Well I am going to tell you what I just did and probably what an estimated 52.8 million people would have done, my stress reliever, cigarettes. Smoking is a very bad habit and I am going to tell you why. Now I know that you are all thinking, why the heck should I listen to a speech about how people should stop smoking from a person who is a smoker himself, Mark Chang, you are a damn hypocrite. Well even if you are thinking this exact thought just know that just because of the fact that I am a smoker does not mean I want to quit, and doing research for this speech has made me realize that I s
The day starts off at 7:30, you wake your weary eyes up and realize that its time for mentor class at 8. You get dressed, do you hair, and put on your favorite cologne or perfume and then its straight on to class. Mentor class is finally over and next you have public speech, there is a 15-minute break in between the two classes. You are feeling really stressed and nervous knowing that you have a speech to do in class. What do you do? Do you listen to your favorite CD mix? Nope. Do you take Miss Manos advice and go run a few laps around WPC? Nope, not with these lungs. Should you pray? Maybe later. What should you do?
Breathing other people's smoke is called passive, involuntary or
secondhand smoking. The non-smoker breathes "sidestream" smoke from
the burning tip of the cigarette and "mainstream" smoke that has been
inhaled and then exhaled by the smoker. Secondhand smoke is a major
source of indoor air pollution.How does this affect the passive
smoker?
Some of the immediate effects of passive smoking include eye
irritation, headache, cough, sore throat, dissyiness and nausea.
Adults with asthma can experience a significant decline in lung
function when exposed, while new cases of asthma may be induced in
children whose parents smoke. Short term exposure to tobacco smoke
also has a measurable effect on the heart in non-smokers. Just 30
minutes...