winton woods ms- smoking problem

The Smoking Problem

“Every puff on a cigarette is another tick closer to a

time bomb of terrible consequences.”

-Ray Comfort

Understanding The Problem

Panel One

The Problem

➢ Cigarette smoking in the modern world has been

seriously increasing, and so are the deaths

associated with it.

➢ Cigarette smoke contains over 7,000 chemicals.

➢ Over 69 of them have been identified to cause

cancer.

➢ Tobacco is also bad for health.

All facts are from the Internet. Websites will be shown at the end.

The Problem

➢ Cigarette smoking is directly responsible for

90% of lung cancer deaths.

➢ Cigarettes are the most prominent source of

preventable deaths or illnesses every year.

➢ Cigarettes are also responsible for over 80% of

emphysema and chronic bronchitis deaths.


The Problem➢ Smoking-related diseases claim over 443,000

American’s lives every year.

➢ Smokers die

about 10 years

earlier than

non-smokers.


In the Community➢ The Daily Beast ranks

Cincinnati #18 for

smoking.

➢ 19.6% of adults in

Cincinnati are

smokers.

➢ About 20% of adults

are smokers in Ohio.All facts are from the Internet. Websites will be shown at the end.

Government➢ These reasons force us to believe that if the

government does not get involved, smokers could

petition the government for a change of laws in the

next few years.

➢ This is unlikely, granted, but it is possible. If this

happens, then smoking related deaths could

increase severely.


Government➢ The government must be involved.

➢ If the government is not involved, then addiction to

nicotine could also severely raise deaths related to

smoking.

➢ More deaths is obviously

not a good idea.


Our Goal

➢ Our goal is to ban smoking completely in Ohio.

➢ We hope to either

■ Modify the current ban of smoking.

■ AND/OR create a new ban, which restricts

smoking in all places.


Document 3794.03

This document states the exceptions to the smoking ban in Ohio.

Private Residences, Hotel room’s designated for smoking and Family owned and operated places of

employment, are some of the exceptions to the smoking ban.

Nursing homes, Retail tobacco stores, outdoor patios and Private clubs without employees are also

exceptions. All facts are from the Internet. Websites will be shown at the end.

The Current Law

No proprietor of a public place, or a place

of employment shall permit smoking,

except as permitted in section 3794.03 of

this chapter.

Part A

The Current Ban


The Current Ban

The proprietor of any public place or place of

employment shall ensure that tobacco smoke

does not enter any area in which smoking is

prohibited under this chapter through any

means.

Part B


The Current Ban

No person or employer shall refuse to hire, or

in any manner retaliate against an individual

for exercising any right, including reporting a

violation.

Part C


The Current Ban

No person shall refuse to immediately

discontinue smoking in any place that has

been declared non-smoking under this article,

when requested to do so by the proprietor or

any employee of an employer of that place.

Part D


The Current Ban

A lack of intent to violate a provision is not a

defense to a violation.

Effective Date: 12-07-2006

Part E


Disagreements

➢ There have been some disagreements about the

effect of the ban on e-cigarettes.

➢ One disagreement is that students at Ohio State say

e-cigarettes, cigarettes that do not contain tobacco,

should not be banned.

➢ These cigarettes heat up nicotine, an extremely

addicting chemical, and turn it into mist that the

user inhales.

Alternative Policy Examples

➢ E-cigarettes must be banned because they can

cause an addiction to nicotine.

➢ We insist that e-cigarettes be banned for kids under

18 years old.

➢ The policy in Ohio does not govern e-cigarettes.


Alternative Policy Examples➢ Since the Ohio ban does not govern e-cigarettes,

even a 11 year old can go to the store and purchase

an e-cigarette!

➢ Since e-cigarettes contain nicotine, using them

could create severe addiction to cigarettes in the

future.

➢ Those kids could even smoke at their own house if

the current law is not changed.

➢ This is our possible solution to the problem.

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• "30 Cities With Smoking Problems." The Daily Beast. Newsweek/Daily Beast, 3 Jan. 2011. Web. 09 Apr. 2015.

• "Chapter 3794: SMOKING BAN." Lawriter. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.

• "Fast Facts." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 24 Apr. 2014. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.

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Panel 2

- When listing your alternative policies you should label them 1, 2, 3 etc. so it is clear to your reader/viewer which one you are talking about.

