No Smoking in chain fast-food restaurant
KFC and Pizza Hut enacted a no-smoking policy for all company-owned restaurants, parent company Yum Brands incorporated said on August 15th, 2005. Besides this, the company encouraged their other 4,200 KFC and 4,600 Pizza Hut franchised restaurant in the US to follow. (Louisville, KY and Dallas, TX, August 11, 2005) This announcement arouses people’s controversy. The harmful effects of active cigarette smoking on health have been long established. And the second hand tobacco smoke causes health risks for non-smokers. Smoking control in public area is important to put into practice. Therefore, Smoking should be banned by restaurant owner, especially in chain fast-food restaurant. Because chain fast-food …show more content…
First of all, evidence has accumulated linking passive smoking with lung cancer, coronary heart disease, and increased respiratory illnesses in children. One research show that cigarette smoking kills an estimated 178,000 women in the United States annually. The three leading smoking-related causes of death in women are lung cancer (44,000), heart disease (41,000), and chronic lung disease (37,500). ( Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 1997) Restaurant bans smoking to encourage smokers to abstain from it. Besides this, in public area, second hand smoking harms nonsmokers’ health. Consumers in restaurant have equal rights to enjoy the healthy service. What is more, the restaurant owners need to do something to guarantee consumers’ rights.to avoid the conflict between smokers and nonsmokers. Therefore, No Smoking in chain fast-food restaurant guarantee consumers’ health no matter smokers or non-smokers they …show more content…
However, self-regulation is not effectiveness. There is data about the smoking area in restaurant if rely on self-regulation to control smoking, which come from surveying among 365 restaurants and 1327 customers. Less than 2% of restaurants were totally smoking-free. (Margot J. Schofield, Robyn Considine, Catherine A. Boule, and Rob Sanson-Fisher, 1993) For some reason, smoking as a kind of addition cannot be regulated by smokers themselves. On the other hand, nonsmokers in the chain fast-food restaurant maybe are shame-making to restrain smoking. Consequently, Self-regulation policy is not effective to control people smoke in public area, therefore the restaurant owner need to adopt compulsive
KFC and Pizza Hut enacted a no-smoking policy for all company-owned restaurants, parent company Yum Brands incorporated said on August 15th, 2005. Besides this, the company encouraged their other 4,200 KFC and 4,600 Pizza Hut franchised restaurant in the US to follow. (Louisville, KY and Dallas, TX, August 11, 2005) This announcement arouses people’s controversy. The harmful effects of active cigarette smoking on health have been long established. And the second hand tobacco smoke causes health risks for non-smokers. Smoking control in public area is important to put into practice. Therefore, Smoking should be banned by restaurant owner, especially in chain fast-food restaurant. Because chain fast-food …show more content…
First of all, evidence has accumulated linking passive smoking with lung cancer, coronary heart disease, and increased respiratory illnesses in children. One research show that cigarette smoking kills an estimated 178,000 women in the United States annually. The three leading smoking-related causes of death in women are lung cancer (44,000), heart disease (41,000), and chronic lung disease (37,500). ( Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 1997) Restaurant bans smoking to encourage smokers to abstain from it. Besides this, in public area, second hand smoking harms nonsmokers’ health. Consumers in restaurant have equal rights to enjoy the healthy service. What is more, the restaurant owners need to do something to guarantee consumers’ rights.to avoid the conflict between smokers and nonsmokers. Therefore, No Smoking in chain fast-food restaurant guarantee consumers’ health no matter smokers or non-smokers they …show more content…
However, self-regulation is not effectiveness. There is data about the smoking area in restaurant if rely on self-regulation to control smoking, which come from surveying among 365 restaurants and 1327 customers. Less than 2% of restaurants were totally smoking-free. (Margot J. Schofield, Robyn Considine, Catherine A. Boule, and Rob Sanson-Fisher, 1993) For some reason, smoking as a kind of addition cannot be regulated by smokers themselves. On the other hand, nonsmokers in the chain fast-food restaurant maybe are shame-making to restrain smoking. Consequently, Self-regulation policy is not effective to control people smoke in public area, therefore the restaurant owner need to adopt compulsive