The parents suffering from asthma are more likely to give birth to the children who are prone to asthma since birth. If they do not have asthma problem since birth, they are more likely to have it quickly if they breathe in the contaminated air (Jaakkola, Nafstad, & Magnus, 2001)
It must be considered with caution that the healthcare institutes and the developers of other intervention programs usually ignore this aspect and focus on other reasons of asthma. However, this point must also be considered (Kattan, et al
In simple words, the conclusion for the study was that Childhood exposure to Environment Tobacco Smoke is closely related with an increased rate of asthma, even if the individuals are not smokers. The study also showed that the children exposed to Environment Tobacco Smoke are likely to become smokers (Larsson, Frisk, Hallstro-m, Kiviloog, & Lundba-c, 2001)
Environmental protection is at the top most priority in the 21st century and green and clean programs are initiated everywhere under the patronage of government and many non-governmental organisations. These initiatives, if turn successful can control the unlikely effects of polluted air (Peden, 2005)
The children were either breathing in the smoky environment because their one or more family members were smokers, or their mothers had smoking habits during pregnancy or the breast milk was not healthy because of smoking habits of mothers. It was also concluded that these effects were long-term and the temporal measures can result in no good for the infants when they grow up in exposure to environment tobacco smoke (Rylander, Pershagen, Eriksson, & Bermann, 1995)
34 million. The study completely supported the hypothesis of this paper that there is relationship between smoking exposure and asthma regardless of the level of exposure (Sturm, Yeatts, & Loomis, 1999)
The bar and restaurant lobby) supported the ban and stated that "most people will get used to it, like they did with airlines. And from a health standpoint, it seems like the right thing to do" (Frumkin 2003)
Moreover, the federal government banned tobacco advertising on television and radio forty years ago and mandated that health warning labels be placed on all tobacco products. Although military personnel are more likely to smoke than the general civilian population (32% versus 20%), the Defense Department and Veterans' Administration are aware of the high cost of tobacco-related health issues and have set up smoking cessation programs for both active duty and retired personnel (Phillips 2011)
On the federal level, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the Surgeon General and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have conducted many studies proving that second-hand smoke, also known as Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) contains at least forty carcinogenic chemicals. All these federal health agencies recommend that "workers should not be involuntarily exposed to tobacco smoke" and that even limited exposure "increases the risk of lung cancer, respiratory diseases, and heart disease" (West 2009)
This was despite the fact that the 1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act required U.S. Surgeon General's warnings on all cigarette packs (Bowman)
Such results challenge the belief that people begin and continue smoking in large part because they do not accept the risks. Other scholars, however, who use different questions to measure risk, conclude that smokers either accurately estimate or underestimate their risks (Weinstein, 135)
Tobacco companies understand that a huge part of their consumer base involves smokers who were addicted at a young age. Cigarette companies like British American Tobacco are aware of this and have created "marketing strategies not only to encourage initial experimentation (often by teens) but also to carry new smokers through each stage of this process…Third, tobacco companies study young adults' attitudes, social groups, values, aspirations, role models, and activities and then infiltrate both their physical and their social environments" (Ling & Glantz, 2002)
Terminology First of all it's important to define "ethics" independent of business. Ethics refers to the "critical, structured examination of how we should behave -- in particular, how we should constrain the pursuit of self-interest when our actions affect others" (MacDonald, 2010)
Fundamentally, business ethics is made up of the following components. The first aspect of business ethics is influenced by the corporate culture; the corporate culture is made up of fundamental values, beliefs and preferred approaches to dealing with typical and unique business scenarios (McQuerrey, 2013)
The question being hotly debated in political and other circles asks whether society (government) has the right to restrict or deny the advertising of cigarettes. (Andre, 2011) The basic argument of the anti-smoking crowd is that everyone has a First Amendment right to freedom of expression, just as long as that expression doesn't cause harm to others
They used it as an antiseptic to clean wounds, as an analgesic to relieve the pain of toothache and, some have said, even as a hallucinogenic enema. (Borio, 2011) Between 470 and 630 CE, the Mayan tribes from Mexico, chased out by the dominant Aztec Empire, began moving north into what is now the United States
Even when the economic returns to the farmers are small and steadily declining, the farmers are on the hook to repay the loans. (Ethemcan, 2011) Significant health risks are born by the farm workers (often including children), most notably being the green tobacco sickness (a nicotine induced illness presenting headaches, dizziness, vomiting and exhaustion caused by skin contact with the damp tobacco leaves) plus poisoning from the pesticides
The industry in China is 100% state-owned by China National Tobacco Company. (Hunkar, 2010) Outside of China, the four largest publicly-listed international tobacco companies account for about 46% of the global market according to British American Tobacco (BAT)
He allowed that he would rather not have very much of his assets invested in businesses that sell tobacco. (Source Watch, 2011) Modern Times The first decade of the twenty first century was a time for all out war against the tobacco industry
Hence, it is critically important that schools provide believable educational programs to warn adolescents regarding this tobacco company skullduggery. The use of cigars by adolescents - and of cigarettes - is the subject of research in the American Journal of Health Behavior (Brooks, et al