- Organizationally you should also put your advantages/disadvantages with your policies. So it looks something like

- Alternative Policy 1 (or you can name them)- Explanation- Advantages/Disadvantages- Conflicts/Controversies (How would you solve them?)

- Alternative Policy 2 - etc

- Don’t forget what governments are involved and why?- Isn’t that Panel 3?- I have included that in Panel 3.

Analysis of Alternative Policies

Panel Two

Possible Alternatives#1

➢ One policy we suggest is banning smoking

cigarettes with tobacco in Ohio.

➢ This policy will also set up age

restrictions (21 years) for

smoking e-cigarettes.

All bans will be explained explicitly in the binder.

AdvantagesPolicy #1

○ This policy bans smoking tobacco in Ohio,

so the amount of deaths related to tobacco

will severely decrease.

○ This policy will set up an

e-cigarette ban for anyone

under 21 years old, so early addiction to

nicotine and smoking would decrease.

DisadvantagesPolicy #1

○ This policy has one major disadvantage.

○ The 21 year old ban will spark controversy,

which will be addressed later in the

presentation.

Controversies and Conflicts#1

○ The 21 year age ban may spark controversy.

○ We will resolve this by simply stating that the

age ban is for the good of people.

○ If children get addicted

to nicotine in e-cigarettes,

then they are more likely to

smoke in secret, like some teenagers do every

day.


➢ Another alternative policy is to ban smoking in

all areas except specifically designated ones.

➢ Designated areas will have smoking cabins.

➢ People may smoke 2 times per month.

➢ Children are not allowed in designated areas.

AdvantagesPolicy #2

○ This policy will ban smoking in all areas

except designated areas.

○ These buildings must also have special signs,

so children will not be allowed.

○ These places will purify tobacco smoke.


○ This policy will have the main problem of cost.

○ Many people might want there to be more smoking

areas in a city.


○ As addressed before, the 18 year old age ban

will be a problem.

○ People would want to smoke more, but the ban

has to be strict to control smoking.


➢ Yet another alternative policy is to ban tobacco

completely.

➢ This policy will ban all products that use

tobacco.

➢ This policy will affect the

entire state of Ohio.

AdvantagesPolicy #3

○ This policy will ban any type of tobacco in

Ohio completely.

○ This ban is expected to decrease smoking

rates in Ohio stupendously.

○ Also, this policy will set

up an age ban (21 years)

for e-cigarettes.


○ This policy will ban all products that contain

tobacco.

○ This might spark disagreements about certain

products that are not harmful.


○ The main conflict would be to ban the use of

all products containing tobacco.

○ This will be good for our state,

because without tobacco,

there would be a lower chance

of cancer.

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• "Fast Facts." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 24 Apr. 2014. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.

• "The Toll of Tobacco in Ohio - Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids." The Toll of Tobacco in Ohio - Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2015.


Public Policy Development and

Persuasiveness

Panel Three

Public Policies➢ Since Ohio is one state, we have to choose only

one policy that can fulfill all requirements.

➢ The requirements are:

○ Policy must sufficiently reduce smoke.

○ Policy must relate to e-cigarettes.

Decision Time➢ We have gone through all the advantages and

disadvantages of all proposed policies.

➢ We have picked the first policy, because it fulfills

the requirements, and it controls e-cigarettes

sufficiently.

➢ We will explain the advantages and

disadvantages again.

Proposed Public Policy➢ We have chosen Policy 1

○ This does not ban other products that contain

tobacco, so people will not be irritated.

○ This policy will also effectively set up an age ban

to e-cigarettes, so there will be a lower chance of

early addiction to nicotine.

➢ The state and the government are the only ones that

can enact a policy, so they are responsible for this.


○ Policy #1 will also give a 10 year sentence to any

person caught smuggling cigarettes.

○ All airports and places of entry in Ohio will be

monitored for bringing cigarettes.

Prohibition➢ People believe that no country can ban anything

completely.

➢ We believe that we can ban smoking completely.

➢ Bhutan is the only country in the world to

completely ban smoking.

Prohibition

➢ New Zealand and Finland are looking forward to

ban smoking by 2040.

➢ We believe that if Bhutan can do it, then

America-- one of the most powerful countries in

the world-- can let its states ban smoking.

Advantages➢ For our chosen policy, these are the advantages:

○ This policy bans smoking tobacco in Ohio, so

the 443,000 deaths that occur each year will

severely decrease.

