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Mercy Killing

 Introduction:  An easy or painless death, or the intentional ending of the life of a person suffering from an incurable or painful disease at his or her request. Also called euthanasia. Euthanasia is a practice or an act by which a person suffering from painful and incurable disease is put to death in order to end the suffering of that person. History of Mercy Killing: In 1935, when C. Killick Millard found a society called Voluntary Euthanasia Legislation Society, which later on came to be known as Euthanasia society. This society organized a movement to legalize Euthanasia in 1935. However, the Bill failed in the House of Lords in 1936. The morally accuracy of Euthanasia is traceable from the time of Plato, Aristotle and Stoics. There is various classification based on it and they are as follows-: Voluntary Euthanasia  Non-Voluntary Euthanasia  Involuntary Euthanasia  Physical-Assisted Suicide Types of Euthanasia-: Active Euthanasia  Passive Euthanasia...

Environment in a Toxic Relationship with Cigarettes

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Cigarettes Butts and the Case for an Environmental Policy on Hazardous Cigarette Waste. Cigarette smoking causes environmental pollution by releasing toxic air pollutants into the atmosphere . The cigarette butts also litter the environment, and the toxic chemicals in the residues seep into soils and waterways, thereby causing soil and water pollution, respectively. The various effects of cigarettes on Environment are as follows-: 1. Direct Risk to Human Health-: Surveys and clinical studies prove that smoking cigarettes cause several health risks for humans. The following are the health risks associated with regular smoking. a- Cancer b- Autoimmune Disorder  c- Type 2 Diabetes  d- Lung Disease  e- Heart Arrest 2. D eforestation-:  The key ingredient in the manufacture of cigarettes is tobacco, and the reality is that most of it are planted in  rainforests  areas. Accordingly, it has contributed to major deforestation in the areas where it is planted. Areas...