Smoking kills? (Should Smoking be banned in Public Places?) Looking at the health hazards‚ including lung cancer‚ impotency‚ asthma and heart disease‚ which smoking can cause‚ banning it in public places is long time due. However‚ this is just one of the viewpoints. Most smokers and many restaurant owners will sing an altogether different tune with regards to banning smoking in public places. So‚ let’s get to the bottom of this debate by looking at its pros and cons. Arguments for... Let’s
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How has AIDS affected our Society? Today more Americans are infected with STD’s than at any other time in history. The most serious of these diseases is AIDS. Since the first cases were identified in the United States in 1981‚ AIDS has touched the lives of millions of American families. This deadly disease is unlike any other in modern history. Changes in social behavior can be directly linked to AIDS. Its overall effect on society has been dramatic. It is unknown whether AIDS and HIV existed
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Treatments of Alcoholism Alcoholism can destroy the life of an alcoholic and devastate the alcoholic ’s family. But it also has overwhelming consequences for society. Consider these statistics from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence: *In 1988‚ alcoholism and problems related to it cost the United States an estimated $85.8 billion in mortality and reduced productivity; *Fetal alcohol syndrome‚ caused by a woman ’s drinking during pregnancy‚ afflicts five thousand infants
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Alcoholism in Hungary The effects of excessive drinking among young people. Bad influence or just having occasional fun? 1. Introducing the problem Immoderate drinking and its consequences cause a lot of problem today in Hungary. Approximately every tenth person has problems with alcohol and beside this our society is very forgiving towards this fact. 8000 people die because of drinking every year. Average a Hungarian person drinks 12 liters of clean alcohol yearly‚ and this is higher and higher
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September 11th has affected everyone in America. The date has great historical significance‚ and could be considered the most remembered date of the millennium. After all‚ the experience of terrorist-flown planes crashing into the Twin Towers‚ whether personal or known through recollections of others‚ is quite emotional. In addition‚ important changes have happened as a result. The changes brought by September 11th directly involve our nation’s media and immigration. First of all‚ television
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What prompted the terrorist attacks of 9/11? Has the united states response to these attacks made our country safer? On September 11‚ 2001 a group of terrorist called Al-Qaeda hijacked 4 airliners and made a devastating attack against the United States. One plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City‚ and the other plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington‚ D.C. Close to 3‚000 people died in the World Trade
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Causes of Alcoholism (revised) Many people drink moderately‚ enjoy it‚ and come to no harm; however‚ some people become too dependent on alcohol. They are unable to lead a normal life. When people cannot control their drinking‚ it is considered to be abnormal behavior. Alcoholics are men and women who have lost the ability to control their drinking. “Alcoholism is the dependence or addiction to alcohol” (Marlatt 211). The reason why one person develops alcoholism and another person does not has been
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One of the main things that has influenced my life the most is moving. Moving has made me shy‚ and has taught me how to adapt quickly. It has also made me want to be on top of everything. I would not be able to see different environments. Without moving‚ I would not be the person I am today. One thing moving has made me is shy. If I were to go to a party‚ I would be the person in the corner‚ reading a book‚ or silently watching everyone else have fun. This is more of a downside of moving all the
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Skateboarding It is amazing how a piece of wood with skating wheels loosely attached has evolved into the popular sport we know today. We know this sport as skateboarding. This sport has alot of Information around it and I am going to break it down into three distinct categories. First‚ will be how the skateboarding was created. Next‚ I will explain how the sport has affected our society. Then‚ I will explain how the sport affects my community. The first manufactured skateboard were ordered
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the Chicago news‚ or even reading in the newspaper. Death is always present. Death touched my family about eight years ago. I still look back and try to remember. Even though my thoughts on the time are blurry on that day; I learned morals that shaped me to be the person that I am today. I wake up to the nagging and shrieking voice of my mother’s morning wake up call. I layed back in bed‚ thinking‚ how much I despised monday mornings. After about ten minutes‚ I sluggishly make my way into the kitchen
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