The Smoking Ban
The smoking ban
The smoking ban was introduced in Britain on July 1th 2007. When it came into effect it was prohib ited to smoke cigarettes in most of public places and workplaces in England like bars, pubs, cafés and in busses and trains. This law has brought a big debate. In this assignment I will investigate the debate and create a discussion with a part of my own opinions.
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In text 1, Robin McKie claims how good it is for everyone that the smoking ban is getting intro duced. According to science, the ban will make a major difference for the health of the British peo ple “Improvements in people’s health will begin to filter through the population almost as soon as England’s smoking ban takes effect today”. Robin McKie also thinks the smoking ban will have a nice effect on the non-smokers which is getting exposed of the dangerous cigarettesmoke from pubs and small restaurants “Non-smokers who breathe in second-hand smoke currently face increased risks of about 25 per cent of getting lung cancer or heart disease. These rates should improve dramati cally once their exposure to the smoke of others is curtailed”.
In text 2, the writer A. N. Wilson argues how the smoking ban is not only a break on the basic civil rights of freedom -“this attack on the basic liberty” but also how the ban can stop England having more famous artists. A. N. Wilson claims that almost every big writer of England was a smoker and there is a good chance that the cigarettesmoke was stimulating and inspiring them “is it mere chance that the lifetime of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618), who introduced tobacco-smoking to England, was also the time when great story of English literature really began?”.
In text 3, the journalist and writer Simon Jenkins shows us why the smoking ban, which the British parliament has introduced, was a mistake. Simon Jenkins argues that the decision is illiberal. It gives the individual citizen less liberty “they voted for a nationwide ban on smoking in
The smoking ban was introduced in Britain on July 1th 2007. When it came into effect it was prohib ited to smoke cigarettes in most of public places and workplaces in England like bars, pubs, cafés and in busses and trains. This law has brought a big debate. In this assignment I will investigate the debate and create a discussion with a part of my own opinions.
1.
In text 1, Robin McKie claims how good it is for everyone that the smoking ban is getting intro duced. According to science, the ban will make a major difference for the health of the British peo ple “Improvements in people’s health will begin to filter through the population almost as soon as England’s smoking ban takes effect today”. Robin McKie also thinks the smoking ban will have a nice effect on the non-smokers which is getting exposed of the dangerous cigarettesmoke from pubs and small restaurants “Non-smokers who breathe in second-hand smoke currently face increased risks of about 25 per cent of getting lung cancer or heart disease. These rates should improve dramati cally once their exposure to the smoke of others is curtailed”.
In text 2, the writer A. N. Wilson argues how the smoking ban is not only a break on the basic civil rights of freedom -“this attack on the basic liberty” but also how the ban can stop England having more famous artists. A. N. Wilson claims that almost every big writer of England was a smoker and there is a good chance that the cigarettesmoke was stimulating and inspiring them “is it mere chance that the lifetime of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618), who introduced tobacco-smoking to England, was also the time when great story of English literature really began?”.
In text 3, the journalist and writer Simon Jenkins shows us why the smoking ban, which the British parliament has introduced, was a mistake. Simon Jenkins argues that the decision is illiberal. It gives the individual citizen less liberty “they voted for a nationwide ban on smoking in