○ This policy has the advantage

of adding a new ban, specifically

for e-cigarettes, since there is no

ban controlling them currently.

Disadvantages➢ For our first policy, these are the disadvantages:

○ This policy has only one major disadvantage.

○ The 21 year old ban might spark conflict,

requesting to change the age to 18.

○ The 21 year old ban is good because it helps

keep children, and young adults off cigarettes.

○ This keeps them safe from

nicotine addiction.

Constitutional?➢ According to the article: “The Constitutionality of Laws,”

our law is constitutional.

➢ The 4 ways for a law to be unconstitutional are

○ The law violates a specific right explicitly.

○ The law violates a specific law implicitly.

○ The law violates a general right explicitly.

○ The law violates a general law implicitly.

➢ Our proposed law do not meet any of the above criteria.

Constitutional?

➢ According to “Gallup Poll”, 22% of Americans want to ban

smoking completely in the United States.

➢ If smoking can be banned in the entire U.S., then we have

to believe that it can be banned in its states.

➢ If this law can be created, then it must be constitutional.

1. "Fast Facts." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 24 Apr. 2014. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.

2. "Lecture 9." Lecture 9. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2015.

3. "In U.S., Support for Complete Smoking Ban Increases to 22%." In U.S., Support for Complete Smoking Ban Increases to 22%. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2015.

4. www.google.com

5. www.wikipedia.com


Implementation Of An Action Plan

Panel Four

Influence the World

➢ There are many people who will need to be influenced

about the benefits of this policy.

➢ We will state them in this panel and describe an outline an

action process.

Individuals and Groups

➢ Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

➢ Smokefree

➢ American Heart Association

➢ Ash in Action

➢ WebMD

➢ Recovery.org

➢ tobaccofree.org

➢ planfortobaccofree.org

➢ C.L.A.S.H

Influence the World

➢ We will influence both government officials and

individuals/groups, both supporters and opponents.

➢ The next slide will list some of the government officials

that need to be influenced.

Government Officials

➢ Phoenix Housing Department officials

➢ Chamber of Deputies.

➢ Heartland Institute

➢ Tobacco Control- would not like to ban the sale of

cigarettes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies

Influence

➢ We must gain the viewers support to enact this policy.

➢ We will thus explain the advantages to this policy again.

➢ Follow to the next slide.


○ This does not ban other products that contain

tobacco so citizen’s rights won’t be infringed.

○ This policy will also effectively set up an age ban

to e-cigarettes, so there will be a lower chance of

early addiction to nicotine.

➢ The state and the government are the only ones that

can enact a policy, so they are responsible for this.

Proposed Public PolicyPolicy 1

○ Policy #1 will also give a 5 year sentence to any

person caught smuggling cigarettes.

○ The policy will also give a $10,000 fine if the

crime is not extreme.

○ All airports and places of entry in Ohio will be

monitored for bringing cigarettes.

Action Process

➢ We must gain the viewers support to enact this policy.

➢ If this policy is enacted, then it could save many more

lives.

➢ Our enactment of this policy will prove as a precedent for

other states in the United States of America.

➢ If the whole country can ban smoking, we may serve as a

precedent to the whole world.

Action Process

➢ We believe that the enactment of our policy will serve as a

precedent for all other states, and even other countries, in

the world, like Bhutan did, and make the world a better

place to live in.

➢ We are going to contact the governor of Ohio: Governor

Kasich.

Action Process

➢ We are going to send in a request via this website: “http:

//www.governor.ohio.gov/Contact/Contactthe Governor.

aspx”

➢ We are presently waiting for any response by this site.

Action Process

➢ If we get a positive response, we will follow the

instructions on what to do next.

➢ Through this website, we will hope to get our policy

enacted.

➢ This website also gives us another way to get our

proposed policy in action.

Bibliography

➢ “http://www.governor.ohio.gov/Contact/Contactthe

Governor.aspx”

➢ "In U.S., Support for Complete Smoking Ban Increases

to 22%." In U.S., Support for Complete Smoking Ban

Increases to 22%. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2015.

➢ http://www.google.com

➢ http://www.wikipedia.com

CREDITS

➢ Pramit Bhatia

➢ Kyler Duecker

➢ Zavarri Carr

➢ Malachi Norman

➢ The Teachers at WWMS

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