Smokers Get a Raw Deal Stanley S. Scott Stanley S. Scott (1933-1992) was vice president and director of corporate affairs of Philip Morris Companies Inc. This essay originally appeared on December 29‚ 1984‚ on the op-ed page of the New York Times. The Civil Rights Act‚ the Voting Rights Act‚ and a host of antidiscrimination laws notwithstanding‚ millions of Americans are still forced to sit in the back of planes‚ trains‚ and buses. Many more are subject to segregation in public places
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Darlene Johnson 25 November‚ 2013 Ban on Hiring Smokers Critical Thinking 1. http://www.hrmorning.com/ban-hiring-smokers/ 2. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/us/11smoking.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Construction: the building of something‚ typically a large structure Refocus: adjust the focus of a lens or one’s eye Identify: establish or indicate who or what someone or something is; associate someone close with; regard someone as having strong links with Think Through: to fully consider an
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Pro Smokers Rights In recent years our country has been involved in a war on tobacco. This war was started to bring down the tobacco industry. Despite our nations best efforts the tobacco industry is doing just fine. The only thing that has occurred as a result of this war is it has passed the cost of smoking on to the consumer. Our nation is not looking to only regulate smoking it is looking to get rid of it completely. Anti smoking groups are determined to take away the rights of smokers little
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Anne has just turned thirteen‚ and she lists the birthday presents which she has received‚ including the diary‚ which she says is "possibly the nicest of all." She then gives us a brief description of her personal history‚ mentioning her birth in Frankfurt‚ Germany‚ the family‚ their emigration to Holland after Hitler’s rise to power and his persecution of the Jews in Germany‚ the Nazi occupation of Holland‚ among the Nazis’ occupation of other European countries‚ plus the various‚ severe restrictions
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member for American Express has brought up the fact that some companies are starting to refuse hiring smokers and that the same should be discussed at the next month’s meeting. He brought this to attention due to the fact that medical costs are rising 10 to 15 percent a year. Employing a smoker‚ on average‚ cost about $4000 more a year because of higher Health-Care cost and lost productivity. Smokers will have 50 percent more absenteeism and because of smoke break will work 1‚817 hour less a year‚ that’s
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from the time they enter elementary school to prepare them for this temptation and encourage them to steer clear of this problem.(Schoebel 287) There is no sure cure for smoking‚ and every method requires willingness‚ dedication‚ and will power. Smokers should recognize the serious health risks they are facing every time they light a cigarette and accept that quitting such an addictive habit would only come with some amount of discomfort. Is there anyone who does not know someone who smoke ’s
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her she was just writing in her diary like she always did. The Diary of Anne Frank tells Anne’s story while she was in hiding from Nazi oppression with her family during World War Two. The diary is admired by so many people because of it’s purity and abundance of raw emotions. The purpose of The Diary of Anne Frank was for Anne’s enjoyment at first‚ she explains that she wouldn’t have been able to survive without writing in her diary. Little did Anne know that her diary would someday be cherished and
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“Long Live the Career Smoker” In a study conducted through the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids‚ it was found that between the years of 1998-2006‚ fifty percent of American children were exposed to second hand smoke on a daily basis. Dave Eggers‚ having experienced this statistic first-hand‚ tends to have a very biased but yet unique opinion as to why smokers continue with their habit-- even though they are all well aware of the possible outcomes of their choices. In 1998‚ Eggers wrote an essay
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The Diary of Anne Frank ! This summer I read The Diary of Anne Frank. This book was a diary written by Anne Frank who was a young Jewish girl living during the German occupation of Holland‚ and was translated by B.M. Mooyaart-Doubleday. In her diary she writes about what her and her mother‚ father‚ and older sister Margot went through because of their culture and beliefs. In 1942‚ Anne and her family went into hiding to avoid being sent to a concentration camp by the Nazi’s. !
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‘The social life of smokers: Processes of exchange in a heroin marketplace‚’ (Dwyer‚ R. 2011) is a controversial study about the development of heroin users and dealers‚ exposing their everyday lives‚ practices‚ and struggles. Dwyer argues that illegal drug marketplaces are formulated through ’complex and dynamic social processes and relations.’ However‚ he accentuates the prevailing notions of drugs and markets that we perceive as ’driven by the mechanism of supply and demand‚ ignoring the fundamental
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