acks in a carton, 32.85 cartons times $28.00-$34.00 a carton, ranges between $919.80 and $1,116.90 a year.iv. Smoking is indubitably an extremely expensive habit.b. From my Health Psychology book I learned the personal characteristics and behaviors that predict smoking in college students like us.i. These include being dissatisfied with education, being unhappy, living in a coed dorm, valuing parties, having multiple sex partners, using marijuana, binge drinking, and having a negative view on religion.ii. This behavior suggest that smokers are somewhat discontented and tend to take social risks. [I will now move on to the harmful chemicals that are in cigarette smoke and the risk factors associated with smoking cigarettes.]III. Bodya. In the Health section of the BBC News, they state that cigarette smoke contains 4,000 chemicals, 200 of which are known as harmful, yet people still choose to smoke.i. Some of the harmful chemicals include: Acetone which is used in paint stripper; ammonia, contained in toilet cleaners; butane, a form of lighter fuel; and beta-naphthyl methylether, more commonly known as moth balls. ii. Smokers also take the risk of inhaling hydrogen cyanide, the poison used in gas chambers; methanol, a rocket fuel; and arsenic and carbon monoxide, which is the poisonous gas in car exhausts.b. The National Clearing House for Alcohol and Drug Information gives many risks associated with smoking cigarettes.i. These risks include: diminished or extinguished sense of smell and taste, frequent colds, smoker's cough, gastric ulcers, chronic bronchitis, increase in heart rate and blood pressure, premature and more abundant face wrinkles, emphysema, heart disease, stroke,cancer of the mouth, larynx, pharynx, esophagus, lungs, pancreas, cervix, uterus, and bladder.ii. My mom said that once you get real heavy into smoking you start to notice things about yourself. She said, “I noticed that my hands and arms starting having a ye...
