RESOLVED: Smoking should be banned

REBUTTALSI actually don't need any rebuttals. Let me paste my Smoke-Ban essay and bold the important parts that rebut your points.6 million people every year from smoking, the #1 cause of preventable death in the U.S. That's a bigger number of deaths than those caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, and firearm-related incidents combined together! It is always a dreadful scene. Those families that lost their parents or children were crestfallen, as they had failed to prevent their family members from smoking. Even their friends were worried, as the family lose huge amounts of money as a result of the great expense of treating the sick at the hospital. Everyone should stop smoking ,and cigarette smoking should be banned, because its hazardous for peoples' health, and it is also very expensive.First of all, cigarettes contain more than seven thousand dangerous chemicals in it when burned, and at least 70 are known to cause cancer! First-hand smokers get yellow teeth, skin, and fingernails from smoking too much. They are also known to get headaches, lung cancer and bad breath much more easily than normal people do. Furthermore, they get heart attacks, their kidney become unable to function, they other diseases, such as the cancers of the lung, esophagus, bladder, pancreas, stomach, larynx, mouth, throat, kidney, and cervix, as well as acute myeloid leukemia are all possible outcomes of smoking. Smoking can also cause stroke, nausea and uneasiness. Smoking adds a terrible chemical called Dopamine into people´s brains that make them more addicted to smoking--so people should quit early before the situation grows too bad; or just not smoke entirely. Many arguers against the banning of smoking say people have the freedom of choice, and that freedom is completely declined with the ban of smoke. This is true, but does allowing smoking allow this freedom of choice? At the first time of smoking, it may seem so--people can stop themselves once they see the terrible effects. But what about the people who don't know the harmful effects and are curious to know why people smoke? Immediately they will be swirled into a mess which they cannot clean up, as the pleasure that Dopamine gives is nearly impossible to put down--in fact, It is estimated that nearly 17 million Americans try to quit smoking each year. Unfortunately, only about 1.3 million Americans are able to remain smoke free. This is only 8 percent or so of smokers that manage to be successful in their action of quitting smoking. It can thus be concluded that 92% of people lose their freedom of choice, and what good is that? What good is the 8% who gain their freedom of choice? They will never smoke again anyways, and thus have already locked onto one choice and limited their freedom of choice themselves. The banning of smoke, although having 100% declined the freedom of choice, has no negative health benefits and helps people rather than harm them.However, even quitting smoking can still harm, as even if present rates of consumption steadily decline to zero by 2100, we will still have about 300 million tobacco deaths this century. However, earlier is better than never, so people should stop smoking as soon as possible. In addition, smoking harms nearly every organ of the body and diminishes a person"s overall health. Millions of Americans have health problems caused by smoking. Women in particular are greatly effected, as the have the possible effects of obtaining Preterm (early) delivery, Stillbirth (death of the baby before birth), Low birth weight, Sudden infant death syndrome (known as SIDS or crib death) Ectopic pregnancy, and Orofacial clefts in infants when pregnant. To stress the negative health effects of smoking, the teeth is greatly affected as well, as the health of your teeth and gums are negatively impacted and can cause tooth loss.Even worse, smokers occasionally are smoking outside, making the people beside him or her breathe in smoke too. These people, known as second-hand smokers, when they breathe in first-hand smokers smoke, their body system also get badly damaged by the chemicals within the air and get the effects that first-handers get, if only a lighter effect. Statics show that 53,800 people die every year from secondhand smoke exposure, telling us that even secondhand smoke is very hazardous. Moreover, in the United States, two out of five adults who don't smoke and half of children are exposed to secondhand smoke, and about 3,000 people who never smoked die from lung cancer due to secondhand smoke every year. And the smoking doesn't stop there. That's right--there exists third-hand smoking. Impossible? Far from it. Tobacco smoke can linger in the air for a long time after the smoking stops, and even remain on our clothes. Many dangerous chemicals can be formed from this third-hand smoking, such as carcinogens and heavy metals, like arsenic, lead, and cyanide. Sticky, highly toxic particulates, like nicotine, can cling to walls and ceilings. Not only that, these chemicals can re-emit back into the air and recombine to form harmful compounds. Which could kill many, many innocent bystanders who don't smoke.Because of the massive harms and damage of cigarette smoking, People have to check every few months to make sure that their body is healthy, and if they are not, then they have to spend huge amounts of wasted money. People should really spend their money on something else better than smoking. Already, a few years ago, partial places in the USA have been banned of smoke--and a positive effect has spread across those places with smoke prohibited. A survey suggests more than 400,000 people quit smoking as a result of the smoking ban. Nearly two fifths (39%) of all smokers said the ban had helped keep them out of hospital. These statistics show that the banning of smoking helps, and unlike the prohibition of alcohol, there are more people that go along with the government rather than against it. The government should continue its command of banning smoke across the country and help everyone quit smoking.Overall, the world would be a much better place without cigarettes. The government should take action immediately and stop that puff of smoke from coming out of a persons mouth, as it would benefit everybody, as they will be smoke-sick-free from the banning of smoke.I believe my massive essay effectively rebuts my opponent's arguments. In case it's not clear, let me repeat my arguments:1. There is no point to choose 92% loss of freedom of choice + terrible health over 100% loss of freeedom of choice + excellent health.Let me stress that:100% loss of FoC + Healthy body > 92% loss of FoC + Not-healthy body2. The government is so darn greedy; why, people have to spend so much money within the hospital. It doesn't matter how much money the government earns, the people are more important!3. Innocent bystanders get harmed. If only people who smoked were harmed, then it makes sense that they're punished via addiction. (and my opponent's arguments might have worked out) However, bystanders unwillingly get bad health effects, as well as the environment getting contaminated. 8% more freedom of choice? Yeah, as if that matters.Onto you, con.Sources: (in no particular order)http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com...http://www.lung.org...http://www.cdc.gov...http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...http://news.bbc.co.uk...http://www.cdc.gov...http://stopsmoking-tips.org...http://no-smoke.org...http://prezi.com...