Outdoor public smoking on the National Mall should be banned because it is risky for nonsmokers and the cigarette butts cause a litter problem. When people smoke in public‚ not only do they risk their own health‚ they risk the health of the general public. One could argue that smokers should have a designated smoking area on the National Mall‚ but according to the World Health Organization‚ there are no safe levels of second-hand smoke whether it is indoors or outdoors. Toxins that our lungs are
Premium Smoking Smoking ban Passive smoking
English Persuasive Essay Why should smoking be made illegal‚ because smoking hurts everyone. Around the world smoking claims the lives of 5.4 million people a year. If smoking were to be banned in the United States there would be 443‚000 fewer deaths related to smoking. While that isn’t all 5.4 million it would be a giant leap in the right direction. Smoking affects everyone not just the person with the cigarette in their hand but the people around the smoker. Smoking kills millions of people
Premium Cigarette Smoking Tobacco
March 15‚ 2011 Dr. Kevin R. Carman Dean of the College of Science A103 Life Sciences Annex/336 Hatcher Hall Baton Rouge‚ LA 70803 Dear Dr. Carman: I called my friend as I was leaving the testing center to see how she had done on her business calculus exam. We had surprisingly similar results‚ and neither of us were pleased to say we received a D. When I asked what she had got wrong‚ she couldn’t tell me‚ because she did not know. This frustrated me because we had no feedback on the exam
Premium Mistake University Student
Catherine Andrade Professor Sassenoff English 2 – 019 2/22/2012 A Modest Proposal Argument Jonathan Swift‚ a satirical author from the 1600’s and 1700’s‚ wrote A Modest Proposal‚ in 1729 to bring to the attention of the Irish officials that the poor were in dire need of help. In this essay‚ Swift proposes that the poor sell their children to upperclassmen for ten shillings in graphic detail (Swift 3). Through this disturbing mental image that readers were not able to look away from‚ the author
Premium Jonathan Swift United States A Modest Proposal
For this assignment‚ I will discuss why I agree with New York ’s ban on smoking in bars and restaurants. On 26 March‚ 2003‚ the New York State legislators approved a state-wide smoking ban in all bars and restaurants. Governor Pataki signed it immediately; a similar bill was defeated one year earlier. The ban took effect July 24‚ 2003. Many of us believe in our rights or freedoms as citizen‚ what many forget is sometimes our right or freedoms will impact the rights or freedoms of others. I have
Free Smoking Passive smoking Lung cancer
Jerry Thomas Professor Michaud Comp & Lit 101 December 13‚ 2010 Ban Smoking The human body is made up of all different organs that are essential to our living being. Taking care of these organs is vital to maintaining our health. One of our most important organs is the lungs. The lungs are used to take in oxygen from the air and help us make blood cells in the body. Keeping the lungs healthy is necessary to keeping your breathing and blood healthy. There are many things that keep
Premium United States Sociology Education
Public Smoking Ban Across the United States early 60 college campuses around the United States have smoke-free policies that affect the entire campus. Recently Chicago‚ Illinois passed the Clean Indoor Air Act‚ an important step towards smoke-free bars and restaurants. These recent actions post the question for the University of Iowa. The Iowa campus has around 30 bars near the downtown area. Would a smoking ban for the cities bars be good for the city or the campus? A public smoking ban on Iowa
Premium Smoking Smoking ban Passive smoking
I propose to ban all smokers from smoking unless prescribed a prescription from your doctor‚ if you are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease because from previous studies the nicotine protects the patient from AD. The increase of consumption in cigarette results in a decrease of a risk for Alzheimer’s disease. In addition to banning all smokers‚ we could I propose a law that all smoking be banned throughout Canada. Did you know‚ 21% of Canadians that are above the age of 15 are smokers? This is a
Free Cigarette Tobacco Lung cancer
6.1 COMPARISON OF A POSITION ARGUMENT AND A PROPOSAL ARGUMENT |DISTINCTION |POSITION ARGUMENT |PROPOSAL ARGUMENT | |Definition of each |Proposal arguments‚ however‚ are arguments in which you |Position arguments are arguments in which you state your | | |request a change in policy or procedure of something that is|position on a certain issue and then proceed
Premium Logic Critical thinking Argument
These people like to smoke whenever or wherever they feel the urge for a cigarette. However‚ the smoke from cigarettes disturbs non smokers. Because of that ‚ many nonsmokers would like smoking to be banned from public places. Antismokers provide several reasons for the importance for such a ban. Smoking has been shown to be harmful to health. The main effect is that it causes lung cancer. Research now shows that even people who don’t smoke themselves are in danger of developing cancer when
Premium Public library Society Urban design