Air Pollution
Air is the ocean we breathe. Air supplies us with oxygen which is essential for our bodies to live. Air is 99.9% nitrogen, oxygen, water vapor and inert gases. Human activities can release substances into the air, some of which can cause problems for humans, plants, and animals. There are several ....

Cancer
What is Cancer? Cancer is a complex group of over 100 different diseases. Cancer can affect just about every organ in the human body. How Does Cancer Develop? The organs in our body are made up of cells. Cells divide and multiply as the body needs them. When these cells continue multiplying w....

Case study: coronary artery disease (CAD)
Introduction Heart disease is any of conditions that can affect the heart. There are many different types of heart disease such as coronary artery disease (CAD), heart attack, heart failure, and ischemic heart disease. The most predominant type of cardiovascular disease is CAD and myocardial infarc....

Cigarette Advertising
Cigarette advertising restrictions do not have and intended effect, and despite that in many societies there is an increase in cigarette consumption. Only who is affected with those restrictions are the cigarette companies which are in danger of becoming a form of commercial censorship. However, I d....

Cigarette Advertising should be banned
Cigarette advertising There are many people who are against cigarette advertising and others who are in favour. Tobacco advertising is only one factor influencing the decision to smoke; others include social, religious, parental, sibling and peer smoking behaviour and attitudes, price and disposabl....

Cigarette taxation
Taxes have been around for years helping local, state, and our federal government pay for the every day expenditures such as roads, law enforcement, and the military. Cigarette tax helps take care of these things as well but at what price to the consumer. Cigarette tax is an excise tax, w....

Cigarette Taxes - Macroeconomics
Abstract: An examination of cigarette taxes and the impact they have on the economy and the welfare of smokers. Cigarette taxes are ways the government can achieve two social purposes. The first is the limit the amount of people who smoke. The government hopes that the rise of prices will hopefully ....

Cigarettes: What's Killing Our Country
This year alone cigarettes will kill over 420,000 Americans, and many more will suffer from cancers, and circulatory and respiratory system diseases1. These horrible illnesses were known to originate from cigarettes for years, and recently nicotine, the main chemical additive in cigarettes, was decl....

concealed weapons
Concealed weapons and gun awarness Pro There have been many controversial, religious and political issues addressing gun control, concealed weapons and banning fire-arms in the U.S. that have been going on for many years. Gun Control is an action of the government that i....

Discuss how pressure groups can influence the behaviour of tobacco firms
The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the way pressure groups affect the activities and policies of businesses by using the example of Philip Morris (PM), which is an international tobacco company. Moreover, recommendations on the actions Philip Morris should be setting in will be included as w....

drinking
Drinking In America Drinking alcohol is what most Americans enjoy to do. It is not a right, but a privilege to drink. That is why there is an age limit to buy, and drink alcoholic beverages. Drinking alcohol can be very dangerous if used improperly, and especially if it involves under age c....

Early Life and Economy of the United States of America
The Europeans were looking for another route to Asia the stumble upon America in the 16th century. Which did not seem like a civilization to the Europeans because the Native Americans where extremely different and due to diseases were dying out at a fast rate. The First Americans were Native Amer....

Economic basis of slavery
"Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye service, as men pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God."1 This quote from The Holy Bible truly encompasses the colonial slavery mentality. Early American Slave owners were Christian people by major....

Effects of Smoking
There are numerous effects of smoking that affect the individual. They can affect not only your health but also your social and family life. It can also affect the non-smoker around you. Non-smokers suffer from allergies, noise and eye irritations and headaches as a result of inhaling second hand sm....

effects of smoking on teens
The Effects of Todays Teen Smokers A cigarette is a tobacco product that is manufactured out of cured and finely cut tobacco leaves, which is rolled or stuffed into a paper-wrapped cylinder cigarette, is ignited at one end, and allowed to smolder for the purpose of inhalation of its smoke from....

Environment and pollution
Environment and Pollution Introduction The act or process of polluting or the state of being polluted, especially the contamination of soil, water, or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances is called pollution. It is the contamination of the environment as a result of human activi....

extent of use of accounting information for decision making.
Case of CRDB Bank Ltd. ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 Scope and Methodology of the study. 2 ACCOUNTING AS A DISCIPLINE. 3 Historical information. 3 Meaning and Branches of Accounting. 3 Users of Accounting Information. 4 CRDB BANK LTD 4 Background information of the bank. 4 Shareholding struc....

Factors that Influence the Cost of Living in Barbados
GLOSSARY Cost of living The average price of providing the necessities for an individual; the cost of buying those goods and services which are considered to be a standard level of consumption. www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/curr_content/paasurvey/entre/Content/glos1/htm Globalisation The tendency f....

