smoking- speech?

Question

Ok so I have to do a persuasive speech in my speech class and m topic is Smoking and Public places
and well i want rela people opinion smokers and non-smokers
tell me everything what you think what you know how you feel everything.

Answer 1

I can give you the perspective from a smoking and non-smoking side...........

I like to smoke, but not quite as much as my husband.

I smoke to get that early morning buzz with coffee, to begin my day. Only after I have brushed my teeth, washed my face, showered for the day, sitting in my car for 2 hours to get to work, logging in to my computer, reading emails and then...........go for coffee to go along with my cig.

When my husband gets out of bed, that is the first thing he does, looks for his cigs and puts them in the pocket of his pj's and it drives me insane.

So....do I like smoking in public places????? I guess it depends........are we talking about in a restaurant???? I can't stand it! But would I do it at a bar, while having some cocktails???? Hell YA!!!!!! I guess it is the whole smoking around my food that I don't or wouldn't like.

So it just depends on the type of public place that I am patronizing, would I be cool with smoking or not, is a hard call. Sometimes I get embarrassed to smoke in places where smoking is allowed, because I do not want non smokers to perceive me as being unclean, as smoking is a very nasty habit. Therefore I will be curitious and wait until the non smokers leave or leave the area myself, if I find the need to smoke.

Answer 2

A smoker would think:

It is a privacy infringement if you ask me not to smoke in a public place. It's not that I want to send loads of smoke down everyone lungs but I can't help it. It is a habit developed over time by living and interacting in society. Now, why can't the society take back what it gave me?

Why do we all have to be so indifferent to a smoker's opinions and point of view? I want to smoke and it should be considered my responsibility to take care that women and children don't get affected by my smoke. It shouldn't be an obligation though.

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A non-smoker would think:

What have I done to deserve a lung-cancer by passive smoking? It (the decision) cannot be put on the smoker to decide whether he or she wants to save the children from the smoker or not. Some are kind enough but let's face it! all the fingers are not the same. Some bad apples cannot apply their discretion while smoking and need to be BOUND by the law in order to keep them from creating more and more passive smokers.

Answer 3

I am a non smoker, but I am more or less a Libertarian.

I believe that government has no right to compel businesses to ban smoking in 'their' public places. If most people take the potential ill-health effects of smoking seriously, businesses will be lining up to cater to these who feel that way.

Then other business will thrive in catering to their smoking patrons.

That having been said, I believe that people did not take the offensive aspects and ill-health aspects of smoky environments seriously enough to inspire changes. The government entities who stepped in did so in a typical paternalistic big government fashion. They went way too far with it.

But this is the world we live in. Sometimes change is difficult.

For now I would be happy if all laws against smoking in open places such as outdoor sporting venues, parks and beaches would be abolished. There is no argument for banning smoking in these places. Further some areas are attempting to ban smoking in private areas like personal vehicles and homes. This is way off the deep end. Their excuse is that children might share the area. Nice creative argument, but No, I'm sorry people have the right to use their property as they see fit.

Answer 4

I am a former smoker with serious lung damage. Started smoking at age 16 because it was 'cool.' I used to smoke so much I'd get nauseated. Then years later, found out the tobacco companies used an additive to addict people. To breathe in someone else's smoke does more damage to my system and ticks me off. It stinks, it's a hazard and people look ugly when they smoke, especially females. Prematurely wrinkles the face. If smoke did not damage others' health, I'd say, "Sure, go ahead and smoke anywhere you want." It also is horrible for sinus problems. Sincerely wish I had never started smoking.

Answer 5

I'm a non-smoker, and I agree with the new laws to keep smoking out of public places---and not because I have anything against people who do decide to smoke. I have no desire to make anybody feel like a second class citizen. It's just that smoking is a choice---breathing isn't. And people have a right to breathe without inhaling someone else's toxic smoke. Nobody's saying that smokers can't go into public places, or sit where they want in restaurants, etc. They're just saying that they can't SMOKE in public places. That is not treating someone like a second class citizen. Telling people that they should have to tolerate breathing your toxic air because YOU want to smoke is treating THEM like second-class citizens.

Answer 6

From a smoker's point of view, I understand non-smoker's don't want poor health issues sometimes created by second hand smoke. The non-smoker's have said it is discrimination for them not to have areas away from the smoke, but isn't it reverse discrimination to totally eliminate smoking areas or refuse to hire someone that is a smoker?

Answer 7

i am a smoker doesn't make it right, public places is a hard topic #1 as a smoker it makes me feel like a 2nd class citizen to have to go outside to smoke, on the other hand you have to respect the rights of non-smokers. they don't smoke and shouldn't have to breathe my 2nd hand smoke it is actually a catch 22 situation. although until smoking cigs become's against the law how do you ban it in public places

Answer 8

I am a smoker and I understand that many people don't smoke so I try to smoke away from people who don't smoke. I don't like the way non-smokers look at smokers like we are doing something wrong, this is a free country and everyone has their right to do as they want non-smokers should have enough courtesie as smokers do. Don't judge us

Answer 9

I am a smoker and I feel too many laws are coming into play to take anyones rights away from them.

Omaha Nebraska-now illegal to smoke in public outside or even in your car and people are encouraged to call 911 to report a smoker so they will get arrested.

California-a truck driver crossing a D.O.T. scale while smoking a cigarette will get a minimum $400 fine for"smoking in the workplace"

DeKalb county,Atlanta Ga;just passed a law making it illegal to smoke in cars and in public,will be fined tho and not arrested.

More personal freedoms taken away.They are now working on policing what we eat:

No snack foods or sodas allowed in public schools

NYC;ban on restaurants using saturated fats to cook.Fines will be given.

Kraft and Nabisco victims of legal bullying by special interest groups to have fat taken out of their foods,lawsuits pending.


What will be next????

Answer 10

I like to huff gas fumes in my apartment on my steps, in bars public buildings, otuside of buildings. Nobody likes it except other gas huffers and we're not going to stop because we are inconsiderate and don't care that it's harmful and bothers you. If you want to smoke, smoke where it does not affect other people. How would all the smokers who are not considerate like it if huffing gas was a social norm and they had to deal with the fumes all of the time?