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    known as vape pens, e-hookahs, are electronic nicotine delivery systems. They first made an appearance in the early 2000s and were invented by in China by the Chinese pharmacist, Hon Lik (Grana et al. 2014). E-cigarette device is made of three parts, a battery, an atomizer with a heating element, and a cartridge containing nicotine and many times flavoring. The smoke or vapor that is produced by the e-cigarette is an aerosol and the liquids contain nicotine, water, a glycerol which serves as a diluent

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    that lives in a smoke-free environment. The third reason a person may began to smoke is stress. People use smoking as a coping method for stress and people say that the nicotine in a cigarette is calming. The nicotine is first inhaled in the lungs then rushes through the bloodstream affecting the entire body and brain. Once the nicotine reaches the brain, it then starts

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    Stop smoking The issue of smoking is a problem that’s occurring in America. Smoking is a deadly killer that has taken many loved ones, it causes issues when it is inhaled into the human body and causes certain types of diseases. Many people are dying due to the chemicals in cigarettes unfortunately, but there are ways we can stop this and with the help of the students here we can start doing this immediately. Smoking is the inhalation of the smoke from burning tobacco encased in cigarettes, pipes

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    control your nicotine intake. The average cigarette smoker absorbs about .1 milligram of the drug for each cigarette they smoke. E-liquid is available in a wide range of nicotine levels, from levels above those found in cigarettes to low levels that step all the way down to zero. This allows vapers to choose how much nicotine they want, and to step down their nicotine use if they want to. As a result, vaping is an excellent option for those who want to step down or even stop using nicotine. If you've

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    Policy Position for Electronic Cigarettes in Public Area Electronic cigarettes, which are commonly known as e-cigarettes, can be described as battery-powered devices that are packed with liquid nicotine. The liquid nicotine is a highly addictive chemical which is dissolved in a combination of propylene glycol and water. These devices are usually designed in a way that they look like real cigarettes and are availed in different colors such as brown filter, cylindrical tube, and red-glowing tip

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    There is a widespread epidemic that is highly misunderstood in today’s society, and that is the use of cigarettes. Substances used in cigarettes cause many harmful ailments such as tooth decay, lung cancer, and heart disease. Nicotine, the stimulative chemical found in tobacco, creates a physical and physiological addiction that compels the frequent usage of the product - further allowing the destruction of numerous vital parts of the human anatomy. As a result, many people are diagnosed with fatal

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    Every cigarette you smoke reduces your expected life span by eleven minutes. (Maier, 2013). On an everyday basis everyone is affected by smoking, either firsthand or secondhand. Cigarettes used to be smoked everywhere; hospitals, stores and etc. There wasn‘t certain areas for smokers, since the negative impacts were unknown to the general audience. But after technology advanced, scientists found the atrocious side effects of smoking such as health problems concerning the human body, as well as gruesome

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    Good Morning Miss Hurst and Class. A drug is any substance other than food which changes the way the body or mind functions. A Legal drug is a substance that is available to the use of everyone without breaking the law. There are many types of legal drugs but today I will be talking about Tobacco. Tobacco is a stimulant drug. Meaning, a drug that speeds up the brain and nervous system. (Michelle, Rowan,2016) Tobacco comes from a green, leafy agricultural plant, that is grown all around the world

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    clinical observations about lung cancer, the first disease linked to tobacco use. Many people are not able to stop their addiction of smoking due to the fact that tobacco contains a common drug called nicotine that makes smokers feel as if they need to smoke all the time in order to function normally. Nicotine is a substance that is found in tobacco. It is also found in all tobacco products such as: cigarettes, chewing tobacco, and cigars. Cigarette smoking is regarded as a major health risk factor in

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    Smoking Young One may walk into the bathroom inside any local high school and see a teen leave with a cloud of smoke left behind them. Teenage smoking has been a problem for decades now and continues to only grow worse. With more technology being advanced in this field, the more teens feel the desire to start smoking. The appeal of this toxic activity may start off with a small interest but can escalate quickly into a much larger choking matter. The younger generation has picked up the horrible

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