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    It is a five page essay that basically states why smoking‚ even though it’s un healthy‚ should not be banned. In today’s world‚ being a smoker is a pretty difficult task. Modern day protestors have brought many restrictions to the smoking industry. These restrictions include numerous non-smoking areas‚ a ban on cigarette television commercials‚ and a high tax on cigarettes. Even with these restrictions‚ many people choose to smoke. More than 47 million people in the nation continue to smoke cigarettes

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    Guns on Campus On April 16 of 2007‚ a man named Cho Seung-Hui entered the campus of Virginia Tech University. He walked around the school carrying a gun. Seung-Hui shot and killed 2 students in their dorm room. Within two hours later‚ he had shot classrooms full of students. 30 more young adults’ lives were taken that day. Cho also took his own life after the shooting. Later we would refer to this as the Virginia Tech Massacre (source # 5). Tragedies like this are sparking controversial conversations

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    Smoking should be banned in all public places to protect people from second-hand smoke and stop promoting the visual to minors. The cigarette is a small but deadly habit enjoyed by 45.3 million Americans. Smoking is illegal inside most public restaurants and buildings as well as on school property. But‚ why should cigarette smoking be banned in all public spaces‚ including outside public establishments? The most obvious reason is second-hand smoke and the damage it causes to others who don ’t want

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    I believe that the Kite Runner should not be banned from School District 53. Banning the Kite Runner would produce claims of double standards‚ be a disservice to high schoolers in sd53‚ and actually limit certain ideas allowed to be discussed in a school setting. I’d like to start off by asking why the District favours banning the Kite runner‚ but appears to be perfectly alright with Shakespeare’s Macbeth being analyzed and taught to 16 year olds every year. Last I remember Macbeth was positively

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    I agree that homework should be banned. I think that homework should be banned because of multiple reasons. Homework can be stressful‚ and sometimes homework can be overloaded‚ we also get less sleep when we do homework. We never get enough time to exercise either because we are caught up in getting the homework done. What good does homework have? Revision for a test is understandable for homework? But not extra work‚ we spend 6 or more hours at school and then we have to do even more when we get

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    Do you think that pit bulls should be banned in the state of michigan and not be blamed for all the dogs violence that happens to the. Pit bulls should not be blamed for all the dog violence. It’s not just pit bulls its other dogs to.Although people think pitbulls are mean. We should unban pills and stop blaming them on their present history. The history on pit bulls. They were help full to people in the 40’s pit bills were help full to farmers to herd cattle and other stuff for farmers. Pit bulls

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    did not use tanning salons." Tanning is harmful to your skin and anybody who tans will tell you they know that. Just like cigarettes‚ tanning is addicting and can cause cancer. Teens ages fourteen to seventeen are tanning frequently. Law makers should ban young teens from tanning until their 18‚ Just like the law of cigarettes.That way the risk of getting skin cancer would go down by a few years. At least from indoor tanning. Outdoor tanning still poses a threat. We can’t control the teens in

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    Gun controversy With all the shootings and bombings that has happened in the past year. There are a lot of people that thinks that guns would be best if they would be taken away. If the guns would be taken away that would be taking an American right that no one can take away other than yourself. I’m all for safety but I think everyone should keep their guns. “In America‚ there are approximately 270 million firearms possessed by civilians‚ and only 897‚000 carried by police.” Banding guns altogether

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    Why whale hunting should be banned. Whale hunting or whaling is hunting whales for commercial use‚ to get oil‚ food‚ or be used for scientific studies. Whaling has been going on for thousands of years‚ originally whales where killed for food but more recently they have been hunted for more industrial purposes like the liver for oil or using whale teeth for buttons and jewellery. Whale oil is even can even be used for alcohol‚ soap and even lipstick. After World War 2‚ Japan had a shortage of food

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    The health effects of smoking in the workplace are well-known and recent studies have proven not only first hand smoking to be dangerous‚ but passive or second hand smoke to be just as‚ if not more dangerous. This is why I believe smoking should be banned both inside and outside of the workplace. Firstly‚ it has been proven in recent medical studies that first and second hand smoke from tobacco contains over 1000 dangerous chemicals such as tar and formaldehyde‚ that when released into the air and

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