Attention Getter For Smoking Persuasive Speech

Smoking in public, how safe is it?
Purpose: To argue.
Specific Purpose: To argue that it is discriminatory to smoker’s to not be allowed to smoke outside even when safeguards can be taken to ensure than no non-smoker is exposed to second-hand smoke.
Preview: I will show both that we have a natural right to smoke based on the philosophy that this county was founded on as well as present logical and scientific evidence that shows that people who choose to indulge in smoking can do so without endangering anyone.
Intro:
1. Attention Getter: I don’t believe any of us in America should have our rights restricted in any way except when our actions cause harm to others. This is exactly what is happening in this county concerning the rights of smokers.
Intro: There is currently no state or federal law banning smoking outside. The bans placed upon smoker’s come from private institutions that really have no right to place these restrictions on anyone, especially their paying customers. The entire idea is unenforceable, particularly when smokers refuse to obey the ban.
3. Credibility: I first started noticing no smoking in public restrictions on public doorways and hospitals. This made total sense to me, no non-smoker should have to walk through a cloud of cigarette smoke to get into or out of a building. When I heard that a smoking ban was being instituted campus wide I firmly believed this was overkill, unfair and something needed to be done about it.
4. Preview: I will show that adults have the right to make their own choices, even choices they know are bad for them and as long as they don’t endanger anyone else smokers should be allowed to smoke in outdoor, public places with certain safeguards put in place.
Transition: Smoking has been a social institution in this country from before it was founded. For many Americans it is a way of life and an expression of personal freedom. We must be wary though not to endanger those who wish to remain
Smoking is both a legal right and a deeply rooted tradition and lifestyle in this country and has been before its inception. It is also vital to the American economy.
1. Not being able to smoke is not just about addiction, many smokers, including myself are offended that anyone feels they have the right to regulate our legal behavior. Many potential customers, who hold this belief, refuse to give places such as this their business.
2. According to the World Lung Foundation, the tobacco industry is a 35 billion dollar business. The country’s economy would virtually collapse if the non-smokers had their way and found a way to ban smoking altogether. Wall street would plummet and thousands of people would be put out of work, especially in areas that are already marginalized by the rest of the country. (2)
Transition: I will represent the “popular view of smoking and debunk some of the Misconceptions surrounding the real dangers of smoking in public.

IV. According to reporter and researcher Daniel Fisher writing for Forbes magazine a study investigating the effects of passive smoking were false:
1- The study found no statistically significant relationship between lung cancer and exposure to passive