Analysis of “The effects of Secondhand smoke”
The issue being argued is the danger and effects of second hand smoking. In WebMD’s “The effects of secondhand smoke” the article explains a few details about how second hand smoking affects nonsmokers as much as it affects the smoker themselves. The author defines second hand smoking and presents it many harmful effects on adults and especially children. I would classify this article as both arguing to convince and persuading to act. I believe that this essay can be classified as convincing because it uses well-documented facts and evidence supporting it. The essay shows proof of the detrimental effects of second hand smoke with statistics. The article can also be classified as persuasive because it also has an intense emotional appeal. The article uses examples of how secondhand smoking affects children and exposes them to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), respiratory infections, and asthma attacks and many other serious conditions which touches the hearts of
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many. Many readers know about the unhealthy aspects of smoking and secondhand smoking.
Readers of the article may have a wide range of previous views, most likely depending most on whether or not they smoke and if they have children living with them. The readers will probably agree with the writer about the health risks that smoking and secondhand smoke cause, especially the effects it has on children. This article's argument would be most effective among nonsmokers, especially people that hold strong feelings against smoking or have lost a loved one to smoking.
The author uses logos appeal [to logic and reasoning] the article gives the reader hard facts about the effects of second hand smoking on people who do not smoke. According to the article every year in the U.S, secondhand smoke causes about 34,000 deaths from heart disease and 7,300 deaths from lung cancer. Beside that statistic, there are many more to support the thesis that secondhand smoke is
harmful. Pathos [emotional appeal] that is sure to strike the reader’s attention. The author uses children often when relating to statistics about the harm of second smoke. Most of the time people can read about adults suffering from the effects of second hand smoking casually because they believe that adult have more control of the situation or have the choice to leave, but with children it’s different. Many times children have no control over their environmental situations and don’t have the choice to leave; also is more sympathy in our hearts towards children. That is why the author describes the awful consequences for the kids that are around secondhand smoke, our hearts go out to them.
Popular perception of both the Sioux and Zulu peoples often imagines them as timeless and unchanging (at least before their ultimate demise at the hands of whites). To what extent does Gump's book challenge the similarities and differences between the Sioux and Zulu people?
“Smoke Signals” is a movie that describes living conditions for Native Americans. Victor and Thomas are the main characters in the movie. Victor is a tough Indian guy who is hard to handle, even though he has a special attitude towards his mother. Thomas is a nerd, who is smart, and he enjoys telling stories to anyone. Victor’s father, Arnold Joseph, causes a fire accidently on Independence Day in 1976 on the reservation in Idaho in which Thomas’s parents died, but he miraculously saved Tomas from the fire. Even though Victor hates his father because of father’s addiction to alcohol, he manages to forgive him at the end of the movie.
The smoking issue is very complicated and some of the arguments are beyond the scope of this essay. Still, we can obtain a balanced outlook if we consider the following: the facts of smoking, individual right, societal responsibility, and the stigma of smoking. Haviland and King write essays which contain very important points, but seem to contain a bias which may alienate some people. To truly reach a consensus on the smoking issue, we must be willing to meet each other halfway. We must strike equilibrium between individual right and societal responsibility.
The film industries over the years involving Native Americans tend to display various myths and negative portrayals of indigenous people. However, some films like Smoke Signals and Rabbit Proof Fence show real experiences and lifestyles of indigenous people.
Feet in smoke: A story about Electrified Near-Death by John Jeremiah Sullivan writes about a short journey which takes place in a hospital located in Kentucky a family goes through after the oldest brother Ellsworth a lead singer in a band called Moviegoers is in the garage rehearsing for a concert when a surge of electricity shoots through his body, stopping his heart due to his mouth coming in contact with the microphone. After reading this story several times I was moved by the connection the two brothers have during the tragedy. I have come to the conclusion that the author was successful in making me, the reader apart of this horrific event. I experienced the same with my older sister Beth.
Throughout the essay, he was unsure of which side he should have been on. He discussed his opinion and stories that support both arguments. A smoker knows the effects of smoking, as well as the obvious outcomes. Some smoke for the sake of smoking and most continue to smoke due to the effects of nicotine. Everyone seems to have an opinion on smoking, regardless of whether they do or don't.