Forms of Industrial Organization
Running head: FORMS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION Forms of Industrial Organization University of Phoenix MBA 501 Facilitator: Mr. Charles J. Fanning July 2, 2007 Week Three Forms of Industrial Organization Introduction Economists group industries into market struct....

Gun Control
Gun Control, a term that refers to the management of firearms in an effort to reduce the criminal use of these weapons. (MICROSOFT (R) ENCARTA 1995) In the early 1990s there were more than 200 million privately owned guns in the United States, which makes it plain to see why there are arguments for....

How smoking bans are bad for business
Research Methods How smoking bans are bad for business. Following the governments White Paper on Public Health with regards to the ever-growing concern of the damage caused by passive smoking, a smoking ban throughout England in the majority of enclosed public places has been proposed. Such a ba....

Insider (tobacco industry)
The Insider A dramatization of 1995 events in which the tobacco industry allegedly covered up proof that nicotine is addictive and harmful. When Brown and Williamson executive Jeffrey Wigand (Crowe) tries to expose the industry's cover-up, he is threatened into silence. He eventually gets his story ....

International Drug Trade
The international drug trade is now worth an estimated 400 - 500 billion dollars annually. Only the arms industry has a higher turnover. Like car making and banking, the drug trade has become a truly international industry. Without a national identity, this organized business is being carried ....

kick the smoking habit
Kick the Habit Kicking the smoking habit will prevent death and disease. The following cancers are related to the use of tobacco: lung, mouth, throat, bladder, colon, rectum, cervix and pancreas. Smoking also increases the risk for heart attack, jeopardizes the life and health of unborn babies, sl....

Legalization of Marijuana
The first and most important reason that marijuana should be legal is that marijuana has a lot of benefits. It has been proven to treat some cancer patients and also treat other deseases such as AIDS, asthma, arthritis, etc. 55% of all doctors said they would recommend medical marijuana for any of t....

legalization of marijuana
A very controversial topic around the country right now is the legalization of marijuana. So I ask this, should marijuana be legalized, especially for people with medical ailments? I personally do believe marijuana should be legalized. The legalization of marijuana would benefit our country in many....

Legalize not criticize
Legalize not Criticize There has always been an enduring dispute over the legalization of marijuana. For medical reasons and for recreational use, people always seem to have an opinion. All countries have their own set of regulations. But are these laws really justifiable? Some people are s....

Legalizing Marijuana
Drugs are a major influential force in our country today, but the problem has gotten so out of hand that many options have been considered in order to come up with the right decision that is fair for everyone. The war about legalizing marijuana has been going on for many years now, and to this day e....

Legalizing Marijuana
Marijuana could be legalized in the United States, as it can help the seriously ill dying patients, people with eating disorders, and people with anxiety or depression. There has never been any proven cases that smoking marijuana has ever caused a death, as tobacco and alcohol has caused several. ....

Lethal and still Legal: tabacco
Lethal and still Legal Tobacco causes more than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. every year (Basic Facts about Drugs: Tobacco 1). How is a product this deadly legal? Even though millions of dollars are brought in by the tobacco industry, the use of tobacco should be made illegal because the effects of t....

Life in the Home of an Alcoholic
Life in the Home of an Alcoholic Introduction The topic I chose for the research assignment is Life in the Home of an Alcoholic. I chose to focus on the family as a whole, because I felt there would be too much information. I grew up in an unstable, relatively abnormal family; so I chose to ....

Marijuana
In this report I will show you my views on Marijuana, if it should be legal, for medical and/or recreational purposes.Marijuana has many names: Dope, Marihuana, Ganja, Pot Mary Jane, Cannabis Sativa (Scientific) to name a few.Marijuana originated in the middle east (Taiwan, Korea). China plays an im....

Marijuana
You want to know what I think? Have you ever thought that we could be closer to worldpeace than we are now? Me too, but I have a solution. The government of today is one with their minds in the past. We have been gaining knowlege as a country for a good 200 years now, and its time that the gover....

Marijuana
Marijuana has had a bad reputation over the years that it does not deserve. Marijuana is a drug that has been used by 31.1 percent of Americans. Marijuana should be legalized because of its lack of health effects, its medicinal use, current severe punishment, and its financial advantages. Marijuan....

marijuana: Let it Grow
Although marijuana has been illegal in the United States since the 1937 Marijuana Act, its slowly climbing back into our society. Now one would think that would make the government start to crack down on habitual marijuana users, but a few states have decided to rebel from there traditional laws....

Medical Allowance for Marijuana
Medical Allowance for Marijuana Marijuana is a narcotic that has been increasingly growing in the drug rings over the years. Smoking Marijuana (scientifically known as Cannabis) is, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, damaging to the lungs, and has shown to kill many....

