In On Rhetoric, Aristotle says that virtue “is an ability [dynamis], as it seems, that is pro-…
Cigarette companies use visual stimulus to influence the younger populace into thinking smoking is the cool thing to do. Characters like “Joe Camel” and the “Marlboro Man” were highly appealing to the younger generation. “Before the birth of Joe Camel in 1988, the federal government reports, an estimated 3% of teen-age smokers and 4% of adult smokers picked Camel cigarettes as their brand of choice. Five years later, the percentage of adult smokers favoring Camels remained the same, but among smokers ages 12 to 18, Camel 's market share had more than tripled to 13%.” (5) These characters gave the idea that smoking…
In the 1990 article “I’d Rather Kiss than Smoke” in the National Review, Florence King tries to persuade her readers to look through a smoker’s eyes in a smokist world. King has been around people smoking even before she was born. Her mother started smoking when she was twelve and she started this habit when she was twenty-six. Since she started smoking, she has been analyzing how non-smokers discriminate against them. Florence King expects everyone to be okay with smoking because it is what she was brought up in and it was okay in her family.…
Consumption of tobacco and alcohol has long been proven to be harmful to one’s health, however it should be considered one’s liberty to smoke or drink and such acts are not considered “illegal” under laws. However, many countries have implement social control mechanisms in regulating smoking or drinking behavior, which raises controversy in the sense that smoking and drinking could be seen as “norms” in social gatherings. This essay is divided into two parts: the first part attempts to justify the need for social control for tobacco and alcohol using various sociological theories and studies; while the second part describes the mechanism of social control on this issue in the context of Hong Kong in detail.…
Kaufman, Stephen. "Most Americans Believe Smoking Should Be Banned in Public Places." Opposing Viewpoints: Tobacco and Smoking. Ed. Susan C. Hunnicutt. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Houston Community College. 3 Apr. 2013…
II. A disadvantage a smoker can have is there choice to smoke be taken away from them by location.…
In this paper I have been asked to analyze one of my habits. I have many habits, some of the habits I have are somewhat destructive and some are not so. Some habits would shock people (nothing illegal of course) and some would make people laugh. The one habit that I have and that I’ve decided to discuss and state what caused me to begin this habit, is my habit of smoking cigarettes.…
Each day, 47 million smokers in the United States are doing serious damage to their bodies as well as creating a harmful environment for the innocent people surrounding them. The use of tobacco products is extremely dangerous and most users are not aware of the impact on their local environment. “Secondhand smoke is a known human carcinogen and contains more than 50 chemicals that can cause cancer” (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2007). This issue has become a concern on college campuses where students congregate in front of buildings and in other densely populated areas.…
From the evidence above, a vivid image presents the social impact of smoking from various influences on the youths. Exposed to the habit of smoking at a very early age, these youths later form varying stances about the smoking habit, with some eventually picking it up.…
When discussing sociological factors in relation to why people smoke, culture can be included into this discussion. According to Clarke (2010) “people lifestyles are shaped by their traditional values and socially accepted patterns of behaviour found within the communities in which individual and families live in” Culture have a major impact on how we behave, dress, talk, the way we interact with people and habits that we pick up. In many societies smoking is widely spread and it is a source of relaxation and it is a means of socialisation for individual who indulge in the habit. The western society cultural norm may influence youth to smoke, factors such as peer pressure or parents smoking at home. Recent…
Smoking is a habit. Even the most hardened smoker had to take a first drag, sucking into the…
Lichtenstein, E. (1982). The smoking problem: a behavioral perspective. The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 50 (6), 804-819.…
Smoking can help people to be a part of a group and can play an important role in friendship, while offering a cigarette or asking for a light can be ice-breakers to start a conversation (Lantry, 2009).…
Clearly, then, the best way to end smoking on the Framingham State campus is prevention. In order to aid in prevention, we must understand the exact climate of new smoking…
In 2000 the idea of smoking ban laws was in action. The three venues of a bar, restaurant, and workplace were chosen because they are the major source for second hand smoke exposer for non-smoking employees and public. States around the United States were debating whether they should ban smoking in public areas. “Before Delaware passed its smoke-free law in 2002, no state had adopted a comprehensive law making private workplaces, restaurants, and bars smoke-free” (“State Smoke-Free Laws for Worksites, Restaurants, and Bars --- United States, 2000”).…