Smoking

Sort By:
Page 4 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Better Essays

    surrounded by smoking day to day everywhere we go even if we don’t smoke it affects us. It has been in our society for generations. Families have grown up with family members that smoke or even smoking themselves. Smoking is a large part of our society spending billions while boosting the economy with sales and ads; in the midst of so much negativity surrounding smoking which is it good or bad? We hear the negatives all the time but upsides to smoking are never discussed. Tobacco and smoking were not

    • 1584 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Putting a Stop to Smoking

    • 1261 Words
    • 6 Pages
    • 2 Works Cited

    It is shocking to know that there are about ten people who die from smoking every single minute, and nobody seems to have any idea about it. Indeed, there is “a growing gap between the real world and the academy” since people are more intellectual about things that are irrelevant to the real life and are ignorant of things that are imperative to live in the real world (Orr 310). Did you know that there are over four hundred thousand deaths caused by cigarettes and tobacco each year in the U.S.

    • 1261 Words
    • 6 Pages
    • 2 Works Cited
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    On every cigarette package the surgeon general clearly warns the public of health risks involved with smoking (Marlboro), yet people still decide to smoke. Jennifer is one of those people. What appeal do cigarettes have that cause people to ignore this very important warning? It is also publicly known how addicting smoking is. Why do people decide to chain themselves to this dangerous habit, and more importantly, how can these chains be broken? People try quitting every day. Some are successful,

    • 1478 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Smoking Satire

    • 946 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Health over Habit: The Smoking Epidemic Public smoking has been an issue for people who do not take part in the smoking epidemic for as long as smoking has been around. What people need to understand is that individuals who do not engage in the activity of ruining their lungs are being forced into the act of involuntary smoking rather they like it or not, and that is unacceptable. I whole heartedly feel the government should intervene and ban public smoking, with no exceptions. Now when we talk

    • 946 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Smoking Essay

    • 790 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Smoking  What do we mean by smoking? Smoking is a type of action in which cigarettes are burned to breathe the smoke. This smoke is made by burning tobacco encased in cigarettes.  Why people smoke? Most people start smoking when they are in their teens and keep smoking till they are adults. Stop smoking habit is very difficult to break down because smoking is a strong addiction. Smoking can be divided in two different ways. People can smoke casually, this means the act is done to relax and relieve

    • 790 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    more of us become aware of the dangers of smoking, the percentage of smokers in the UK has fallen from around 50 per cent of the population in the 1950s to 25 per cent in 2003. Even with this fall in the number of smokers, it 's estimated that cigarettes were responsible for more than 1.2 million deaths in 2000 in the European region of the World Health Organisation. In the UK, smoking is responsible for around one in five deaths. The illnesses caused by smoking extend beyond the well-reported links

    • 1065 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Smoking Essay

    • 1084 Words
    • 5 Pages

    The effects of smoking can alter one’s whole life style. most people don't give up the harmful habit because it is said that smoking stimulates emotions and people like the feeling they obtain. Which makes smoking long-term addiction. Most smokers recall they started in high school or early student years. They smoked their first cigarette in the circle of group friends to become a part of their community or simply to try something new. As in most countries, smoking is forbidden for people under 18

    • 1084 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Essay On Teen Smoking

    • 1505 Words
    • 7 Pages

    “I knew that smoking was bad… I didn’t think I would have a premature baby,” said Amanda. “I couldn’t hold her much in those first weeks. It’s time I’ll never get back. Smoking took that from me.” 2 This woman describes the hardship that she went through while pregnant and giving birth. Amanda, like many others, was addicted to smoking throughout her college career and early in her pregnancy. Her baby was born 2 months early and was forced to spend weeks in an incubator.2 This personal experience

    • 1505 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Smoking Essay

    • 1026 Words
    • 5 Pages

    nicotine, which is habit- forming chemical. Smoking tobacco has been very addictive parts of many people’s lives. In the united states, I have seen a lot of people smoking in a different place like bars, parks, street, bus stations and parties. I have also seen the people who smoked in, no – smoking zones. Despite knowing the fact that the cigarette contains very dangerous and toxic chemical, people still smoke them. Although many people who smoke say that smoking is their addiction, which makes them

    • 1026 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Smoking tobacco is known for being detrimental to a person's health. When you smoke a cigarette you are inhaling a toxic mix of chemicals including formaldehyde, ammonia, arsenic and cyanide. Along with the inhaling of carcinogenic chemicals smokers also deal with nicotine addiction. Nicotine is highly addictive and makes quitting very difficult for those who smoke. Many smokers continue to smoke knowing the harmful effects but, even worse, some people willingly smoke while they are pregnant. Women

    • 879 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays