To Smoke or Not To Smoke in Public People have strong feelings concerning smoking in public places. Whether you are in favor of or in opposition to it, smoking in public places is a serious concern that need be addressed. I agree that it is unjust for smokers not to be allowed to smoke where they choose, but it is even more unreasonable for non smokers to be subjected to breathing in the exhaled smoke form someone else(passive smoking). Not to mention second-hand smoke is actually worse for someone than smoking itself. Along with the dangers second-hand smoke presents to the adults, think about what it does not only to your children but other children around you. Smokers may argue that non smokers can just as easily walk away as a smoker …show more content…
Second-hand smoke increases a person’s chances of getting coronary disease by up to thirty percent. Second-hand smoke also raises the chances of lung and other types of cancer. Each year there are approximately 53,000 deaths from lung cancer and respiratory problems and 25,000 of them are from non smokers. Although that is a long term issue, there are more issues that present themselves instantly. Itchy eyes, runny nose, coughing, hives, and excessive phlegm are just a few.
As parents, it is our job to protect our children and that includes the unseen dangers of second-hand smoke. Some of the dangers to children include asthma, lower respiratory illness, middle ear infections, reduced lung growth or sudden infant death syndrome. When children are developing, and are subjected to passive smoking (second-hand smoke), their lung and brain function can be stunted. Middle ear infections can be painful to children and if left untreated can cause permanent damage to their hearing. Even just short exposure of second-hand smoke to children can cause lifelong illnesses for them.
Those earlier mentioned things are just the medical reasons for not allowing smoking in public. Children should not be penalized for the bad decisions of adults. For instance children may not be able to play sports or outdoor activities if smoking in public is not completely banned. A lot of baseball fields, play grounds,
This weekend, I had the great opportunity to attend the American Meat Science Association Student Leadership Conference. Early Friday morning, I hopped in the van with the meats judging team and graduate students as we headed to Olathe, Kansas. Our first stop was in Kansas City, Kansas at Bichelmeyer Meats.
Second hand smoke is harmful to all people around those who smoke. Second hand smoke affects children the most. Second hand smoke kills 53,800 thousand people a year. Second hand smoke kills more people a year than lung cancer a year, lung cancer only kills 48,500 people a year. There are more people who die from secondhand smoke than people who get in car crashes. Tobacco products such as dip give many people mouth cancer. E cigarettes say on the label that they don't¨get people addicted or that they don't have nicotine but they do.
In 2004, a family of four boarded on a plane from Brazil to Mexico, leaving their homeland with the purpose of pursuing their dream to move to the United States. Thirteen years later, the youngest of the family tells the story of his journey at the age of three in the United States. He’s now sixteen years old and says he prefers to be referred to “Patriot X” rather than his real name. He claims he’s a patriot without citizenship and affirms that he would like to enlighten me about his struggles and his crushed and accomplished dreams.
Smoking tobacco is well known to assist the body with creating cancer cells. Also loss of blood circulation leading to gangrene, hair loss, yellowing of fingernails and bad breath are only some of the health risks associated with first person smoking. These health risks can also apply to second hand smokers which
It can stain your teeth and gums, resulting in yellow teeth and bad breath which can affect your social life. It can cause sexual problems for men by reducing the amount of sperm they can produce. It has also been proven that 'smoking causes aging of skin' (Buzzle 36), because the skin is deprived of blood. Pregnant women should not even try to smoke cigarettes during their 9 months because of the harm it could do to the baby and themselves. The affects of smoking on women and the child during pregnancy are as follows: high possibility of miscarriage, pregnancy complications and possible death of the baby. These are just a small variety of facts on smoking and how dangerous it can be, yet millions of people across the U.S choose to smoke anyways, without realizing the harm it can doing to their bodies. For secondhand smokers, the same principle applies. Don’t smoke and you will live a healthy lifestyle. I have personally seen many of my friends who hang around with their other friends that happen to smoke. When I confront them about the harm it is doing to them, they tend to ignore the advice I offer, so I let them be, hoping that one day they will realize that smoking harms more people than just the smoker themselves. It causes harm to the people around them and to the environment, increasing the pollution in our world. Former U.S vice-president Al Gore, believes that smoking is
According to the state of Michigan, secondhand smoke can trigger asthma attack, bronchial infections, and other severe health problems in nonsmokers.
Children are also greatly affected by second-hand smoke and some parents do not realize the harm that they are causing to their young children. Young children are growing fast and their lungs are also growing very fast and second-hand smoke can seriously damage their lungs temporarily or even permanently. Children can’t walk away from second-hand smoke, either because they are too young to walk or their parents won’t let them. When children are riding in the back of a car and an adult decides they want to smoke, the child or children have no other choice but to breathe in the thick, chemical filled smoky air. “16 percent of the world’s population is covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws, and 40 percent of children worldwide are routinely exposed to second-hand smoke” (Louis 2). With the research that is found, if that 40 percent
developing lung cancer by 20 to 30 percent. From these facts it’s easy to say
It should be prohibited because those children are innocent and do not deserve to have health complications caused by second-hand smoke.
