Banning Smoking Speech

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Paper topic: Banning Smoking

I. Introduction:
1. Attention Getter: WHO once published data in May 2017: "Tobacco kills more than 7 million people each year. More than 6 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while around 890 000 are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke."(1) So why the number of smoking people does not decrease but has a trend to rise, especially the young cohort?

2. Background information: According to health literacy, tobacco was assumed to be discovered between 600 to 900 A.D as it first appeared as well as become popular in America before Christopher Columbus came to North Amerian and brought it back to Europe.(2) However, as reported by Cancer Council NSW, since 1602, tobacco started being considered as unhealthy and having a bad effect on the smokers as it causes cancers.(3) For instance, Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects: Making Sense of the evidence (2010) informed: " The first surgeon general's report on the adverse health effects of smoking was published in 1964 (HHS,1964)" (p.109)(4). After numerous bad impact reported, countries all over the world started having implemented smoking restrictions and bans, from America to Canada, Germany, Italy and so forth. To be specific, this is public policy as it restricts and prohibits smoking in public places, for example, planes, restaurants, toilets, workplaces, parks, schools, government offices and so on. …show more content…

Thesis statement: The pros and cons of banning smoking
- The advantages:
+ It reduces the risk of the passive smokers.
+ It contributes to decrease energy consumption and personal expenses.
+ It lessens the chance of influencing others, especially young people, to take on the

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