The issue at hand is related to the banning of solariums in the state of NSW. Although it has been decided that solariums will be banned no matter what, the liberal party of NSW has postponed the ban until the end of 2014. The liberals argue that the delay is to give the tanning salons time to adjust into a more profitable business. The greens however have stated that the 3 year wait may involve between 30-43 deaths, which is why the ban should be immediate. And I too believe this to be the correct choice.
So now breweries cannot manufactures energy drinks with alcohol. According to "Livescience.com" (2014), While many health professionals and lawmakers are cheering the Food and Drug Administration's decision yesterday to declare caffeine an illegal and unsafe additive to manufactured alcoholic beverages, critics say the move is an infringement of consumer rights by the government. When people are speaking out against a decision made by the government, this is the demand. Anheuser-Busch could produce an energy drink with alcohol as long as there was no caffeine in it, and it would be legal and more importantly it would be a blue ocean. According to "Blue Ocean Strategy.com" (2014), "Red oceans refer to the known market space – all the industries in existence today.
Effect of Warning Labels on Smoker Author Note Effect of Warning Labels on Smokers Smoking is one of the leading causes of death in nowadays (World Health Organization, 2012), but people continue to smoke. Governments attempt to discourage smoking by different ways. In many countries, the warning labels printed on the cigarette packs. In some countries illustrate just image labels, in some just text-only warning labels. Therefore a lot of experiments have shown that warning labels on cigarette packs are more effective in engaging smokers.
It raises more than 300 cases in 2010. Because of the danger of using Bath Salt, the government finally took action. In 2012, President Obama signed the Synthetic Drug Abuse act and made it illegal to possess, use, or distribute the chemicals used for Bath Salt in 41 states. As we have seen, Bath Salt is really dangerous for people’s health. It can cause kidney failure, broken bone and muscle tissues, wrong behavior, even death and most likely suicide.
Key questions for this debate are: Is it the proper role of government to legislate to protect citizens from the harmful effects of their own lifestyle decisions? Does tobacco advertising increase tobacco consumption? Do health warnings, however much of the cigarette packet they cover, reduce consumption? What would be the effects of banning smoking in all public places, or even completely Protecting smokers: Should governments restrict smoking to protect smokers? No * Governments must defend freedom of choice to smoke.
1. Due to many public health campaigns warning of the dangers of tobacco smoke, in 1st July 2007, the British government ban public smoking. This decision was made due to the scientific and medical evidence claims that Smoking tobacco has been linked to a number of health problems including lung cancer, emphysema and cardiovascular disease. Therefore the government banned public smoking to “protect everyone from second-hand smoke, while making it easier for smokers to quit” as stated by Ms Hewitt. 2.
So why do people addicted to inhaling an insecticide, a common ingredient in organic bug sprays, believe they have a right to spew noxious, toxic, carcinogenic fumes all over the place in public?” Many arguments can be made against smoking bans, but more arguments can be made for them. For overall health concerns, smoking should be banned in all public places, benefitting both smokers and non-smokers alike. According to Leading Issues Timelines, smoking originated with the Mayans around 1,000 BCE. It was originally used for medicinal and ceremonial purposes. Smoking started being abused in 1492, in Spain and has been used ever since.
Current and potential E-cig users believe the manufacturer’s claims to be the truth because the users are searching for a healthier alternative to tobacco cigarettes. The companies who sell and make these devices are telling the public that it is a way to quit smoking tobacco products, but do not blatantly claim it to be a cessation device. These companies also advertise that there are no secondhand smoke effects, just water vapor. Studies have shown these claims to be seriously questionable. E-cigarette users believe that the vapors from these devices are a healthier alternative to tobacco cigarettes.
As professor of social politics, mark kings position on the issue of banning smoking would be expected to be believed. Kings opinion piece, “banning smoking is undemocratic” appeals to the readers democratic rights to convince them that we should not ban smoking and that “we must accept the fact that people are responsible for their own lives” relying heavily on the results of a webpoll and his own research findings diverts readers to accept that in democracy individual have the right to make choices about their own life. In this opinion piece there is a inclusion of a webpoll preformed by the herald sun asking should smoking be illegal, this is put here to demonstrate what mark king is trying to get across to the reader in the opinion piece this relates to the headline in the way that it is showing that 55.8% of the public are against smoking being banned and only 44.2% of the public agree that smoking should be banned “this tells us that although most people dislike smoking they are not prepared to make it illegal”. In part of the opinion piece king tries to appeal to his reader’s democratic rights and freedom of choice, by defining what democracy is to him “democracy is about individual freedom and choice, or what philosophers call ‘enlightened self interest’” .knight reinforces his statement when he returns to it in the second half of the text he says “we must accept the fact that people are responsible for their own lives” and “if you choose to smoke, you must accept the consequences of ill health that the bad habit brings”. In the second half of this piece king uses an inclusive pronoun twice the pronoun being ‘we’ king uses these to drag readers in and make them think that they can help.
On one side is the smoking population who believe that he or she has the right to smoke inside public areas. On the other side is the non-smoking population who agrees with the law changes and support the ban. Both sides present strong arguments regarding why smoking should be allowed, or why it should not be allowed in public areas. The main argument that non-smokers have is that the ban of smoking eliminates secondhand smoke to the nonsmoking public. The strongest argument against the ban of public smoking comes from business owners.