...1101 10/21/2014 Cigarette Smoking Should Not Be Banned Every time one of those anti-smoking commercials come on tv, it’s always questionable about how people can still continue to smoke after seeing something so graphic. Especially the one where the woman is in the bathroom, and her face starts to basically peel off. So gross! Why would someone still want to smoke, knowing that it completely destroys their body? Maybe, because people know that those commercials are just scare tactics, and that someone’s face is not literally going to peel off from smoking. Smoking, just like drinking, or even driving, is risky, but it’s also a choice. They would never ban driving, even after all of the deaths caused every day. They definitely wouldn’t try banning alcohol again, even after all the deaths it still causes. So, why should they ban smoking? Smoking is a personal choice(Jeffery, 2). It doesn’t alter the state of mind like drugs or alcohol(contrary to what some people may say). If anything, the only person being harmed, is the person inhaling the smoke. Cigarettes don’t only contain toxins. They contain nicotine, which isn’t harmful, but is very addictive, just like caffeine, and there are millions of people out there who are definitely more addicted to their morning coffee or soda than there are people who smoke cigarettes. Smoking can be harmful, but usually in only excessive amounts, just like junk 2 food, or soda, or anything else in the world. Should they start banning...
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...Cigarettes should be banned from this topic. Medical studies have shown that smoking not only leads to health problems for the smoker, but also for people close by. There are approximately 600 ingredients in cigarettes. When burned, they create more than 7,000 chemicals. At least 69 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer, and many are poisonous. Tobacco smoke consists of many harmful chemical, that was responsible for more than 100 million deaths worldwide in the 20th Century. The World Health Organization has estimated that, if current trends continue, tobacco could cause a billion deaths in the 21st Century. So based on these studies, I strongly agree that cigarettes should be banned. First of all, it has been proven that tobacco consists of carcinogenic compounds which cause serious harm to a person’s health, not only the smoker. So anyone around them included the smoker could develop cancers of the lungs, mouth and throat, and other sites in the body. It is simply not fair to impose this upon another person. It is also the case that people’s health is more important than businesses. In any case, pubs and restaurants could adapt to a ban by, for example, allowing smoking areas. Besides, we all complain about the high medical costs and taxes yet we do not see that children and asthmatics often need medical care more than they should because of smoking around them. It is also expensive for the smoker as it is a costly habit which affects the family’s...
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...of cigarette smoke and would like to see it banned? In my opinion, I believe that cigarette smoking should be banned. Many people will say that it should and shouldn’t for many different reasons. According to Debate.org, 80% said it should be banned and 20% says that it shouldn’t be banned. Also according to Robert N. Proctor, he wrote “Why ban the sale of cigarettes? The case of abolition.” He states that cigarettes are the deadliest artefact in human civilization. Do you think cigarette smoking should be banned? Each year 6 million people die alone from smoking cigarettes. Death and product defect are two reasons to abolish the sales of cigarettes. Each year, more and more wild fires are caused by cigarette butts from people. Smoking cigarettes is the number one cause of lung cancer therefore deaths, lung cancer is almost entirely due to the use of low pH flue-cured tobacco in cigarettes. I believe smoking cigarettes should be banned because everyone wants to live a long healthy life, and since lung cancer is the number one cause of death that means if you are an organ donner, then when you die, nobody will be able to use a lung if need be because it turned out to be a bad lung. The purpose of this article is about hoe cigarettes should be banned and why. Cigarette smoking has corrupted media that’s very popular, newspapers, and also magazines. Instead of learning new things in a newspaper or talking about the news, their all are talking about cigarettes. Cigarettes are...
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...dangers include sudden infant death syndrome, fetal growth impairment, bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma and middle-ear disease. People who smoke subject themselves to deadly diseases, as well as long- and short-term health problems. Non-smokers should not have to live with the consequences of smokers' actions. http://www.publishyourarticles.net/knowledge-hub/essay/an-essay-on-should-smoking-be-banned-in-public-places.html Many surveys, studies and scientific research has proved that smoking is injurious to health. Smoke is unhealthy and suffocating. It pollutes the environment. There are two types of smokers - active and passive. The person who smokes is active and other who are near to him and inhale the smoke are passive smokers. Both are equally affected by the ill effects of smoking. Smokers and non-smokers meet at many places like offices, buses, hotels, etc. So, considering the bad effects of smoking on individual's health, environment as well as individual rights, it should be banned in public places. A person who wants to smoke can do so by keeping himself in isolation. The smoking of cigarette is glamorized through advertisements. More and more young boys and girls are attracted by this. Even the 'statutory warning' on the cigarette packets does not stop them. The young generation think that those who smoke are smart, modern and intellectual. However, smoking is...
