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
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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
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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
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SMOKING ON CAMPUS Today‚ as in every other day of the year‚ more than 3‚000 adolescents in the United States will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults (NCI 1994). A number of students on campus are habitual smokers because smoking is addictive; furthermore‚ unless repressed‚ it leads to many health complications. The report by the National Cancer Institute on smoking declares that cigarette smoking in the United States clearly outweighs any other factor
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5-2-13 English 1020- Green In regards to whether or not we should ban sodas and fast food on the campus of State University‚ I disagree with this action. I do not think that we should ban fast food or sodas because people are entitled to what they want to eat. By prohibiting fast food and sodas‚ we would outrage some of the students and they would feel some of their rights are taken by limiting their number of food sources they are entitled to. Even though the obesity rate is high in the USA
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The Public Smoking Ban in the United Kingdom versus Civil Liberties This essay will discuss smoking bans and related laws and their implications upon civil rights and society at large‚ particularly within the U.K. The recent introduction of the smoking ban has been before‚ during and since its inception been an extremely contentious issue amongst political groups‚ medical professionals‚ human rights activists‚ lawyers‚ businesspeople and the general public alike. Having heard the opinions of
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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
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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
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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
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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
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