Every year cigarette smoking is responsible for 500,000 premature deaths (Nugel), you do not want to be just another statistic, do you? America’s first cash crop was tobacco. That means that tobacco has been around for a really long time. It was not until 1865, though, that cigarettes were sold commercially. They were sold to soldiers at the end of the Civil War (Dowshen). From then, cigarettes spread like wildfire, and it was not until 1964 that anyone made a stand about the negative effects of tobacco and cigarettes. People start smoking for all different reasons, some to fit in and some to “escape”. Regardless, it is a horrible habit. 3900 children will try their first cigarette today. Amongst adults who currently smoke, 68% of them began at age 18 or younger, and 85% at 21 or younger (American Lung Association). And of all those people, 70% say if they were given another chance they would never have picked up that first cigarette (Tobacco Free Maine). Smoking is responsible for 1 and 5 deaths in the united states, and is the number one preventable cause of death (NLH). Smoking burns and there is no doubt about that, but before one picks up that cigarette, understand the negative effects on not only oneself, but others affected by ones poor choices, like second-hand smoke. Because of smoking cigarettes, many types of cancer, decrease of life quality, and negative health effects have become all too common in the world today.
In conclusion, the two great writing provide great information about the bad effects of smoking and the consequences. Both of them convince people to quit smoking by explaining the harmful effects of smoking and providing examples of diseases. These two pieces of writing also provide a lot of positive benefits and guidelines on what to do to discontinue smoking and make a big change.
Through public education, most elementary school kids can understand that smoking is bad for them and that cigarettes are additive. Cigarettes are addictive due to nicotine, a drug found in tobacco (“Quitting Smoking”, 2015). According to Schneider (2016), some of the greatest health problems associated with smoking include: lung cancer, other cancers, coronary heart disease, other heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, other vascular disease, diabetes mellitus, pneumonia, influenza, tuberculosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), prenatal conditions, and sudden infant death syndrome. As stated by the Authority of the American Lung Association in an article titled “Health
As most of you know, smoking is bad for your health, but what some of you might not know is that you don’t actually have to smoke to be harmed by smoking. Lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women, is mainly caused by cigarette smoking. Secondhand smoking causes approximately 2 percent of lung cancer deaths each year. It causes respiratory disease, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), middle ear disease, and asthma attacks in children.
Every year, there are over 400,000 smoking-related deaths in the United States. A large percentage of these are due to lung cancer, whose leading cause is smoking. However, not all deaths are smokers themselves. Anyone in the vicinity can fall victim to second hand smoke. These people, through no action of their own, can have their lives threatened.
Although it is beneficial for the economy for the production of tobacco products, it is extremely risky to use the product. According to researchers, second-hand smoke is terrible for everyone in the world who walks by someone who is exhaling. In the article by Robert Proctor “Why ban the sale of cigarettes? The case for abolition” states that cigarettes are the “most deadly object in the history of human civilization”.... ...
One of the biggest problems that people are faced with on a day-to-day basis is cigarette smoke. The sole cause for 480,000 deaths each year just in the United States is accredit to cigarettes(CDC). For a lot of the smokers the habit of smoking happens to assist them when under stress and dealing with issues that are unmanageable. Some smoke to appeal to their peers or simply because it “feels good.” Smoking one cigarette can lead to a major addiction. The effects of smoking hurt oneself and those amongst us. Smoking Kills as the ad portrays this revolver and cigarettes as the bullets, and also lists the side effects of smoking. Cigarettes causes cancer, increases the risk of you getting a stroke, highly addictive and causes a lot of health problems. Nearly 16
Scientists and health officials have been arguing the detrimental effects smoking has on our health for many years. Smoking can lead to serious complications including asthma, pancreas, lung and stomach cancer due to the large number of carcinogens (cancer causing chemicals) and other various substances added to it. It is a health hazard for both smokers and non-smokers and it is especially harmful to unborn babies. Although smokers claim that it helps them to relax and release stress, the negative aspects of the habit take over the positive. As it has been stressed by the scientists and experts, there are some very severe reasons of smoking but its crucial consequences should also be taken into consideration.
Smoking is one of the dangerous habits that people perform in their lives. This habit affects the health and causes several diseases, such as lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, and pulmonary disease (Institute of Medicine, 2012). In the family I visited, the father is a smoker. He strongly approves with the idea of smoking while the mother strongly disapproves the idea of smoking. Both of them know that smoking is harmful to the smoker, but the father does not know that smoking is harmful for other people who are called: second hand smokers. In addition, the father was at the age of 15 when he started smoking cigarettes. There is more than one reason that pushed the father to start smoking when he was a teenager. One of these reasons is copying the behavior of his father. He believes it would be difficult for him to give up smoking. I agree that quit of smoking is difficult since cigarettes contain nicotine, which is more addictive than heroin and also smoking becomes part of his daily routine (Giovanni, 2012).