For most of my life‚ I ’ve been a second-hand smoker. My parents both smoke and though they try to keep from partaking in their bad habit around my younger sister and I‚ sometimes it ’s unavoidable. Through the years I ’ve watched as their smoking has caused them yellow teeth‚ weight gain‚ irritability‚ and extreme coughing. There have been numerous efforts on my part to persuade them to give up their addiction‚ including taking all their cigarettes and refusing to give them back‚ as well as adding
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fundamental right to breathe clean air—with no exceptions. In the past few decades America has made great strides in protecting the individual’s right to a smoke-free environment but there is still work to do. No one should have to choose between their health and a good job; law that prohibit smoking in public places help create a healthy environment for all people. The common good must be protected over the perceived individual’s right to smoke because clean air but clean air is a basic human right
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Examinations are not perfect‚ my thesis will be that they have a net benefit‚ meaning that they should not be eradicated. Contention 1: Exams provide a means to objectively evaluate what a student has learned. Although many students and teachers dislike grades an exams‚ there needs to be an objective standard that measures what a student has learned. Without exams‚ teachers would be forced to resort to two methods of grading. First‚ they could choose not to assign grades. This‚ however‚ does
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Smoking ban in public places has been a hot issue these last months not only in Malta but also in various countries who are discussing the effects a ban would have. There have been several debates on smoking ban. Even though the harmful effects of smoking‚ both active and passive‚ are well known and undeniable smoking is far from being in decline; it is spreading among young people in particular quickly. Most controversial debate is going on public smoking ban. The reason is simple‚ smoking
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whether we should keep the Olympics or should not keep the Olympics. To some people we should keep the Olympics‚ to other people we should not keep the Olympics. I believe we should keep the Olympics because it is a fantastic way for the best athletes in the world to show what they can do. Also‚ it is a good way to keep athletes healthy. People are saying we should not keep the Olympics because the Olympics do not have all the sports. Yes they do not have all sports‚ but the Olympics keep growing so
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if we should or should not keep the Olympics. I think that we should keep the Olympics. I believe we should keep the Olympics because it is a fantastic way for the best athletes in the world to show what they can do. Also‚ it is a good way to keep athletes healthy. People are saying we should not keep the Olympics because the Olympics do not have all the sports. Yes they do not have all sports‚ but the Olympics keep growing so they could add the sports they don’t have. Another reason to keep the Olympics
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emotions out which eventually brings them down a path of suffering and misery. Ernest Hemingway and Merce Rodoreda were able to convey this message through their short stories‚ ‘A Clean Well-Lighted Place’ and ‘Rain’ as they revealed the consequences of one’s negligence of their isolation. In ‘A Clean Well-Lighted Place’ Hemingway presents us with the nightly routine of a lonely‚ depressed and deaf old man with a history of attempted suicide in a cafe. He once had a family and now he is all alone
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Banning Smoking in Public Places Post University Millions of nonsmokers all across the globe are in danger of serious health risks because of smoking‚ banning smoking in public places is the only rational way to avoid such risk. Smoking is the number one leading cause of preventable death. This killer is responsible for painfully taking the life of just under a half million people a year according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC.gov; 2014) People that choose not to smoke have
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advertising is now controlled‚ its influence can still be felt in the form of free samples‚ smoking cartoons‚ and the promise of cool merchandise that can be obtained in exchange for coupons printed on cigarette packs. Many people claim that smoking keeps them thin‚ but the truth is that smoking reduces the sense of taste; so many people who smoke simply eat less because they don’t enjoy food as much. Smoking also produces psychological dependency. Many people smoke because it helps them relax and
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tobacco in public places‚ to the joy of non-smokers and the dismay of those for whom a cigarette is a permanent extension of the lips. Tobacco smoke contains carbon monoxide‚ a gas which – if inhaled – can severely reduce the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood. It does so by combining with the blood pigment haemoglobin and preventing it from carrying the oxygen it was supposed to. This action of carbon monoxide displays one great advantage of the ban on smoking in public places. People standing
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