Introduction/Smoking -- Maria Ochoa

Some people have health habits that are good for them and others for reason that are bad for them. For example: yoga is healthy for a good life and smoking and drinking is dangerous for life.

I have five members in my group Sabbir, Mariuz, Joaquin, Khan and Jessica. We decided to talk about health, we have four choices the first is about smoking, the second about don't drinking and driving, the third is Peer pressure and its effects, fourth is H.I.V. and finally is yoga.

Let me begin with smoking, I have a bad experience about smoking. My father use to smoke, One day we had to take him to the hospital, the doctor said he had cancer he was in a wheelchair for long time he had a disease because he smoked a lot.  My father died because his lungs got closed.

It is difficult for me to talk about what happened to my father but I want to give a message, especially for young people. Stop smoking because it is dangerous for you. I hate cigarettes because they took the most important person in my life my father.

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Smoking -- MD Subbir Ahomed

Hello LaGuardia. This is WWW HUL-100 Radio show. Time is 1.00 pm. My name is Subbir. I would like to present; how smoking effects our life. These days a lot of people smoke cigarettes to look smart. Especially young people. But they are not aware of its bad effects. It may cause cancer, heart attack, chronic-bronchitis, and other diseases. It is bad news for young people. it also affects your looks; smokers have thicker and rougher skin.  It is true that a nonsmoker can live longer than a smoker. You guys want to know benefits to quit smoking: you will save money, you will increase your self confidence. If anybody wants to get more information contract us our website www.newlife.com. Or call us:  718-660-8822. Thanks you, everybody. Have a good life.

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Alcohol -- MD A Khan

Hello Everybody. This is WHUL 100 LaGuardia and it’s Md. A. Khan. Today I’m here for the inspiration of new life. Therefore my group’s name is NEW LIFE. By the way, I’m here to talk about alcohol. It’s not only about the alcohol. Let’s better say drinking and driving or driving under the influence of alcohol.

As everybody knows, alcohol is a powerful drug. Every year tens of thousand of people die in motor vehicle crashed and as a matter of fact, alcohol is a factor in at least 50% of those crashed. It’s a universal truth that alcoholic drinks do harm to people of all ages, but especially to the underage people and young people. Alcohol affects the body’s control center, the brain. It weakens the very skill that drivers need to be safe.

I have a personal experience that happened last summer in the middle of June. I used to work 2-10 p.m. and one day after I finished my work, I met 3 of my friends. Then we decided to drink alcoholic drinks in order to have fun. So, we bought beer and started drinking until we got drunk. At 3:00 a.m. I wanted to come back home. One of my friends had a car and he said, “Okay, why don’t we just drop you off.” And I said that that would be great. Though we were all drunk, we four were riding in that car. Fortunately we did not have any problem until they dropped me off. At last I came home safely, but they had trouble. When my friends were trying to go back to their home, they were caught by the cops and got a ticket because the back light of that car was off and nobody noticed it.

Now I sometimes think that it could have been a worse thing that happened to us. And thus, there comes a question in my mind that is whether the law minimum age of buying alcoholic drinks is 21?

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Peer Pressure -- Jessica Chacha

Good morning everybody! My name is Jessica. I’m going to talk about peer pressure and the relationship this has with alcohol, drugs and smoking. But what is peer pressure? Peer pressure is caring about what other people think about you and that can affect you in a positive or negative way in the way that you feel, act, dress or behave. Some people give the reason to try drugs or alcohol is that they feel curious or feel that everyone else is trying them. Some people think that taking drugs will make it easier to talk with another people, but in fact it can cause or create more problems. So why take the chance. This is a good question. Saying no to drugs is not an easy resolution an especially for young people and when you are involved in groups with people that have these habits. But we have some advice that can help you with peer pressure. If the peer pressure seems incredible, you can avoid the peer pressure by just walking away.

As you know the parents have an important part to play in this problem, so the US Department of Health Services recommends that the parents establish a firm and clear position in their homes about drugs and alcohol. And if kids already have this problem, the parents should know that they could find help. You can contact your local or state drug abuse authority for information on local resources. Don’t forget there is always somebody that can help.

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HIV -- Joaquin Santana

HIV is a transmitted disease that causes AIDS. There are ways to get HIV. However, there are two common ways to get HIV, which are having sex without condom and sharing needle. A lot people may ask what alcohol and drugs have to do with HIV, well people it has to do a lot because when you are high or drunk you may say yes to sex when you mean no because drugs and alcohol change the way you feel. In 1980 doctor fund out about HIV and since the virus had increased rapidly, HIV had increase all round the world. People can live with HIV without noticing because even though you have HIV you can live longer periods such as 10 years. My advice to you people is be careful with HIV because it doesn't have cure. I hove you to take my advice as a any decision you may make in the future.

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Yoga -- Mariusz Mika

Hello ladies and gentlemen My name is Mariusz and I am going to present you a wonderful topic about health. I chose health because I think that this is the most important word in our life. Most people don't know about health. If you are healthy, then you are happy. The members of my group described to you everything what can bad for you or for your health such a drinking or smoking. However, I would like to tell you about something that could improve your life. It is called Yoga. I am not going to tell you everything about yoga, but I will try to give you some basic information about this. Also, if you have any questions, please ask me and I will try to answer you. 

Hatha Yoga is a meditation program that includes exercises to help improve flexibility and breathing, decrease stress (what is very important for people), and maintain health. I think that yoga is very necessary in our life because the world is so complicated and a lot of people are stressed and nervous. Many people think that yoga is for people from India or for special person because the practiced of yoga started in India . Yoga is for everybody, like you or me. I would like to interest you of yoga because it is really a good thing. Let me tell you something, I started to exercise yoga two years ago because of my uncle. He took me to a special place where people do of yoga. It was very nice experience for me. From that they I have been attending yoga classes every week. I hope that my topic was very interesting for you, and I think that many of you will use information to widen knowledge about yoga. Remember the health is just one and we should take care of that.

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Hi,    My name is Mohammed. Arafatullah Khan, MD. A. KHAN for short. I came from Bangladesh. I have been living here for two years and this is my second semester at LaGuardia. My native language is Bengali, so English is my second language. My major is Math & Science, but I took this class because I have a grate desire to learn the accent of Native American speakers as well as American English

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Hello everybody!

My name is Mariusz and I come from a wonderful country that is Poland . I came to the United States two years ago, but I have been visiting this country four times before. I live with my father in Queens , just with him because my parents divorced when I was seven years old, and rest of my family live in Poland . I miss so much them, specially my mother. Also, I have one younger brother, he is seventeen and his name is Marcin. I graduated high school in my country and I decided to come here to study because of the economic situation that occurred there. Now, I study in LaGuardia Community College and I like this place so much. I can meet a lot of people from different countries. My major is Computer Science because I am interesting in math and I want to be a programmer in the future. I like to play soccer and basketball with my friends. Also, I do yoga that I like it and I take classes of yoga every Saturday. I love it because it makes my  life easier and happier. I think that you should try it.

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