Rationale: This Bill is necessary because, Tobacco use is the major cause of preventable and underaged death and disease worldwide. This should be a law because this affects population, preventable deaths, and also cost. This bill is important because this can easily decrease the population of a state and also it is extremely expensive for society.
Congressional Title: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.
This Act may be cited as the “ Restricted Smoking Act.”
Section 2: Findings
The Congress finds that smoking should be banned.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/207919-three-reasons-why-smoking-should-be-banned/ (www.livestrong.com)
This article shows why smoking should be banned all together. It informs the readers in detailed paragraphs why population, preventable deaths, and cost is negatively affected. The article states that, ”The CDC reports that 46 million Americans age 18 years and older smoke cigarettes, 443,000 smoking-related deaths occur annually in the U.S.” (Chew). This shows that the population is being negatively harmed , and if doing the math right, Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States.
It also shows in the article that, ”Annually, one of every five deaths in the U.S. is related to smoking, due to conditions such as pneumonia, bronchitis, lung cancer and emphysema, according to the CDC website..” (Chew). This would be classified in my eyes as “Preventable Deaths”. Because all these conditions are mainly caused by smoking and secondhand smoking. If society can stop the smoking we can probably stop the deaths as well. One of five deaths in the U.S. is a lot, so if we can quit smoking for all age e could probably make the 1/5 into a 1/20 (because of drug dealers and other reasons).
Upon passage of this bill, smoking will be considered illegal for all ages from 0 to 100. Any type of smoking will be banned including Hookah, Cigars, Kreteks etc.. If you are caught dealing any type of smoking device you will be restricted from using it and will be penalized with a fine of 150 dollars. If you have to be warned twice then the judge will double your fine cost
