Cigarette Smoking

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Cigarette Smoking

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  BY MIRANDA BURGESS

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Definition

• Smoking, in simple words, means drawing and
  exhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe.
  Tobacco smoke contains a stimulant, 'nicotine'
  which is as highly an addictive drug as heroin or
  cocaine. In the long run, nicotine forms a strong
  physical and psychological dependence on it.
  Dependence is strongest when tobacco smoke is
  inhaled into the lungs and with time it increases
  the speed and quantity of nicotine absorption.

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HISTORY

• Different forms of smoking, apart
• from the usual one (Cigarettes) are
• smoking bidis
• hookahs
• clove cigarettes
• chewing tobacco
• But these different forms of
• smoking carry the same risk as
• cigarettes, cigars or pipes.

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Quick Facts

• Is nicotine that highly addictive? The answer is
  'yes'. Why? When taken in small amounts nicotine
  creates a pleasant feeling which makes the smoker
  want to smoke more. Moreover, when a smoker tries
  to quit, he suffers from physical withdrawal
  symptoms such as nervousness, headaches and
  trouble sleeping. It also affects the chemistry
  of the brain and central nervous system.
  Ultimately the smoker finds it hard to quit.
• Medical research has proven that smoking is a
  major contributing factor towards many human
  health problems such as cancer, emphysema,
  cardiovascular disease and other disorders.

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Pros of Smoking Cigarettes

• The bonding experienced with other smokers.
• The feeling of creating a ritual.
• Watching the cigarette burn and watching the
  smoke swirl.
• Momentary gratification.

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Photograph
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Analysis of Photograph

• This photograph is talking about the raise in tax
  on cigarettes.
• Its referring to people saying they need a
  cigarette, instead the cigarettes are saying they
  could really kill someone right now because they
  are not being purchased as much as they were
  before the tax raise.
• The author is using irony in his cartoon, using
  the cigarettes as a center focus on the tax
  raise.

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Photograph
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Analysis of Photograph

• The photograph is showing concern for cancer.
• The meaning behind the cartoon is showing that
  many have to deal with breast cancer because
  they have to not because they could have
  prevented it. The cigarette that is twisted into
  the breast cancer symbol is expressing people who
  smoke are giving themselves cancer by smoking
  they have a choice to stop smoking and prevent
  the cancer.

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Photograph
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Analysis of Photograph

• This cartoon is showing the addiction that comes
  with smoking cigarettes.
• In the cartoon it shows a man holding a pack of
  cigarettes and at the bottom of the cartoon it
  says till death do we apart. This quote from
  the cartoon is also used during marriage
  ceremonies because the two individuals are
  saying they will dedicated their lives to one
  another. They will be a couple forever.. until
  death do us part.This is referring to his
  addiction and how he is going to smoke for the
  rest of his life.

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Cons of Smoking Cigarettes

• Cigarette smoke leaves an after smell on
  everything around you your clothes, car and
  home.
• You may not be able to breathe properly.
• A feeling of dizziness after smoking cigarettes
  too fast
• Cigarettes may leave you flaunting yellow skin,
  teeth and fingernails.
• The sense of smell and taste may diminish.
• Smoking is waste of your hard earned money and
  health.

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ARTICLE

• Aug. 21, 2009 -- Cigarette smoking not only
  causes cancer and cardiovascular disease, it also
  dulls taste, making food less palatable, a new
  study suggests. Scientists in Greece enlisted 62
  young men of the countrys military forces, about
  half of whom were smokers, to test for taste
  sensitivity and to measure the number and shape
  of taste buds. The average age of the men was
  25.The taste buds on smokers tongues were found
  to be flatter than the buds on the tongues of the
  nonsmokers, the researchers say. There was no
  difference in the numbers of taste buds between
  the two groups.Statistically important
  differences between the taste thresholds of
  smokers and nonsmokers were detected, Pavlidis
  Pavlos, leader of a team of researchers from the
  Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, says in a
  news release. However, a few of the smokers
  perceived taste similarly to nonsmokers, and
  researchers say more study is needed to explain
  why. Smoking can affect the shape of taste buds
  and also affect vascularization, or the formation
  of blood vessels, he says.Nicotine may cause
  functional and morphological alterations of
  taste buds "without severely affecting their
  number," Pavlos and colleagues write.Smoking is
  an important factor which can lead to decreased
  taste sensitivity, the authors conclude.
• (http//www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/
  news/20090821/cigarette-smoke-dulls-taste-buds)

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ANALYSIS ON ARTICLE

• The article is showing its concern for the
  smoking community. Letting them know the affects
  of smoking cigarettes, specifically dulling taste
  buds.
• Causes Cancer
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Dulls Taste
• The article also gives statistics about your
  taste buds and how eventually it could ruin your
  taste buds.
• The author closes by saying, Smoking is an
  important factor which can lead to decreased
  taste sensitivity.

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WORK CITED

• http//www.stop-smoking-updates.com/quitsmoking/ci
  garette-cessation/effects-of-smoking/the-pros-and-
  cons-of-smoking.htm
• http//quitsmoking.about.com/cs/nicotinelozenges/a
  /zoeslist.htm
• http//www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/200908
  21/cigarette-smoke-dulls-taste-buds
• http//googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?clie
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