research period has been very exciting and knowledgeable. Now I have a broader idea about the subject and my vision has expanded which will be helpful for me in my professional and personal life. In this report I describe the history and hazards of smoking shisha culture and why it increase in youth of Pakistan. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all, I would like to say Alhamdulillah, for giving me the strength and health to do this report work until it done
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Substance Abuse Kyra Prall HCA/250 3/3/2013 Marie Smith Substance Abuse Using drugs started in the early centuries. Smoking tobacco became popular after Christopher Columbus discovered the positive affects of smoking tobacco leaves. Alcohol was seen as a gift from God, and other drugs stemmed from thrill seekers trying different chemicals and natural substances for pleasure. When using drugs frequently a psychological and physical dependence occurs due to the pleasure and relief assoaciated
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Smoking and Pregnant COM/215 January 3, 2010 Smoking and Pregnant . Many women smoke without knowing the negative effect that smoking can have on their unborn babies during the pregnancy and after. These health complications include ectopic pregnancy, placental abruption, and increase jeopardy of the baby born in premature and low birth weight. When a pregnant women smokes her unborn baby smokes too. What this means is that the nicotine, carbon monoxide, and the other chemicals that the
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SCIENTIFIC PAPER ON: THE SMOKING SYNDROME AND THE IMPEDIMENTS TO QUITTING SUBMITTED BY: THOMAS FE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL MEDICINE & SURGERY NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CHINA 1.1: ABSTRACT: This paper outlines the various impediments to quitting smoking and also attempts to recommend useful measures towards overcoming such difficulties. It thus became necessary to first assess the issue of smoking in terms of the geometrically increasing demographics
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Sedaris first presents himself as a non- smoker, who has no interested in smoking. How he reacts to his sister when she first began to smoke portrays a sense that he going to a unique individual who is not going to give in to the pressure of smoking. When his sister began to smoke his reaction was, “he forbade her to enter my [his] bedroom with a lit cigarette. She could talk to me, but only from the other side of the threshold, and she had to avert her head when she exhaled” (Sedaris 1).This refers
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Cause and Effect My whole life, I have been around cigarettes and smoking. Most of my family smokes or has smoked. My mom and dad were both smokers. My mom still smokes today but my dad switched to smokeless tobacco. My aunt is a smoker. Both my mom’s parents were smokers and it took both their lives. My dad’s mother use to smoke but she quit ten years ago. My cousins Allen and Michael are both smokers. My brother has tried it and so has my cousin Harley. My daughter’s mother also is a smoker
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Smoking is the inhalation of the smoke of burning tobacco encased in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. Casual smoking is the act of smoking only occasionally, usually in a socialsituation or to relieve stress. A smoking habit is a physical addiction to tobacco products. Many health experts now regard habitual smoking as a psychological addiction, too,and one with serious health consequences. Nicotine - An alkaloid (a nitrogen-containing chemical) made by the tobacco plant or produced synthetically
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Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report Ontario Tobacco Research Unit November 2012 Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report Suggested Citation: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report. Toronto: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Special Report, November 2012. Ontario Tobacco Research Unit ii Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report Acknowledgements Many people were involved in the preparation of this report. Key authors are Robert
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Switching from tobacco cigarettes to electronic cigarettes is growing in popularity. The tobacco industry encourages current tobacco smokers to make the switch through advertisements on television and through social media (Cataldo et al., 2015). Not only is the tobacco industry targeting current smokers they are also focusing on young adults and teenagers. Social media has a large influence on both groups, so they are more likely to conform to the social norm. Cigarettes, both conventional and electronic
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NAIROBI D.H.O. KWAMANGA, J.A. ODHIAMBO and E.I. AMUKOYE ABSTRACT Objectives: To determine the prevalence of smoking and investigate factors that may influence smoking behaviour in secondary school students in Nairobi. Design: Cross-sectional survey in which a self-administered questionnaire was issued to the students. Setting: Sampled public and private secondary schools in Nairobi. Participants: All the students in the selected secondary schools were included in the study. Results: Five
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