If I choose to smoke as an American citizen I will if I want simply because it is my right to do so, I mean after all is that not what this country was founded upon in the first place? Freedom? Yes it is. Since this is true why would we say you can have your freedom to do as you please but place stipulations on it? Since the United States is a free country it should be anyone`s right to smoke even if he or she exposes children to secondhand/thirdhand smoke, especially since recent studies show that the risk of second-hand and third –hand smoke has been gradually decreasing , and there are many health hazards other than those associated with smoking that cause death. Smoking is not a subjective activity because people have an option to be around you or not. Granted you should be considerate when smoking around you kids or anyone else’s kids for that matter. But that does not mean that you cannot smoke around kids at all. I am not saying that second-hand, or third-hand smoking isn’t a reality, it is but studies show that second-hand smoke has decreased in recent years meaning that smoking around children is not as big of a risk as one may have it once thought it to be.
Second-hand smoking is the main way of how smoking can affect non-smokers. Just because someone is not smoking does not mean that he/she cannot contract a smoking-related disease. Families and friends of a smoker are not safe from second-hand smoke. This type of smoke is composed of the burning tobacco product and the smoke exhaled by the smoker, both of which are easily breathed in by unsuspecting people around the smoker . As studied by the CDC, second hand smoking has caused almost 2.5 million non-smokers to die from a smoking-related disease (CDC, 2013). Increased risk for heart diseases and cancer are seen in non-smokers who are frequently exposed to second-hand smoke. When we think about it, just about everybody has been at risk of second-hand smoking. No matter the existing laws or regulations about public smoking, most people can still be victims of second-hand smoke. CDC estimates that second-hand exposure causes nearly 34,000 heart diseases as of 2009 (CDC, 2009).
It also can increase the risk of cancer, peripheral vascular diseases, and lung cancer. Smokers are at doubled risk for ischemic stroke (Ockene & Miller, 1997). Smoking plays a great role in endocrine disorders. It can decline the rate of fertility in both male and female. It is also associated with insulin resistance (Tweed, Hsia, Lutfy, Friedman, 2012). Indeed, both types of smoking, active and passive smoking can cause serious health problems. Passive smoking is the inhalation of smoke, by persons other than the intended "active" smoker. It is also known as second hand smoking and it can cause premature death and morbidity. It can cause ischemic heart disease and asthma (Wipflia & Sameta, 2011). Second hand smokers are at increased risk for coronary heart disease by approximately 30% (Barnoya & Glantz, 2005). Second hand smoking has undesirable harmful impacts on children. It can cause lower respiratory tract infection, asthma, cot death and meningococcal disease. Children are more prone to develop the above mentioned diseases than adults as, children inhale more polluted air per kilogram (action on smoking and health, 2014). I would like to advise the paterfamilias or any smoker to visit a Clinic for Smoking Cessation as it helps them to stop smoking immediately.
It has been told that second hand smoke is more dangerous than actually inhaling the tobacco. So those who are constantly around those who smoke are at the same risk of forming illnesses and disease. It has been proven that second hand smoke has 4000 chemical compounds and 200 which are poisonous. Second hand smoke can affect any race, gender, and age. The smoker could possibly be the cause of another person’s
Imagine, arriving home after a wondrous evening at a restaurant with family only to realize that everyone’s clothes and hair smells like smoke. This happens all too often simply because people are allowed to smoke in public. Numerous individuals are addicted to smoking cigarettes and do not have any consideration for those around them when they make the decision to smoke. People that smoke cigarettes have made their choice to subject themselves to the many health risks that smoking can have on their body. However, many individuals have made the choice not to smoke cigarettes because they do not want to subject themselves to many of the health risks that smoking can have. Nevertheless, they are still required to deal with these things when others choose to smoke cigarettes in a public place. How is that just? Non-smokers should not be forced to deal with all the issues that can arise from breathing in cigarette smoke or dealing with all their clothes smelling like smoke simply for the reason that someone chose to smoke in a public place. Smoking cigarettes does not only impact the individual that is smoking, it impacts everyone and everything around them. Smoking cigarettes in public places should be banned.
Second hand smoke, what is it? Can it cause health problems? Will second hand smoke affect my children? The answer is yes. People that smoke in public can cause a number of health issues. Everywhere in the world people smoke, and the smell of smoke is so familiar now that some people do not even notice it. Statistics show that nonsmokers chance of getting lung cancer and having strokes increases by twenty to thirty percent when around cigarette smoke. Even the healthiest person in the world can have major health problems being around smokers. People should not be able to smoke in public because it is putting everyone at risk.