New Anti-Smoking Legislation: It's Not Just Blowing Smoke
The new anti-smoking legislation is a very important issue with both public and private implications. While many argue that smoking is an individual right, others insist that the danger posed to the public outweighs smokers’ civil liberties.
Tobacco, the main cash crop of the founding fathers, was so fundamental to our economy that tobacco leaves can be found carved into historic buildings around the Capitol. But that was then and this is now. Now we understand the meaning of carcinogens.
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), “Cigarettes contain at least 250 chemicals known to be toxic or carcinogenic. Smoking tobacco has been determined to cause cancer of the lung, urinary bladder, renal pelvis, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, lip and pancreas in humans. Between 80 percent and 90 percent of all human lung cancers are attributed to tobacco smoking.”
Second-hand smoke releases at least 50 carcinogens into the atmosphere and also causes genetic damage. “Increased concentrations of mutagens have been found in the urine of humans exposed to environmental tobacco smoke,” says NIH.
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