Smoking Should Be Banned From All Public Places

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Smoking Should Be Banned From All Public Places

• Jennifer Lynn McAfee
• Section 621

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Reasons why Smoking Should be Banned from Public
Places

• Leads To Second Hand Smoking.
• Its Inconsiderate Towards Others.
• Helps to Reduce the Average Number of Smokers in
  the Population.
• Helps to Reduce the Average Levels of Deaths
  Caused by Smoking.

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The Definition of Second Hand Smoking
Second-hand smoke contains over 4000 chemicals
and is a mix of mainstream smoke exhaled by
smokers and sidestream smoke emitted from the
tips of burning cigarettes. Second-hand smoke is
also known as passive smoke or environmental
tobacco smoke (ETS) (OCAT.org).
Sidestream smoke smoke that comes from the end
of a lighted cigarette, pipe, or cigar 
Mainstream smoke smoke that is exhaled by a
smoker
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The Effects of SmokingSecond Hand Smoking

• Second Hand Smoking Effects the Health of
  Non-Smokers.
• May Cause the Cardiovascular System to
  Deteriorate.-Results in Coronary Heart
  Disease-An Increased chance of having Heart
  Attacks-Damages Blood Vessels-Reduces the
  Oxygen Level in the Blood
• Lung Cancer.
• Nasal Sinus Cancer.
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

• Asthma
• Strokes
• Low Birth Rates
• Birth Defects
• Effects Cognitive and Behavior Development
• Cervical Cancer
• Exacerbation of Cystic Fibroses
• An increase in Spontaneous Abortion rates

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Reasons why Smoking Should be Banned from Public
Places Its Inconsiderate Towards Others.

• Harmful to Someone who has Asthma.
• The Smell of the Substance gets on everything,
  and its hard to get out.
• Causes Individuals to have Coughing Spells.
• Once Inhaled, the Individual takes in over one-
  hundred harmful chemicals agents carcinogens and
  toxins.

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Reasons why Smoking Should be Banned from Public
PlacesHelps to Reduce the Average Number of
Smokers in the Population.

• Drastically decreases the amount of people
  developing lung cancer, and other lung related
  diseases.
• Decreases the percentage rate of people
  developing heart disease, aneurysms, bronchitis,
  emphysema, and strokes.
• Increases the life -span of a person.
• Achieve the greatest Health Benefits from not
  Smoking!

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The Average Number of People Who Smoked from
1999-2007
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Reasons why Smoking Should be Banned from Public
PlacesHelps to Reduce the Average Levels of
Deaths Caused by Smoking.
Smoking causes about 90 of lung cancer deaths
in women and almost 80 of lung cancer deaths in
men. The risk of dying from lung cancer is more
than 23 times higher among men who smoke
cigarettes, and about 13 times higher among women
who smoke cigarettes compared with never
smokers.1 (CDC.gov). About 438,000 Americans die
from the effects of Cigarette Smoking each year.
This figure equals to be about 1 of every 5
deaths, are caused from smoking.
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The People Who Are Effected by Smoking
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Works Cited

• "Health Effects of Second-Hand Smoke Exposure."
  OCAT. 05 Nov. 2007. lthttp//www.ocat.org/healtheff
  ects/index.html4gt.
• "Smoking in Public Places." Socyberty. 29 Apr.
  2007. 05 Nov. 2007. lthttp//www.socyberty.com/Issu
  es/Smoking-in-Public-Places.23631gt
• "Adult Cigarette Smoking in the United States
  Current Estimates." CDC. 09 Nov. 2007. 10 Nov.
  2007. lthttp//www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/
  Factsheets/adult_cig_smoking.htmgt
• "Secondhand Smoke." ACS. 2007. 12 Nov. 2007.
  lthttp//www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_
  2X_Secondhand_Smoke-Clean_Indoor_Air.aspgt.

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In Memory of my Grandmother1932-2007