Let’s Ban Smoking Janika Jackson
Decision Makers of the company to address the smoking concern within the company
Allowing smoking inside and outside the office poses a serious health risk to not only the employees who smoke, but the people who do not smoke at all. Second hand smoke can be just as harmful to one’s body as if they smoked themselves. “Exposure to secondhand smoke alone causes nearly 50,000 deaths in adult nonsmokers in the U.S. each year” (Karriem-Norwood, 2012).
Company executives need to take a stand now to implement a no smoking policy at our company. It is imperative that risks be known to employees who both smoke and don’t smoke. Smoking is putting all employees at risk, which is unfair to the employees who chose to not inhale the harmful toxins that cigarette smoke releases. I. Executives putting a ban on smoking a. Reported as being the lead cause of death of employees due to becoming passive smokers
b.“three times as many workers died from passive smoking than from workplace accidents” (“Should we ban smoking at work?”, n.d.).
II. Supporting smoking does not help anyone a. “When a smoker tries to quit, they may see others smoking in public and this can cause an urge to smoke” (Amulya, 2012). b. People can be easily influenced to pick back up smoking when they are trying to quit c. More and more people are beginning to smoke. Each day more than 3800 people under 18 try their first cigarette” (Amulya, 2012) d. Not banning smoking is encouraging people to continue to diminish their health and the health of others II. Second hand smoke is just as dangerous as first hand smoke b. “Second hand smoking increases the chance of lung cancer by 16-19% and it increases the risk of heart diseases by 25-35% (Amulya, 2012). c. One major reason the company should ban smoking ““Secondhand smoke is