Cigarette Smoking Amond Colleg

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For my purposes and the purposes of this project I have set my own standards to clarify and make my research in general easier to understand. I have recently "quit" smoking and I still occasionally have a cigarette, but still do not consider myself a "smoker." On the other hand, I do not believe someone should have to be a chain smoker to be considered a "smoker." So, for research purposes, I chose an intermediate standard. A "smoker" will be someone who smokes cigarettes at least once a day, with going no longer than two days without having a cigarette. In my belief, smoking on a regular basis constitutes someone as a smoker, even if they smoke only one cigarette per day. In some peoples' eyes, a person has to smoke a pack a day or more to be considered a smoker. I think this is inaccurate, and beside the fact of inaccuracy, if I characterized a smoker as someone who smokes a pack a day I probably would not have gotten any solid information. Information about cigarette ...

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year "16% of all deaths can be attributed to smoking" and smoking cigarettes is also "the number one cause of death in men" (the facts). Also, "85% of lung cancer (now the leading cause of death among men and women) deaths could be avoided if the individual did not smoke" (Riche). Furthermore, "women who smoke are dying at twice the rate of women who do not smoke" (Riche). And finally, along with cancer, cigarette smoking also contributes to cardiovascular diseases and reproductive difficulties. From personal experiences, I have had family members die from smoking cigarettes, and many of my friends also smoke. That alone makes this project a small bit personal. As you can see by the facts ...

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