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Hi, thanks for coming to my website. I am a freshman at ACGC High School in Minnesota. In Minnesota we have something called Grad Standards. And basically what they are is tasks that we have to complete before we can graduate high school. Thanks again for coming.Enjoy! | ||||||||||||||||
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When I was searching the internet for things concerning tobacco I came across internal documents that were supoenaed by the courts in the lawsuits against the companies. It is amazing what they have kept hidden from the consumers. In the documents it says that when they polled sales of children the sales hadecreased, and that they were upset and that they had to find a way to boost sales for children. In a 1958 report in a visit to the U.S. and Canada it says that tobacco is, "believed that smoking causes lung cancer if by 'causation' we mean any chain of events which leads finally to lung cancer and which involves smoking as an indispensable link. I also found numerous other examples of deception by the tobacco companies. It is sickening to know that people are dying because of an addiction that they think is just a choice.Here are some scary facts about tobacco:1) Smoking causes many kinds of cancers, heart disease, and respiratory illnesses which are mostly fatal.2) Long term smoking gives you a 50% chance of dying earlier than others.3) Nicotine is the main ingredient in tobacco and without nicotine and its adictiveness the tobacco companies would be out of business.4) Nicotine is addictive in two ways, both psychologically and physiologically, similar to heroin and cocaine addictions.5) Teenagers (13-18) and children (6) Low tar cigarettes are being pushed to give false health reassurance.7) Passive smoking is a public hazard which causes, asthma, bronchitits, glue-ear, lung cancer, and heart disease.8) Over 4,000 Americans die from smoking every year.9) 25% of 17-18 year old American teens smoke.10) In the U.K. smoking kills over six times as many people as: car accidents, manslaughter, suicide, illegal drugs, and AIDS combined.11) Of those Americans who smoke, at least 70% of them would like to quit, but only 2.5% mangage to stop.12) The U.K. office of Population, Censuses and Surveys defines a smokers as a person who smokes one or more cigarettes a week.13) 1 in 6 deaths a year is related to smoking. | ||||||||||||||||
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Whether or not you believe that tobacco is a drug and that it kills, it is a fact. Should what the tobacco companies themselves think is a drug be left on the market, for children to buy. The tobacco companies are in an essence making money off of a persons addiction. For more information about tobacco you can contact:http://www.mnblucrosstobacco.com/toblit/trialne ws/docs/qckview.htmlhttp://www.mnbluecrosstobacco.c om/toblit/factsheets/impact.htmlhttp://www.mnbluecrosst obacco.com/toblit/newsreleases/1998/webreview.htmlhtt p://www.mnbluecrosstobacco.com/toblit/factsheets/settle ment.htmlhttp://www.mnblucrosstobacco.com/toblit/facts heets/natlpolicy.html | ||||||||||||||||
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