Native American Culture Differs from Anglo-Saxon Culture
Native American Indian Culture Differs from Anglo-Saxon Culture In the process of researching the differences of Native American Indian Culture and Anglo-Saxon Culture; the Native American Indian's history must first be understood. For many generations, Native American Indians lived off the ....

nifty fifties
The Nifty Fifties Thesis The Fifties shaped the way we live today. Fifties entertainment and fashion were in some ways better than today, and worse in other ways. Introduction I. Music a. Rock and Roll and artists II. Movies a. Gimmicks b. varieties III. Censorship a. Movies b. Radio ....

Online Services
Online Services Introduction The Internet is a key player in the Information Age. Some people regard it as being an essential service on a par with electricity and water. I have found out about the types of online services available such as: Communication, e.g. email, instant messaging, ....

pesticide business
Report on Pesticide Business What is Pesticide? A pesticide is a substance or mixture of substances used for preventing, controlling, or lessening the damage caused by a pest. A pesticide may be a chemical substance, biological agent (such as a virus or bacteria), antimicrobial, disinfectant....

political developments of pre colonial american and there after
One could argue that politics have encompassed all civilizations since the dawn of time. Where a congregation of people could be found, such things as: hierarchies, divisions of labor, and a cultural identity could be seen, even at a minuscule level. In Mesoamerica one predominate culture that e....

Prohibition of Smoking in the Presence of Minors
The laws regarding where tobacco products can be smoked is different depending on each state. Some states have passed laws that prevent smokers from smoking in public areas such as restaurants, parks, and in a vehicle with a child. Laws such as these have helped to reduce second hand smokin....

Relationships between Alcohol, Tobacco and Illicit Drug Use among Young Adults
Abstract It is widely assumed that alcohol, tobacco and illegal drugs are all related, and that using one drug might lead to using another. These findings lead to the following hypothesis: as each drug use increases, the others will increase. In more specific terms: as the use of o....

Sainsburys Investment Potential
1.0: Scenario Sainsburys was among the most respect names in the UK retail industry, holding the position of the market leader in the supermarket sector. In 1995 this title was take by Tescos, and by 2003 Sainsburys was pushed down to third by ASDA. 2004 saw the CEO Justin King begin a rec....

Salutary Neglect
The policy of salutary neglect influenced the development of American society. It gave the colonies a chance to govern themselves and to develop separately from England. It let them make their own laws that would benefit the people in the colonies. Because of this there was religious freedom. It....

Should Marijuana Be Legalized
Drugs are a major influential force in our country today, but the problem has gotten so out of hand that many options have been considered in order to come up with the right decision that is fair for everyone. The war about legalizing marijuana has been going on for many years now, and to this day e....

slavery: nothing personal, just business
In America today, strategies and tactics are used in almost every aspect of the business world. The idea of creating "get rich quick" schemes, date back to the beginning of the seventeenth century when our alleged "founders" came to America. Although economic standpoints may differ, both time period....

Smoke Ban in Public Places
Since I have been doing this smoke ban project, I have learned some interesting fact about my family smoking history. When I was borned, my father quit smoking because I would not let him hold me or sit with him if he had a cigarette going. He went through programs that consisted of making the round....

SMOKING
Sally Chens essay, Smoking Is Bad For Everyone So It Should Be Illegal (139), explains that smoking is dangerous for high school kids in two ways. First, physically the effects of smoking are dangerous and addictive. Secondly, they are misleading them with advertising that p....

Smoking
There is a terrible tragedy striking almost 78% of the United States population. This tragedy is called Smoking. Every single day nearly 4,400 kids. Smoking may sound cool to some youngsters from the ages of 12-17, but what the teenagers dont know is that Smoking is a very life-threatening ....

smoking
Everyday 3,000 children start smoking, most them between the ages of 10 and 18. These kids account for 90 percent of all new smokers. In fact, 90 percent of all adult smokers said that they first started smoking as teenagers. These statistics clearly show that young people are the prime target in th....

Smoking Ban : Good or Bad
You probably have been in a restaurant or bar that is filled with a hazy cloud of smoke. If you have, then maybe you have wondered if breathing in this smoke is harmful to you health. Some People are concerned about the effects the ban will have on the businesses and their owners private righ....

Smoking cigarettes can lead to addiction
Why Get Addicted? Smoking cigarettes can lead to addiction whether a person has smoked for five years or fifty (necessary cause). Mike Cornwell has smoked since the age of twelve. He has tried to quit multiple times, but he has never been successful. The reason why Mike, along with many others, ....

