Angel María Dávila.
YUELI level 6
Summary 2: Cigarette, Nicotine and death
According to the authors Lynn T. Kozlowski, Jack E. Henningfield and Janet Brigham in the chapter “Who Smokes and What Kills Them” (-U.S Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1979), describe the result of smoking and the short period of smokers life. In 1995 about 3.1 people around the world died because of the use of cigarette and it is expected that about 500 million early deaths occurred in the current population worldwide (Collishaw and Lopéz, 1996, p.32). Kozlowski, Henningfield and Brigham say that cigarette smoke is the principal agent to cause lung cancer and the respiratory illnesses of “emphysema and bronchitis” (p.37). However, the way of illnesses change from one country to another in China, for instance, dies more people due to respiratory problems caused by smoking than lung cancer (Collishaw and Lopéz, 1996, p.42). Other diseases that are related to smoking and nicotine are heart attack, atherosclerosis, and thrombosis (Benowitz, 1998b, p.47). People who smoke are three times more in danger to suffer “myocardial infarction” than those who do not smoke (USDHHS, 1990, p.47). Smoking is the main factor of early “death” and physical illnesses in many countries around the world. The World Bank has calculated that “by the third decade (of the 21st century), “smoking is expected to kill 10 million people each year all over the world-more than the number of people ho die because of malaria, maternal and tuberculosis” (world bank, 1993).
Reference
Lynn T. Kozlowski, Jack E. Henningfield and Janet Brigham (2001).Cigarettes, Nicotine & Health, A behavioral Approach.
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Smoking causes lots of serious diseases and it has been killing millions of thousands of people around the world. I think smoking
is the problem not only for adults but also for children. It's a problem for everyone.
Some people say smoking is a culture. Others say cathing whales and eating them is a culture. Everyone knows smoking is bad for health and killing whales is cruel. What is culture? Could suicide a culture? Could homicide a culture? Smoking is different from suicide. Catching whale is different from homicide. What's the problem of smoking?
I think the ratio of people who breathe in the second-hand smoke is higher than those who directly smoke? Also I think smoking doesn't only have its disadvantages and also has its advantages .Some people want to smoke can be because of their health problem? For examples, some old people would like to smoke to continue their vitality. Did you read any advantages about smoking too?
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