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...

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...

"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...

SMOKING BAN IN RESTARUANTS Imagine entering a restaurant and looking around to notice the different people. There may be friends or a family with children out having dinner, several waitresses or waiters, cooks, and many other men and women (which may be pregnant). Now think about the air that t...

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...

“A blockbuster study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) examined the impact of exposure to ETS on the progression of athersclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and concluded, in part, that the arteries of non-smokers exposed to ETS thick...