects to the health and society. But research shows that the myths about marijuana may not be all true. Many believe that marijuana is a menace to the society. Some believe that it...