How many of you in here know someone who smokes? Well‚ today I’m here to talk to you about smoking‚ and how I think it should be illegal. Smoking has already been proven to be the most common killer‚ so why is it legal? American citizens waste Billions of dollars on tobacco each year‚ and it’s funny how other drugs that are way more harmful‚ like crack or marijuana‚ are illegal‚ yet cigarettes aren’t; Even though they are just as harmful. If you think about it‚ cigarettes kill millions of people
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Let’s Ban A Book? It seems we are fast losing our freedoms as American citizens. Personal phone lines are tapped‚ religious freedoms are no longer allowed to be exercised in public schools‚ and never before has there been such a threat to America’s very existence. Our manufacturing jobs have been leaving the country at a steady rate since the 1980’s‚ health care is nearly impossible to afford‚ employers offer fewer benefits‚ social Security has been run into the ground‚ and our nation is in massive
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Nigel LeNoir English 102 4/22/13 Smoking Should Be Made Illegal This year alone‚ cigarettes will kill over 420‚000 Americans. Many more will suffer from cancer and circulatory and respiratory diseases. These horrible diseases were known to originate from cigarettes for years. Nicotine‚ the main chemical found in cigarettes‚ is highly addictive‚ according to the Food and Drug Administration. Even though the smokers are well aware of the risks‚ they continue to do it because it’s so addicting.
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could smoke almost anywhere with the exception of hospitals‚ confined areas and locations that stored flammables. Over time smokers began to be segregated into designated smoking areas‚ followed by bans of smoking inside public places‚ then designated areas out doors. Today many public and private locations have banned smoking on their grounds altogether‚ and many other places are considering or trying to enforce a no smoking policy as well. Ironically many smokers have been forced to move from
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by neither citizen nor the New York highest court. According to a nationwide poll by Rasmussen Reports‚ only 19 percent of adults support the soda ban‚ and the highest court rejected the Sugary Drinks Portion Cap rule in 2014‚ saying it was “exceeded the scope of its regulatory authority” (Eugene). In my opinion‚ the soda ban is an effective
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Why Shouldn’t it be Banned? One of the most popular argument against the ban on smoking in public places is that it is a clear cut encroachment on the personal life of the individual. Secondly‚ smoking ban in public places gives it unnecessary attention‚ and it is a normal human tendency to try something that is regarded as a taboo in the society. When forced to stop smoking at the workplace‚ an individual is likely to experience withdrawal symptoms‚ which can in turn hamper his performance. Making
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less -homework revolution How fed-up parents are changing the way sehools think—and how you can‚ too By Nancy Kallsh Photographs by Brooke Slezak used to be extremely pro-homework. In fact‚ I once wrote an article for this very magazine telling readers how to get kids to stop whining and knuckle down to work. Back then‚ I could afford to be smug; My second-grader was happily zooming through her ten minutes a night. But a few years later‚ Allison started coming home with four hours of homework
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Smoking should be banned from public places. Studies show that smoking can lead to cancer. Not only does this put the smoker’s life at risk‚ it also affects the lives of non-smokers‚ including pregnant women. Smoking all together is a dangerous thing to do. It began thousands of years ago with the use or tobacco in South America (Libal 11). No one knew about the long-term health effects of smoking tobacco before the twentieth century. It was decades of cigarette use before society began to realize
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Although the statutory ban against idling motor vehicle engines is helpful in improving the air quality of Hong Kong‚ there are some exemptions which cannot be avoided. For example : traffic jams occur and all the vehicles will remain stationary but have their engines on. This situation cannot apply to the ban because the drivers are forced to idle their cars and they are not willing to do that‚ so they are not considered to violate the law. Another exemption is that some vehicles need to keep their
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Squeegee-kid ban upheld (Toronto Star) and Court of Appeal upholds ’anti-squeegee’ law (National Post) Rose Bhullar The Mike Harris Conservative government introduced The Ontario-wide legislation in 1999‚ after hearing several complaints from drivers about the squeegee-kids. According to the Ontario Court of Appeal‚ ’regulation pedestrians and traffic and reducing dangers on the streets’ is more important than having a homeless (squeegee-kid) earn money by cleaning your car’s window. After
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