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...Cigarette smoking is injurious to health is the notification given in all cigarette packets. But this is not stopped by people who are smoking cigarette as it is not good for health. I personally hate people who are smoking in public places. These people who are smoking in the public places not only cause health problems to them but also to other peoples in these places. Therefore smoking individually inside their homes must not be banned as it is considered as one of the rights of people. But some people will say that smoking must be banned overall and must stop using cigarettes. This is not all possible and it should not be done. Therefore people who are smoking in their homes will be affected by this decision. This must not be done as it will ban the rights of people. This will also lead to the revenue loss of the government. But this cigarette smoking not only affects the individual health but also affects the public when it is done in public places. This must be brought down to act which can help people who are not smoking. The people who are smoking in the public places must be punished literally. This kind of smoking in public places will cause lung disease to both the persons who are smoking and other people who are not smoking in the public. Therefore this kind of smoking in the public must be banned. Smoking in public places will affect the health of each and every person in that area as they are exposed to smoke. The smoke which arises from cigarettes will affect the...
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...Why smoking is a bad thing Today, smoking is an issue which is on everybody’s mind. The whole country is divided on this issue. Some believe that smoking should be banned everywhere while others are not so harsh. Tobacco, however, should be outlawed because smoking pollutes the environment, endangers everyone’s health, and wastes taxpayers’ money due to health problems. Cigarette smoking causes a number of health problems which are expensive to treat. It is a major cause of respiratory diseases such as asthma, lung cancer and bronchitis. It also leads to heart disease. In spite of the money which the Government receives from taxing cigarettes, the cost of medical treatment for these diseases exceeds this income. Smoking cigarettes can cost people tens of thousands a dollars a year. As a consequence, non-smoking taxpayers are forced to pay for the health costs of smokers, which is a very unfair situation. Another reason for banning smoking is that cigarette smoke affects the health of non- smokers and unborn babies. Cigarettes are not only harmful to users, but are also damaging to all people around a smoker. Non-smokers often suffer from eye and nose irritations, allergies and headaches as a result of inhaling second-hand smoke. Cigarettes cause a high percent of lung cancer and are responsible for thirty percent of all deaths resulting from cancer. People who have smoked for a significant period of time will have noticeable problems breathing and...
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...Should smoking be banned in public area? Nicotine is the addictive drug in tobacco smoke that causes smokers to continue to smoke. Addictive smokers need enough nicotine over a day to “feel normal” to satisfy cravings or control their mood. Along with nicotine, smokers inhale about 7000 other chemicals in cigarette smoke which are chemically active and trigger profound and damaging changes in the body. (Better Health Channel). According to the 1192 report of the journal of the American Medical Association, about 40000 people die from passive smoking. Because passive smoking would be more deadly to the public especially children, smoking should be banned in public places. Smoking in public areas leads to secondhand smoking which causes lung cancer in adults and also causes cancer in children who have not previously exhibited symptoms, sudden infant death syndrome and increased risk of lower respiratory track infections, such as pneumonia and bronchitis in children under 6 years old. ) Secondhand smoke is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, or cigar, and the smoke exhaled by smokers. Secondhand smoke is also called environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and exposure to secondhand smoke is sometimes called involuntary or passive smoking. Secondhand smoke contains more than 4,000 substances, several of which are known to cause cancer in humans or animals. EPA has concluded that exposure to secondhand smoke can cause lungs cancer in adults who do not...
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...lead to health problems. The E-cigarettes are common worldwide and it has been getting a lot of attention lately and around 2 million people use e-cigarettes in UK, and their popularity is growing wildly. E-cigarettes, which are Electronic cigarettes, are a device, which works by batteries to deliver nicotine with other chemicals to those who use it in vapor instead of smoke (Dale, 2015). The E-cigarettes has a huge negative effect on people life’s and this commodity is have been spreading wildly among people. Many people buy e-cigarettes as an excuse to quit smoking but they have no idea how this product is dangerous and has...
