Working Title: Outlawing of Cigarettes: Protecting America
Working Thesis: Cigarettes should be outlawed entirely in the United States due
to their highly addictive and lethal qualities.
I)
Description
of Cigarettes
A) Ingredients within cigarettes
- Carcinogens
B) What these ingredients do to the body
- Cancer
- Lung Disease
- Cardiovascular problems, etc.
II)
Fatal
effects of cigarettes
A) Annual/ yearly death rates of smokers
- Statistics
B) Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke on
non smokers
C) Environmental Effects of Smoking
Cigarettes
III)
Cigarettes
compared to drugs and alcohol
A) The outlawing of marijuana
B) The difference between alcohol and
cigarettes
- Alcohol does not produce secondhand smoke
IV)
The
possibility of outlawing cigarettes and how it would be done
A) The current number of smokers
B) How smoking restrictions have been done
C) Influence of tobacco companies on laws
Conclusion:
Outlawing cigarettes is an option that would be overwhelmingly positive, and
would save millions of lives in generations to come.
