My First Week Of School

My first week of school as a Sophomore  is much easier than my Freshman year. Finding my classes was much easier than it was last year. The teachers that  i have, have made the first week great and welcoming. Coming back wasn’t all that bad, because i got to see all the friends i haven’t seen in 3 months. Anyway my first week of school has been great.

Myths and Facts about Tobacco

In todays world about 42.1 million adults smoke today. Ciggarette smoking is the leading cause of disease and death in the U.S today, accounting for more than 480,000 deaths a year. About 16 million people live with a smoking related disease in the U.S.

The myth that smoking is not a drug problem is not true, in tobacco there is an addictive substance called nicotine. If you are trying to quit smoking stay away from caffinated drinks such as: coffee, soda and or alcohol. You can also get poisined by nicotine the signs of this are dizziness, nausea, and diarrhea.

The myth that once your addicted to tobacco, there is no ues in quiting. The damage is done. Once someone stops smoking or dipping the body automatically starts building itself back up. Blood pulse and pulse rates start to go back to normal in about 20 minutes of not using tobacco. Lung fuction starts to improve about 1 week of not smoking. After 10 or 15 years of not smoking, risk of all tobacco related disease are hugely reduced. On average it takes people about 5 tries to quit smoking.

The myth that only adults smoke ciggarettes is not true at all. The average person that smokes begins at age 13 or 14 years old. Most dip users staet at ages 12-25.

The myth that smoking helps the body to relax is’nt true etheir. Tobacco contains nicotine which is a stimulate to the body, plus no other drug keeps you as busy as smoking. If you smoke 2 packs a day you would have a ciggarette in his or her hand for 3 to 4 hours of the day.

The myth that smoking will help you lose weight is not true. For some new and ex-smokers 1/3 gained weight. About 1/3 stay the same weight. When talking about losing weight it is much easier the exercise and eat healthy.

This sums up about the myths and facts about tobacco. It is much easier to stay away and say no to people that want you to smoke with them, and you will probably live longer than your friends that do smoke. This selection is all you need to kmow about tobacco and it dangers.

Carcinogens

Today i’m going to talk about carcinogens. Carcinogens sources are usually from smoking or naturally occurring exposures such as ultraviolet light, and radon gas.

The damages to your body can be very bad, around 171,000 of this years cancer deaths have come from carcinogens. Some carcinogens can directly lead to tumors or abnormal growths of the body, and others attack our genes directly. Carcinogens can lead to death or other sickness.

Book Review

Book review over Swallowing Stones

One day a bizarre accident occurs which leaves a man dead. Bringing together 4 teenage lives and drastically changing them. The main character in the story is a 15 year old girl Jenna Ward, whose father is struck by a stray bullet, and Michael McKenzie, a 17 year old who unknowingly fired the fatal shot. Farther away from the scene are witnesses Joe Sadowski, Michael’s friend and Amy Ruggiero, a misunderstood teen.