should be banned in public places due to extreme health risks. Health experts‚ politicians‚ business people and the general public have debated a smoking ban on cigarettes for many years. However the issue of smoking bans is complex and there are several things that must be considered. In addition to the health advantages there are also questions concerning the economic impact on smoking bans on state and local communities‚ and the rights of smokers and non- smokers. Smoking in public places should be
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Cassandra Orheim Bioethical Focus Paper Bans on Smoking Since 1964‚ 2.5 million nonsmokers have died from exposure to secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke is a mixture of gases and fine particles that include more than 7‚000 chemicals‚ including hundreds that are toxic and about 70 that cause cancer. In children‚ secondhand smoke causes ear infections‚ asthma attacks‚ respiratory infections‚ and respiratory symptoms. In adults who have never smoked‚ secondhand smoke can
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Title: Smoking should not be allowed in public places: In a developing country like India smoking is becoming one of the major issues affecting the hygiene of public places. Smoking in public places is not a right thing. Public places like Bus stations‚ busy roads‚ railway stations‚ public parks etc..‚ are usually crowded with people. Smoking in such places creates lot of inconvenience to the public. An argument might be made that
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Opinionated Paper #1 Should Louisiana Government be allowed to ban smoking in public places? If smoking is allowed in public places then the freedom of the non smoker is taken away. If we don’t allow smoking in public places then the smoker’s freedom is then restricted. Therefore banning smoking is a decision between the health of a whole nation versus the freedom of a minority. Which is more important? The millions of people that die from second hand smoke or the smoker who always has that
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Smoking kills millions every year‚ even those who have never smoked in their life. Secondhand smoke is a major cause of death to adults and children but it can be stopped. Because of this‚ smoking should be banned from all public places. You may think that our country has done enough to stop public smoking. In New York‚ “…a divided City Council passed a bill banning smoking in outdoor‚ public areas…”(Adams 13). Opponents believe that banning it from parks and beaches is enough but more can
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Smoking Ban Introduction Nearly 20% of adults in the United States smoke‚ according to a 2008 report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than 77% of them smoke every day. Smoking had steadily declined among adults in recent years; though the trend has stalled between 2004 and 2006‚ according to the latest CDC report there was a 1% drop in smoking prevalence among U.S. adults in 2007. (Simon‚ 2009) The addictive effects of tobacco have been well documented. Tobacco
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10: Peer Pressure While there are certainly other influences that can lead a smoker into the habit‚ peer pressure is one of the biggest. A large part of the reason peer pressure comes under scrutiny is that one of the groups most likely to begin smoking -- young teenagers -- is also one of the most susceptible to peer pressure. The awkward years between pure‚ dependent-on-parents childhood and independent young adulthood are marked for many by frustration and insecurity as status‚ family roles and
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Smoking Ban in Public Facilities By: Emily Peace What do you think of when you see someone smoking in a public area? Do you think they are really thinking about the people around them? Do you think they know that they are harming the people around them? I don’t think they do‚ but we know they are. Smoking in public facilities should be banned because it influences children‚ it causes litter and odor‚ and it causes second-hand smoking. Smoking influences children because when they see adults
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Passive smoking is considered to be the involuntary expose to another person’s cigarette smoke. This smoke exposure has seemed to become very common now to non-smoking people. The form of smoke that forms from the tobacco is very dangers to non-smokers than it is to smokers. For this reason‚ smokers not only put themselves at serious risk for health problems but they also put the people around them at risk for serious health problems. The effects of passive smoking can occur rapidly or it can occur
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Banning Smoking in Public Places Should the people decide to ban smoking from public places? Today people smoke and don’t realize of their surroundings. People who smoke are inconsiderate of those who don’t smoke. Don’t non-smokers have the right not to be secondhand smokers? Smoking can do lots of harm to the person smoking as well as the nonsmoker. A person inhaling or smelling smoke will have the same effect as if they were smoking; this would be considered as secondhand smoke. Tobacco smoke
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