English 101 Argumentation Essay

The new mint- free policy at Suny Orange has many another(prenominal) educatees outraged. Student smokers are beingness shunned for their addiction and are now forced to walk to the parking lot during class breaks for their fix. Our society is out casting them, even though its quieten legal, available, and enjoyable for many. However, ingest on campus presents several problems to consider. Smoking is contagious. It spreads like wild fire from one person to the next. Students may find themselves being peer pressured to smoke because its the cool thing to do, or e realone is doing it.Especially since our economy is in a recession, many pot are stressed out, and vulnerable. A group of mickle smoking around a non-smoker creates a bad environment for the non- smoker, and they may be influenced into smoking. Its no mystery that cigarettes are extremely addictive. If a student caves to peer pressure merely once, they could become a slave to the habit for the rest of their life. Wh en I left my English 101 class the other day, I witnessed a 9 year old boy skateboarding up to a student who was smoking and the boy asked him if he could have a cigg.The student found him amusing and told him he shouldnt be smoking but, not before handing him a cigarette. With the ban of smoking on campus, it will greatly lessen these situations from happening. Smokers tend to litter. Seeing a smoker flick a cigarette butt on the floor is an image that is all too familiar. With the amount of people who smoke today, its simply bound to cause a mess. A college setting shouldnt be burdened with a dirty primingscape. Its very uncomfortable to walk to class surrounded by garbage. Also, the littering harms our environment.Birds, fish, flowers, and many critters are at risk. The cigarette butt still contains all the harmful chemicals that are toxic. They arent biodegradable so they will build up very rapidly and animals may confuse them for food. In addition, each discarded cigarette b utt possesses a potential fire. If a fire where to occur many peoples lives would be put into danger because of the overcrowding O. C. C. C faces. The butt just needs to land somewhere with a little dry vegetation then with a soft wind, it will burst into flames and spread from building to building.Unfortunately, smokers dont look to take this threat very seriously. The smoke cigarettes emit into the air. Its practically impossible to walk between buildings without inhaling a lungful of cigarette smoke especially when smokers get up just outside doorways and force everyone who wants to enter to walk right by them. All the smokers seem to completely disregard the fact that other people dont want to be indulging in their bad habits. These smokers arent just polluting the air outside, but the air indoors as well.The flash someone open the door all the smoke rushes into the building. Its irritating to have to breathe in these harmful chemicals. Its an instant headache when a classmat e reeking of smoke sits next to me. It also doesnt help with studying either. While leaving school yesterday I was immersed into a overcloud of cigarette smoke and I couldnt stop coughing, my eyes began tearing and I was extremely uncomfortable. Students are forced to face situations like this on a daily basis, and sadly many have become accustomed to it.Im still trying to wrap my head around why so many students are against the new smoke-free policy. Its not like they are being stripped of their ability to smoke their cancer causing tobacco. Its just not worth it to have them diminishing the colleges appeal, while hurting themselves, other students, our environment, and potentially our school. Maybe in the future the college will assign designated smoking areas which dont affect other smoke-free students but, in the meantime there will be no smoking on college grounds.