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7 pages in length. The writer discusses stress agents as they relate to second- hand smoke adolescent marijuana use; unemployment (women); alcoholism in fathers; and excessive clutter. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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diseases associated with smoking: emphysema, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a multitude of cancers, including lung, throat and tongue. To bring the point home, Whelan
(1994) indicates that half million a year people die each year from cigarette-related causes, with 37,000 to 40,000 of those dying as a result of second-hand smoke. Since cigarette
smoke is the number one instigator of lung cancer, an individuals primary defense against the disease is not to smoke. Even second-hand smoke presents a problem for those in
the immediate vicinity, as it still contains the carcinogenic properties that are ultimately breathed in by nonsmokers. Lung cancer is a respiratory condition
that is often detected in extremely advanced stages, sometimes leaving the option open for surgery but most times caught too late to do much more than allow the debilitating disorder
to incapacitate the patient. Large-cell carcinomas are responsible for spreading from the lungs to the lymph nodes, into the chest and then to the gastrointestinal system. Scarred or
chronically diseased lungs are most susceptible to contracting lung cancer, for which smoking is most to blame. According to Patlak (1995), "it often takes more than 20 years for
the effects of cigarette smoke to develop into a detectable malignancy" (p. PG). II. ADOLESCENT MARIJUANA USE There are myriad influences with regard to adolescent marijuana use, as well
as the impact such use has upon the individuals personal and family life. According to Kandel et al (2002), "the increase in marijuana use by adolescents, particularly young teens,
during the nineties...is striking and remains to be understood" (Kandel et al, 2002). Statistical findings indicate that after a steady decline in the late 1970s, a conspicuous increase began
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