Smoking Bans Cut Number Of Heart Attacks

Smoking is an activity that has been around for many years for people to use and adapt into their lifestyle. It is a tool that many people use to help reduce the stresses of life and put them in a comfortable position that enables them to cope with the hectic lifestyle they are living. However, smoking has been scientifically proven to cause many types of cancer, the most common being lung cancer resulting in numerous deaths across the United States. According to BBC, "Smoking is a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease" (BBC, 2). Evidently, the benefits and drawbacks of smoking have been debated for many years, and only recently have some countries have placed a ban in public places such as Britain and the United

In 2005, Needham, Massachusetts, has passed a regulation that banned the tobacco sale to anyone under 21. This regulation has achieved great success. The number of smoking students in high school has decreased by 47%. Smoking rate has decreased rapidly after 30 days and the 60% of frequent smoking

Smoking at Ashland University is a problem. However, the problem of smoking has been raging for nearly 200 years. The reason this problem keeps raging is because there is not an easy solution. The problem of smoking and the arguments against it touch almost every aspect of life. There are not only scientific arguments, but ethical, legal, medical, social, and a host of others fronts that can be used for and against tobacco and smoking. At Ashland University it is no different. There are many factors that must be considered before making a decision to ban all smoking on all outdoor areas of Ashland’s campus.

Raising taxes on tobacco products and implementing smoking cessation legislations can minimize the prevalence of smoking up to 30 percent to 80 percent over a 50-year period (Ekpu & Brown 2015).In 2009, NBC news stated that Kansas, one of the states, considering banning smoking at enclosed areas showed that if they banned smoking in restaurants, the state was going to save 20 million dollars in healthcare costs (Associated Health, 2009). West Virginia state implemented smoke-free laws and had an increase of almost 1 percent in restaurant employment (“Smoke Free Laws do not Harm Business,” 2017). Restaurant workers were more comfortable coming in to work knowing they would be breathing in fresh air. Although in Tennessee, percentage of adults who smoked in 2011 increased from 23 percent to 24.3 percent in 2015 (Fletcher, 2016). This increment was not that significant considering the fact that it was over a period of just 4 years. The annual health care cost in Tennessee directly to smoking increased from $2.16 billion in 2004 to $2.67 billion in 2017(“The Toll of Tobacco in Tennessee”, n.d.).

In Minnesota there was a state wide smoking ban that took effect on September 30, 2007. “The Minnesota law applies to bars, restaurants, and private clubs.” (Brunswick, 2007) This change in the law has affected some of the business in many bars. Recently there have been a few bars that have found a “loophole” in the Freedom to Breathe Act. The loophole basically states that smoking is

In November of 2006 Ohio put a ban on smoking cigarettes in all public places. The ban was put in place to protect people from the effects of second hand smoke. Some of these effects include, heart disease, cancer and other dangerous diseases. Ohio was the first tobacco growing state that implemented this kind of ban. According to the Ohio Department of Health's website, about 280,000 public places and places of employment were affected by this ban and no longer would they be exposed to second hand smoke.

Banning of smoking in public places, such as restaurants and bars have been very positive outcomes for the recent years. Smoke-free policies do send strong and direct messages to

Zablocki, R. W., Edland, S. D., Myers, M. G., Strong, D. R., Hofstetter, C. R., & Al-Delaimy, W. K. (2014). Smoking ban policies and their influence on smoking behaviors among current California smokers: a population-based study. Preventive Medicine, 59,

The American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation (ANRF) published a list of campuses that have comprehensive tobacco-free or smoke-free policies in place. As of April 1, 2016, there were 1,483 100% smoke-free campuses, of which 1,137 - more than two-thirds! -- were fully tobacco-free. In addition, a rapidly growing number of 823 now also prohibit the use of e-cigarettes, or vaping, anywhere on campus. Smoking on campus should be banned, because it affects people who have asthma and secondhand smokers, cigarettes smells terrible, and it’s a safety hazard.

As a result of confirmed research that smoking and secondhand smoke has devastating effects to our health, new laws have been passed by the Health Department making an attempt to preclude smoking, second hand smoking, strengthen smoke-free air laws, reduce the access of minors to tobacco, and restrict the availability of discounted or untaxed tobacco products in the United States. The United States Congress has not attempted to enact any nationwide federal smoking ban.

There are over 1.1 billion smokers in the world-- fifteen percent of the entire population. It is said that one in every three adults is a chronic smoker. Even in America, one of the most progressive countries in the world, forty-two million (about 12.5%) people smoke chronically. Given this astonishing number, it is no surprise that smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, responsible for one in every five deaths. Only to add to that, more than 16 million Americans live with a smoking related disease. Since the 1960’s the United States government has attempted to curb these numbers as much as possible; from settling cases in the supreme court to passing new laws and regulations to counter the use of tobacco,

According to CDC (2011) smoking is not only the leading cause of preventable deaths, smoking aggravates the seriousness of other pathologies, creating health complications that need additional medical care, and requiring additional expense on the part of individuals and the taxpayers that support State and Federal health systems. Chronic illnesses, especially those that can lead to morbidity, the hours that employee can work and be productive. Therefore, there are additional costs to individuals and to the greater society. These additional costs and reductions in productivity can be avoided if States reinvest in smoking cessation campaigns at levels equal to or higher than in the 21st century. According to CDC (2011) and Werner (2008) smoking not only costs money, it takes off ten to fourteen years from the normal life expectancy of the smoker and those that are exposed to second hand smoke regularly.

Proposed bills are being passed around in many different states to ban the use of cigarette smoking. Banning the controlled substance, nicotine, will put people in jail or up to a 6,250 fine if they continue to use the drug. Even though banning cigarette smoking will be hard to do, many civilians argue a good reason to ban the drug is because of all the lives that tobacco takes. Many places and manufacture companies have already banned and discourage tobacco use on their property due to the dangerous effects tobacco causes. The effects are smoking are very hazardous and causes many diseases. Clinical directors and Health Initiative Programs explain the causes and effects cigarette smoking causes. The ultimate goal is to have the world free

Each year, smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths in the United States. This is nearly one in five deaths. It causes lungs and coronary heart disease, which are among the leading causes of death in our country. The majority of lifelong smokers begins smoking before the age of 24 making the college years a critical time for students to pick up this habit. Hence, smoking on college campuses is an important public health issue and there has been an increase in campus-wide smoking bans to reduce the rates of students smoking. According to ‘Americans for Nonsmokers Rights’, over 1,000 universities in the United States have adopted a 100 percent smoke-free policy but our University is yet to adopt this policy.

According to the medical research they suggests, “Smoking bans have directly resulted in a population that smokes less, but more research is needed to determine whether or not the smoking bans have had a direct impact on reducing the health issues and diseases associated with smoking, the effects of secondhand smoke on nonsmokers, or aiding cessation efforts. While smoking bans have endured criticism, primarily from those who believe the bans infringe on the rights of smokers, they are typically supported by the public. A Gallup Poll conducted in July 2014 showed that 56 percent of Americans were in favor of banning smoking in all public places. However, the poll also suggested that Americans were less supportive of a complete prohibition