Topic Proposal

As you approach the hostess’ stand, she asks you a simple, but important question: Smoking or Non-Smoking. You can either wait for an hour to get a table in the non smoking section, or you can be seated immediately in the cloud of tobacco smoke that hangs over the smoking section. Should smoking be outlawed in restaurants and other public places to satisfy nonsmoking clients, or should the laws be left the way they have been for years?

My paper will argue that smoking bans should be put into effect in all public places. These bans aren’t meant to single out smokers and make them uncomfortable. The smoking bans should be put into place to protect those who don’t smoke, but are inevitably affected. Having a nonsmoking section of a restaurant is like having a no peeing section of a pool. One way or another, everything mixes. I will also discuss the opposing view as well as the history of tobacco
use and the outcome of smoking bans that have already been put into effect.

My audience will be my classmates, my teacher, and anyone else who is interested in the smoking ban topic. I hope that my paper will be informative while being interesting as well.



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