Smoke Free Campus
•Since I was not able to attend the smoking forum on campus I decided to add a little info myself!
•As I read my group members post about the forum, it sounded that the turn out for people who are for the ban of smoking was good! Also mentioned was how the arguments that the smokers portrayed who are not for the ban, were unreasonable. Have these smokers never read or heard anything on how smoking effects their health and others around them?
•Here is a website I found with shocking statistics that anyone who smokes should take into consideration!
•http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/facts_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking (if it doesn’t pop up, just click on S for smoking)
Facts
*Smoking causes cancers of the bladder, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx (voice box), esophagus, cervix, kidney, lung, pancreas, and stomach, and causes acute myeloid leukemia. (1)
*Cigarette smoking approximately doubles a person's risk for stroke. (7,8)
References on website page!
Posts
That is a good idea for a share and voice. Hopefully this dumb backwards motion of the smoking ban doesn't go through!
ReplyDeleteI think that making UMD a smoke free campus is mostly a great change, from a non-smoker's viewpoint. Although, I kinda feel that there should be made designated smoking spots on the campus for smokers who go to school here, because they are paying thousands of dollars a semester to be enrolled. I am not supporting the habit of smoking, but if you think about it from a smoker's perspective, I feel that they kind of have the right to go smoke in a designated area since they are paying great amounts to get their degree. I also feel that designated areas are important to enforce, rather than letting ppl smoke anywhere. Maybe by having these designated areas for people to smoke in, smokers won't want to go the "extra mile" to get to the smoking spot, so they might lessen the times they smoke, but at least they still have that option. Just my opinion!
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