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...to tobacco can be more dangerous for non-smokers than those who choose to smoke cigarettes. In response to the current knowledge concerning hazards to both smokers and those non-smokers who are in the same location as smokers, health professionals and the public have demanded that laws protect the community. Therefore, governments have banned cigarette smoking in public places such as shopping centers, schools and hospitals. Also, most businesses have allocated an area for cigarette smoking to ensure that those who are adversely affected to the by-products of smoking are not exposed to tobacco. Smokers feel discriminated against by these laws believing they are now branded as social outcasts and that others cannot make laws that prohibit smoking in private cars and homes. However, non-smokers and health professionals continue to call for even tighter restrictions to ensure the entire community especially children, are safe. When the health of those who have medical conditions is aggravated by tobacco smoking or when children are adversely affected, smoking must be banned. Inhaling the smoke exhaled by a cigarette smoker or the smoke that emanates from a cigarette end is harmful to those who do so. Unfortunately, many are exposed to this smoke in circumstances that give them no say. This is especially so if these unwilling smokers are children or when the smoker smokes in a public place. Cigarette smoke has been said to contain many dangerous chemicals such as arsenic, ammonia...
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...Should smoking be allowed or banned in public places? Should smoking be allowed or banned in public? Smoking tobacco has been affecting what’s around us because more people start to smoke so that’s more pollution in the air. Some people feel that they constantly need to smoke in order to get through their day and not realizing what they’re doing to themselves and others. Smoking shouldn’t be allowed in public places like parks because of all the little kids running around. People shouldn’t smoke were there’s huge crowds like time square in New York City. Smoking while standing outside a restaurant is giving that place a bad name. Smoking in restaurants was aloud a couple of years ago but stopped. Smokers should stop smoking and look at the bigger picture and help not only save your life but save life’s around you who are inhaling just as much smoke as you are. On March 20, 2014 smoking parks and beaches has been 100% banned. On this date a bill was passed that there would be no more smoking on beaches or parks. If you are caught smoking in these areas you will face a $250.00- $1,000 fine. People who are caught breaking this law will start with a $250 fine then go to $500 then to $1,000 and more. This bill was passed on a vote of 78 people 4 were absence. The vote came to 67-7 that we should pass this law and move on to a healthy world. Lots of people were very upset about the bill that was passed. People liked to go on vacation to the beach lay down relax and either smoke...
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...Cigarette smoking There is a major concern about banning cigarette smokers in the U.S. the mortality among both males and females smokers in the USA is more than three times higher than that among non-smokers. I agree that smoking should be prevented because it leads to many types of cancer and heart disease; secondly health affects exposure of secondhand smoke, thirdly it affects the health of the youth smoking tobacco, and fourthly the cost of treatment associated with cigarette smoking (healthcare). Cigarette smoking increases the risk of dying from cancer of the lungs, esophagus, larynx and oral cavity (as we studied in biology). The harmful effect of cigarettes is the chemical makeup of cigarette. According to Quitsmokingsupport.com Cigarettes contain over 4,000 chemicals , some of those chemicals are the heavy metals, humectants, casting agents ,pesticide, insecticides and nicotine which is an addictive substance added into a cigarette; that is why it is very hard for smokers to stop smoking right away . A friend’s mother who smoked up to 3 packs of cigarette per day for more than 25 years. She looked healthy and often cited that cigarette kills those who were already predisposed to suffer from those diseases. Years later she died, suffered from ventricular arrhythmia which means heart did not beat properly as a result it pumped little or no blood to the body organs; usually caused by nicotine in cigarette. According to Medical News Today (MNT), cigarette smoking...
