Smoke Free Environment

Present by: Ahmed Alzabni Vevina (Ying CHEN) Christine (Zhuqing ZHANG) Somnus (Siyuan SHENG)

Introduction

• The News

• Different perspectives

• Smokefree policy at Unitec

• The Poster

• Ethical and social issues

• Impact on business and environment

• Conclusion

Different Perspectives• "I think they should ban smoking altogether," said Greg

Edwards, a 24-year-old single parent, of Parnell. "Smoking's bad for everything. Kids watch us smoking. Kids start at school [because they think] it's cool. If there's no smokes to be cool, it would be over. As simple as that."

• Sabrina Tupu, 18, of Onehunga, said of a street-smoking ban: "I think it's fair [but only] if there's designated spots for smokers to smoke because smokers do need a smoke. It is an addiction. If someone's on a lunch break and there's nowhere to smoke it would be hard for them; they don't want to go home for a smoke and come back to work."

THE POSTER

Should New Zealand ban smoking by 2020?

Ethical issues1. Second hand smoking

• Health officials haveknown that more than 1 billion people aroundthe world smoke and 5 million people die eachyear from tobacco-related illness,according to theWorld Health Organization.

• 1 in 100 people around the world die from secondhand smoke each year, a new study reveals, and nearly two-thirds of the deaths occur in children.

2. Secondhand smoke affect pregnant women• Lower the amount of oxygen

available to growing baby.• Increase baby's heart rate.• Increase the chances of

miscarriage and stillbirth.• Increase the risk that the

baby is born prematurely and/or born with low birth weight.

• Increase baby's risk of developing respiratory (lung) problems.

3.Environmental pollution caused by individual behavior

Social issues1. Smoking is Bad Example for Children

2. Smoking cause fires• Every year, almost

1,000 people are killed in fires caused by cigarettes and other smoking materials.

The impact on the environment

There are few environmental issues, which every smoker should be

aware of. Smoking affects your environment greatly.

How Smoking Causes Air Pollution?

It is quite evident that smoking causes air pollution and to some extent

also pollutes the ground. Approximately 4000 chemicals are present in

cigarettes, which are breathed out and released in the atmosphere. Out

of the total North American population 30% of them are smokers and

the percentage of the smoking population in developing countries is

much higher. This indicates that an enormous quantity of pollution is

being released in the atmosphere every day.

How Smoking Causes Land and Water Pollution?

Pollution caused due to smoking is not confined only to the air or body

but to some extent it is also responsible in polluting the land and the

water. Every day millions of cigarette butts are left on the ground.

Maximum of the cigarette butts finally end up in lakes and rivers. By

mistake fishes and other water animals eat these butts resulting in death

of these water bodies. The remaining butts left on the ground will

approximately take 25-26 years to decompose. The various additives and

chemicals are leached into the soil, polluting the soil as well as plants.

During dry seasons cigarette butts can even cause major fire, which is

even harmful for the environment.

How Cigarette Production Affects Environment?

In an hour cigarette-manufacturing unit

requires almost 4 miles of paper for rolling

and packaging of the cigarettes. Just to

produce 300 cigarettes one tree is being

wasted. Energy and water is also being

wasted for the production of the cigarettes as well as the chemical

wastes from the manufacturing unit is also dumped into the soil. Hence

it is clear the cigarettes are in total adding huge strain on the body and

environment.

The impact on business

ECONOMIC IMPACT

Businesses which consider adopting smoke-free policies, particularly

hospitality industry businesses such as restaurants and bars, are

concerned about the economic impact of such policies on their

businesses. Likewise, when communities or states propose adopting

smoke-free ordinances or regulations, business owners, policymakers

and the public are concerned about the possible economic effects of such

policies. While the tobacco industry has for years stated that smoke-free

policies will reduce customer patronage of smoke-free businesses, there

are no credible, scientific studies that support these claims.

COSTS TO EMPLOYERS

Allowing smoking in the workplace has a

number of hidden - and not so hidden - costs to

the employer associated with it. Among these

costs are: higher medical insurance premiums;

more worker's compensation claims; lost

worker time and productivity due to smoking breaks; absenteeism due to

tobacco-related illnesses; smoking-related fires; etc. Further, there are

many legal liability issues for employers which are directly related to

smoking in the workplace. Many of these costs - and liability issues - can

be avoided or mitigated by the adoption of smoke-free policies.

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Conclusion