Persuasive Essay Smoking

Smoking should be banned in Australia. Smoking is a disgusting habit that many Australians use every single day. The impact of banning smoking altogether in Australia would be a massive favour for everyone. Australian adults who smoke everyday and Australian Secondary Students from the age 12 to 17 smoke over 22 billion cigarettes per year and effecting other people to start smoking because they think it’s a cool way to get attention. But I think that banning it in almost all public places is a great idea but I raise this question to you, “Why not just Ban Smoking?” This question was raised in a ‘The Age’ article in 2013. The main point of the article is, smoking is banned in pretty much all public places and there are often neighbours writing to the council complaining about a smoking neighbour, so why not just ban it altogether?

The Company’s pledge to provide a safe and healthy work environment bans smoking on Company properties, including but not limited to break areas, bathrooms, and work areas. Employees who smoke will be able to do so only on break and lunch times. They will have to go outside of the Company’s facility in the designated smoking areas on the property.

Recorded in Australia during 2011-12, 8 million Australian adults had smoked a cigarette in their life, out of that 8 million; 3.1 million were already current smokers. Currently there are laws against smoking in the workplace, but there are no laws about having restricted areas for smoking outside of the workplace. In 2011-12, there was a recorded estimate of 22.7 million residents. 19.6 million of those people do not smoke, so why are we not making Australia a safer and smoke free environment for those people.

I will be discussing the topic why smoking should be banned in the workplace (inside and outside). I’ll be covering the loss of productivity in the workplace and the benefits of a smoke free workplace. In my opinion smoking should be banned in the workplace because the productivity is what makes a business and the benefits are a healthier and safer environment producing a better corporate image.

The law steps in to prevent citizens causing harm to others, whether deliberately or accidentally. However, it should not stop them taking risks themselves - for example, dangerous sports such as rock-climbing, parachuting or motor-racing are legal. It is also legal to indulge in other health-threatening activities such as eating lots of fatty foods, taking no exercise, and drinking too much alcohol. Banning smoking would be an unmerited intrusion into personal freedom. 2) Cigarettes are very different from dangerous cars or poisonous foods.

Over the years, there has been much debate about the ethical concerns of second-hand smoke. Inhaling second hand smoke is an unavoidable consequence of being in the vicinity of smokers, exposing non-smokers to the same harmful chemicals as those who voluntarily engaged in it. While acknowledging the selfish nature of second hand smoking, governments in various countries like Singapore have put in place smoke-free laws that restricts smokers from smoking in certain public places ("Smoking prohibition," 2013). However, there are many outdoor areas, which the government cannot possibly ban as well, signalling that the ethical concerns of the smoke released from smoking cannot be eliminated.

With the rise of smoking related sickness in Australia, smoking in and around the workplace should be banned. There are many known health risk associate with smoking and passive smoking. So much so that local governments in Western Australia have banned smoking in certain public areas. Why should work places be any different?

As the cultural climate toward smoking changes, restrictive workplace smoking policies are becoming widely accepted by both employers and employees. There is, however, a crucial difference between those policies which accommodate reserved areas for smoking and those which do not. Smokers at work tend to prefer the former especially when the alternative is a total ban. An evaluation of a smoking ban implemented at a Scottish University in October 1997 suggests that the total ban is not only unpopular with smokers but also among non-smokers who experience unintended consequences of the new policy. The greatest complaint from non-smokers stems from the relocation of smoking to outside and particularly around the entrances to University buildings.

I must agree, smoking sets out a bad image for the company or buisness, Smoking causes bad breath witch is a really bad thing if you are dealing with customers, Takes up valiable time during work hours, Creates a problem if co-workers or customers have asthma, Creates a problem if the employee is "itching" for a ciggarette.

Tobacco cigarettes have been around for a long time and is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States. Many people start to smoke cigarettes when they are in high school and continue on throughout their adult lives. Many teenagers see advertising for cigarettes on television or on billboards and they may start to have some curiosity about cigarettes that makes them want to try them. What if there was a way to reduce the number of cigarette smoker in the United States and help the population?

According to worker rights organization, employers have no jurisdiction on the habits of a worker after the working hours. So, that’s why they cannot fire a person for this reason. But on the other hand employers have found some ways around the law to dismiss workers who smoke. According to most of the studies averagely a smoking worker costs a more than a non-smoking worker. Employers have to spend extra money on their medical expenses and they have to have to face low productivity issues.

According to Levy and Friend, (2002), “Population‐based studies have generally found that firms with strong smoking restrictions reported a 10–15% reduction in quantity consumed and 15–20% decrease in smoking prevalence relative to businesses with minimal or no restrictions”(Levy and Friend, 2002). Many studies stated increased cessation rates at worksites that applied total smoking ban policy. As shown in a study by Emont et al. (1992), states that have

Thirdly, smoking in public places should be illegal in the whole of the UK. At the moment it is banned in Scotland, as many people suffer from passive smoking. It is still not yet banned in England but will be soon, however, many people are still suffering due to this. 12% of house fires are caused by smoking. If someone is smoking in bed and they fall asleep, if they drop their cigarette they could set their bed, their room, their house on fire and when they woke up they would be stuck. Smoking kills, in more ways than one. It is really annoying and makes you feel ill when someone comes in smelling of smoke.

mostly being carried or possessing of any lit tobacco product. Indoor smoking bans are bad

Smoking is a well known habit. Many people smoke despite its obvious and widely advertised deleterious effects on health. Smoking is not only bad for the immediate users, but also the people surrounding them. It is an addiction that can effect others without their consent. Not only is it unhealthy physically but also a very expensive habit. It costs millions a year, and that is just to buy enough cigarettes to satisfy your addiction, not counting the cost of medical care needed, renovations of homes that smoking has ruined, and more problems branching from smoking. Having restrictions on smoking would not only benefit the individual smoker, but also people around them. Some may argue that its just a harmless habit and that putting a