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Im writeing a paper on second hand smoke and weather or not people should be aloud to smoke in public places ( resterunts, bars, amusment parks, ect. )and i need peoples opinioins..
if you think that they should banned public smoking or if you think that it should be aloud nd why (if you want).. i rate !! so help me if you have the time thank yaa!!
Figured I’d help you out considering I had to write a similar essay last year. It’s still on my computer so I’ll throw in a few points that I used. (The paragraph with the * symbol beside it is taken directly from the American lung association, so if you use it, make sure you put it into your own words.)
I believe smoking in public places should be banned. Not only is smoking a bad habit but it's hazardous to a person’s health. The simple fact is that smokers are affecting their own health as well as those who do not smoke. Thousand’s of people die each year just because they have breathed other people’s smoke and it’s slowly becoming an issue that needs to addressed.
The truth of the matter is: second hand smoke kills people. A lot of business owners still allow people to smoke in their businesses. I find it hard to believe that public smoking hasn’t been banned everywhere considering most Americans do not smoke. It makes no sense to be supporting the minority and to be putting the majority at risk.
*Cigarette smoke lingers in the air hours after the cigarette is put out which leads to it being involuntarily inhaled by non-smokers. Second-hand smoke affects people’s health drastically and causes a variety of health defects such as cancer, respiratory infections and asthma. Second-hand smoke causes approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths and 35,000 heart disease deaths in adult non-smokers in the United States each year. If that isn’t bad enough, it is especially harmful to young children. Second-hand smoke is responsible for between 150,000 and 300,000 lower respiratory tract infections in infants and children under 18 months of age which results in between 7,500 and 15,000 hospitalizations each year, and causes 1,900 to 2,700 sudden infant death syndrome deaths in the United States annually. And yet, smoking in public places is still legal in most places.
I don’t believe businesses such as restaurants or bars are at as much of a risk as they make themselves out to be. They claim the smoking ban will result in their company loosing the majority of their customers and profits. The thing is, only 23 percent of Americans smoke, so really, less than a quarter of a business’ customers are smokers.
I don’t even think the matter should be disputed. If people want to smoke, then let them, but outside and away from the building.
Wow, this pretty long. I hope it helped though!
Good Luck!
(Rating: 5) thank you soo much .. sry if i already rated you i wasnt sure !! but thanks!