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...Fishkill Phenomenon This essay will define fishkill phenomenon and discuss its causes and effects to our environment, as well as preventive measures. Fish is the healthiest form of meat to consume. High in antioxidants and nutritious, without the worry of saturated fat clogging up your heart, fish seems to be touted the best source of protein. “And amongst the many kinds of fish, some are given special preference over others such as the cod and the salmon for their higher nutritional value, but there are also other types of fishes that make it to the dinner table as a staple part of the meal, and due to their availability and affordability nativity to the region makes the fish less expensive such as the milkfish in the Philippines (Angelina, 2011). Unfortunately, fishkill phenomenon occurred in the Philippines and causes massive die-off of fishes. Phenomenon, plural phenomena, come from the Latin word phænomenon, from Greek word phainomenon "that which appears or is seen" (wiki.answers.com). There are kinds of phenomena; one of those is the fishkill phenomenon, which is very familiar phenomenon in the Philippines. Fishkill phenomenon, also known as fish-die off, is a localized die-off of fish populations which may also be associated with more generalized mortality of aquatic. Additionally, it is a phenomenon wherein a large population or species of fish die in mass extinction and resulted from poor management of water sources and contamination of rivers, lakes...
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...natives of the Bahamas Islands (“A brief history of smoking - Cancer Council NSW,” 2011). Instead of having a paper rolled cigarette; they had pipes. One end of the pipe was filled with burning tobacco leaves, and at the other end of the pipe was where the smoke was inhaled. Many people all over the world today have taken to this habit; worldwide, there are approximately one billion smokers (“A brief history of smoking - Cancer Council NSW,” 2011). There are approximately one billion smokers because of an extremely addicting substance called nicotine, found within each cigarette. Once a person is sucked into the habit of smoking, it will be hard for them to quit. Smoking is a source of great controversy, and most individuals either support it or oppose it. Those who oppose formed numerous laws that forbid smoking in specific public places like restaurants, bars, parks, and in some cities, even street corners. Individuals against smoking see smoking as slow death that steals years of a person's life. They want to see smoking be banned for these important reasons; they are health and social problems, as well as a financial burden on the government. The other side of the argument is that smoking should not be banned. They believe that smokers already pay high taxes so why make them suffer even more by taking it away. Other reasons that smoking should not be banned include; clubs and bars would go out of business, smokers would smoke more at home than in public places, and another prohibition...
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...3-19-12 Why America Should Ban Smoking Tobacco has been around for more than four hundred years and is still very popular as of today. Millions of Americans smoke cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products on a daily basis that is harmful to the body. However, smoking has become one of the biggest controversies in today's society. This personal experience clearly shows that smoking needs to be banned. “Gail Routh worked as a flight attendant for nearly twenty-seven years. Routh was a nonsmoker all her life, but after working in contact with secondhand smoke on airplanes she contracted lung cancer. Gail Routh sued the tobacco industry for lung cancer and bronchitis that was linked to the expose to secondhand smoke (Hudson, 2004).” In 1964, the United States Surgeon General declared that smoking was bad for one's health and was related to lung cancer. Therefore, smoking should be banned in all public places to prevent contracting lung cancer from first or second hand smoke, enable those with lung conditions to be able to hold jobs in places that they would not be able to because of the smoke in the air, and help businesses keep their employees safer while generating more revenue, which in turn would save thousands of lives each year. Tobacco use kills nearly 470,000 Americans each year and is among one of the leading causes of preventable death. Smoking is also legal at the age eighteen in the United States; however, many non-smokers say that it should be restricted in public...
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...This is why smoking cigarettes and cigars should be banned in public areas. Smoking is one of the greatest causes of cancer and other deadly diseases. People who smoke are at greater risk of dying early in life than others who do not smoke. The risk of disease increases the more you smoke throughout your life. Some of the diseases you can acquire from smoking cigarettes are anywhere from lung cancer and lip cancer to cancer of the throat and mouth and most other organs in your body. Smoking also causes problems such as bad breath, difficulty breathing, wrinkling of the skin, and stained yellow teeth, amongst other things. Second hand smoke is very dangerous and can also cause the same diseases as actually smoking a cigarette. The effect that smoking has on others is called “passive smoking.’ Children and infants who are exposed to tobacco smoke are usually prone to more colds, ear infections and are more likely to develop asthma. It can also cause SIDS in infants. Second hand smoke is thought to have an effect on children’s learning development and behavior as well. Cigarettes are poison wrapped in paper and are very harmful and addictive. Cigarettes contain a cocktail of different chemicals that are very harmful to you and other people. The chemicals cigarettes contain are acetone, cadmium, formaldehyde, and nicotine. All of which can be found in rat poison, battery acid, embalming fluid, nail polish remover and insecticides. These chemicals should not enter the human...
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