Smoking Ban
I don't want this to be one of those papers that completely forbids
smoking anywhere at any time. I simply want to discourage smoking in
public places. It has been discovered that just twenty minutes of
breathing smoke filled air makes a nonsmokers blood platelets others
as "sticky" as the platelets of a pack a day smoker. According to
Tufts University health and nutrition letter, 35,000 nonsmokers die
every year from diseases caused by secondhand smoke. Smoking in
public places has been a serious issue around the United States for a
while now, and just recently we are beginning to see the ban pick up
in many places all over the country. The smoking ban is equally fair
to both smokers and nonsmokers. The smokers still have the right to
smoke and; they're just restricted to certain places. Now nonsmokers
have the chance to live a healthier lifestyle than they were living
prior to the smoking bans. Most of us do not like to breathe others
smoke, whether it is an annoyance or a threat to our health. Sari
Harrar, author of Ban Butts, Save Hearts, states that tobacco
products have raised the risk of illnesses in smokers such as
rupturing plaque in artery walls, promoting blood clots, and
prompting irregular heart rhythms. Second-hand smoke is especially
dangerous to senior citizens, people with cardiovascular disease, and
people with impaired respiratory function. According to Mark Hiller,
a professor of health management and policy at the University of New
Hampshire, Durham, and other illnesses may include cancer, heart
disease, chronic lung disease, and asthma. And nonsmoking adults,
tobacco is responsible for approximately 3000 lung cancer deaths each
year. It also is capable of becoming the respiratory health of
children. Second-hand smoke is also responsible for other diseases
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