Think about this situation, you are at school and suddenly there is an earthquake tornado or some other natural disaster. Sadly most of the students are killed, later the parents are called in to help identify some of the remains. How are these parents going to figure out if this corpse is their child? Hmmm… maybe by what they saw their child walk out of the house in that morning, so uniforms actually could cause a problem instead of help fix them. School uniforms are also quite the biggest waste of money. Think about it for a second, if you go out later at night with your friends are you really going to wear your uniform? No most likely not, uniforms have only one place that you can wear them to and that is school. So if I have these couple of outfits hanging up in my closet that I can only wear to one place, I have basically just wasted all the money that I used to spend on these outfits. Finally school uniforms violate MY personal freedom of expression that was granted to me by the US constitution. I challenge any president to go out and try to revoke one of my constitutionally granted rights. No court in the US would allow him to take away my…
Smoking kills over 1,200 people a day and has a total death toll of over 100 million people. In the past, smoking was culturally appropriate. People were not aware of the damage smoking can cause on the body. Today, there is no question wether smoking cigarettes are detrimental to one’s health. In Thank You For Smoking, the main character, Nick Naylor, lobbies for big tobacco, but finds it hard to balance his morals for his job, with those of being a parent. Throughout the movie, Nick tries to…
Nicotine Knowledge According to the 2014 Surgeon General’s Report, every day approximately 1,300 people die due to smoking cigarettes – adding up to at least 460,000 deaths per year (qtd. in “Smoking and Tobacco Use”). Today, the number of smokers is at an all time low, in large part due to the help of anti-smoking propaganda. Anti-smoking propaganda is always justified because it is educational and life saving. Its counterpart, advertising which promotes smoking, is never acceptable. In the…
Anti-smoking campaigns are made to inform everyone of the harms of smoking. Although they can be a bit morbid, they have made an impact on my life to not begin smoking. The main goals for anti-smoking campaigns are to discourage the idea of smoking in each individual’s mind. “Anti-tobacco media campaigns, often called counter-advertising campaigns, were originally aimed at countering the effects of tobacco advertising by cigarette manufacturers” (Friend, Levyl). Recently a research journalist…
Abstract Tobacco use is a major public health issue health educators need to target and it is the main cause for premature death in the Untied States. The effects of smoking are widespread and can be deadly. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco is a major public health issue that kills more than 5 million people per year and it is responsible for 1 in 10 adult deaths. It is the single most preventable cause of death among to the five greatest risk factors for mortality.…
Tobacco products are very popular amongst people and have been for many years. It is not like a fad where it is popular for a while and then people forget about it. What makes it so popular? It can be very harmful to people and yet people still act like it does not affect them. Even though it is not easy for people to stop using tobacco products. There are many programs that can help people quit using tobacco (Moody-Thomas 646-652). The outlaw of tobacco products would lead to tobacco no longer…
Rise of the Industrial Age to The Progressive Age “Tobacco kills 5 million people annually. By the mid-2020s, that figure will increase to about 10 million a year, with most of the deaths occurring in developing countries” (Yach, & Wipfli, (2006), p.465). Tobacco is highly addictive and is used all over the world. It is a plant Nicotiana tabacum which uses the leaves for chewing tobacco, ground to make snuff, and for smoking such as cigars, pipes and cigarettes. In our reading, we find that the…
69812 The limit of the amount of tobacco allowed to be brought into Australia dropped from 250 to 50 cigarettes as of September 2014. This not only covers cigarettes pushed duty-free but also any tobacco you’ve attained. Many overseas travellers were unaware of this change and were forking out up to $100 in tax in order to hang onto their bulk purchased cigarettes. If you bring in more than 50 cigarettes you have to pay duty fees on the whole amount, or you can surrender the rest. Cigarettes…
According to the CDC, smoking kills 480,000 Americans annually. There is a large chance that this number can be declined. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has made the decision to further implement a smoking ban in public housing to greater protect the health of residents from the dangers of tobacco smoke. The decision to establish a nationwide smoking ban will greatly affect the residents of these homes but also our country. While some residents may feel that their personal…
Anti-Smoking Advertisement Advertising is one of the most persuasive and all-encompassing forms of communication in the modern world and plays an important role in our society, especially when it is being used to raise awareness of social issues. For instance; powerful images, resonant music and well-worded text can evoke feelings in viewers to promote societal changes. As a worker in the marketing department of a non-profit organization, I have chosen two anti smoking print ads. Nowadays…