Strategic Management: Comparative analysis of Rational Vs Irrational School Of Thoughts
Rational Vs Irrational School of Thoughts towards Strategic Management Introduction Managers face no greater challenge than that of strategic management, guiding a complex organisation through a dynamic; rapidly changing environment requires the best judgment. Strategic management are invari....

survey of indian agriculture
Survey of Indian Agriculture Rishabh Singhania Western International University Capstone-485 Mr. Pawan Solanki 16th, October 2007 Acknowledgement In writing this report, my ideas has been shaped by....

Sylvester Pat Weaver president of NBC
Sylvester Pat Weaver was born in 1908 in Los Angeles. He lived to be 93 years old, passing away on March 15th, 2002. He aided in the development of radio and television. In 1949 Weaver went to work for NBC as head of TV programming and soon after became President of the network. (Hart, 20....

The Arab-American and Chaldean Council
The Arab-American and Chaldean Council (ACC) is a non-profit organization that was founded in August of 1979 in Detroit when a one-person office was opened in the International Institute in Detroit to serve the unique population of immigrants. In 1991, ACC received honor as the first Arab American o....

The Colonies by 1763-A New Society?
The Colonies by 1763-A New Society? Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. The thirteen colonies throughout time all estab....

The Diversity Myth
The idea that "diversity" is one of the country's great strengths is now so firmly rooted that virtually anyone can evoke it, praise it, and wallow in it without fear of contradiction. It has become one of the great unassailably American ideas, like democracy, patriotism, the family, or Martin Luthe....

the effect of air pollution
The effect of air pollution I The over view how air pollution effect society Air pollution has effect society in a short term and long term health issue. A. short term effects B long term effects Health of many people is affected by chemical substance and sometime is present in the air with....

The Quality Assessment and Assurance of Smoking Cessation in the United States
The Quality Assessment and Assurance of Smoking Cessation in the United States: A Research Paper Smoking cessation has been an important issue for years, but has only begun to receive the necessary clinical recognition to improve the health of people in the United States (Baker et al., 2004). Th....

The Tobacco Deal
The Tobacco Deal Tobacco companies had won every lawsuit brought against them and never paid out a dime for over forty years. In 1997 that all changed, the tobacco industry agreed to a historic deal to pay $368 billion in health-related damages, tear down billboards and retire Joe Camel and the Ma....

The TURE Mormon Religion (LDS)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, true? Not true? Christians? Not Christians? These are some of the questions people ask about the Mormon church.How did the Mormon church start? Joseph Smith Jr. was born in 1805 in Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith. He had....

To What Extent Does Fast Food Play a Role in Childhood Obesity
Obesity. What do you think of? 100,000,000 adults in America are considered obese. Proclaimed a national epidemic in 2000 by David Satcher, MD, obesity is associated with more than 400,000 deaths annually ranging from diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, and high cholesterol, and is closely catching up....

Tobacco
Tobacco is one of the leading preventable causes of death in the United States. Nicotine, which is an alkaloid derived from the tobacco plant, is a potent chemical that has powerful effects on the human body, especially when administered rapidly or at high doses. Prenatal exposure to nicotine is as....

Tobacco
Tobacco was introduced into the American colonies in the early 1600s. The tobacco plant soon became the leading crop and trading commodity in America. Tobacco was widely accepted up until the 1960s when research found that there was health effects directly associated with tobacco use. However, since....

Tobacco Advertising Should Be Banned
There are many people who are against tobacco advertising and others who are in favour. Prsonally, I think that both sides have strong evidence to support their views.On the one hand, tobacco advertising should be banned because smoking is a health hazard and smokers are more exposed to heart diseas....

Total Quality Management Survey
Total Quality Management (TQM) Survey Organizations must determine the answers to two basic questions when they open their doors for business: who their customers are and what it takes to satisfy those customers. A companys success is directly linked to how well a company satisfies its customers....

whistleblowing
As a whistleblower, is one who discloses wrongdoing within an organization to the public or those in positions of authority, they are sometimes consider a busy body who is disloyal to her employer or could sometimes an ethical person who speaks the truth. But in the end it plays the role as a va....

why are big tobacco companies aiming for americas children
How big tobacco companies are aiming for our teens. Tobacco industries funded anti- smoking ads that were suppose to be aimed at discouraging teen smoking and actually caused teens to smoke more, according to a news report by Australian Researchers. Isnt that a new spin on things? The wr....

Why were the Europeans able to begin the Age of Exploration in 1492?
Why were the Europeans able to begin the Age of Exploration in 1492? While the rest of the world was out exploring Europe was left tending to its sickly and less developed land. Europe, after surviving disease and other hardships found itself in a unique position to grow. The plague was gone an....

Youth Drug Abuse
Introduction The use of drugs has become an epidemic all over the world. Its use is increasing at a very fast rate, risking the lives of millions of people from different races, cultures, and countries. The drug use has begun to reflect socially and culturally. Though more public money is spent on ....

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