SWA 20

Nicole Smith

English 102

Mrs. Mikhaylova

Essay 3 Outline

Title: Smoking Restrictions: Pursuing Safety for the Masses

Thesis: Smoking restrictions improve the overall health of the masses and give smokers the incentive for cessation, without any negative fiscal impact on public establishments.

I.               The overall health risks from ETS establish absolute cause and need for widespread smoking bans.

A)   ETS is environmental tobacco smoke that causes many serious problems.

- Raises the risk for acute myocardial infarction (source)

- Sargent, Richard, Robert Shepard, and Stanton Glantz. "Reduced incidence of admissions for myocardial infarction associated with public smoking ban: before and after study." BMJ. N.p., 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012.

B)   Cigarettes are point sources of air pollution

-       When smoking outside, the hot air makes the smoke descend back down onto people

-       Repace, James. "Tob Control 2000; 9:98 doi: 10.1136/tc.9.1.98 Debate Banning outdoor smoking is scientifically justifiable." Tobacco Control. 9.1 (2000): n. page. Web. 29 Feb. 2012.

II.             Non smokers are negatively effected by ETS and prefer that smoking restrictions be enacted

A)   Non smokers are forced to tolerate ETS and it’s risks

- “Nonsmokers' SHS odor and irritation sensory thresholds were massively exceeded.”

B) A study at Berkley showed that the majority of people were happy with recently passed smoking restrictions

     

- Garg, T., N. Fradkin BA, and J. Moskowitz PhD. "Adoption of an outdoor residential hall smoking policy in a california public university: A case study.”. N.p., 2011. Web. 14 Mar 2012. <http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/vach20>.

III) Smoking bans do not have negative consciences as many may think, and actually improve the lives of smokers

A)   Smoking bans influence smokers to ban smoking in their own homes

-       Reuters, . "Public bans mean smokers also light up less at home." Fox News. Fox, 14 Feb 2012. Web. 21 Mar 2012. <http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/02/14/public-bans-mean-smokers-also-light-up-less-at-home/>.

B)   Smoking bans do not cause establishments with previously smoke filled environments to lose income

-       Goldstein and Sobel. "Environmental Tobacco Smoke Regulations Have Not Hurt Restaurant Sales in North Carolina." North Carolina Medical Journal. 59. (1998): 284-287. Web.

Conclusion- Smoking restrictions have proved to have an overall positive impact, and because of their success, should be more actively sought after and approved.