On 5/8/02 11:29:00 AM, Drew Laiche wrote:
>On 5/6/02 11:55:00 AM, David Hurford
>wrote:
>>
>>
>>Chapter 2: The Second Week
>>Online Writing Exercises
>>
>>Exercise 2.1: Finding the
>>Questions
>>
>>
>>1.  In the space below, write
>>the title of
>>your tentative topic (e.g.
>>Internet addiction)
>>
>>-against cigarette advertising
>>
>>
>>2.  Briefly state why you
>>chose this topic.
>>
>>I choose this topic because I
>>knew
>>there would be alot of
>>information and
>>because it interests me. I
>>agree that
>>advertisements of ciggerettes
>>should be
>>banned for proven ties between
>>smoking
>>and advertising. If it's
>>proven that
>>advertising smoking results in
>>more
>>smokers than it should
>>automatically be
>>banned even if it is someone's
>>personal
>>rights.
>>
>>
>>3.  Spend about five minutes
>>listing what
>>you already know (if anything)
>>about your
>>topic. For example, are you
>>aware of any
>>interesting facts, common
>>misconceptions, your own
>>assumptions,
>>important people or
>>institutions involved,
>>key schools of thought, the
>>extent of the
>>problem, current trends, etc.?
>>
>>- I know that in the past
>>years smoking
>>has increased a great deal.
>>Also it is
>>proven that the more
>>advertisements of
>>smoking you have the more
>>smokers will
>>begin. People who object to
>>this decision
>>are either people who are
>>strong
>>smokers or people who are
>>involved in
>>the advertising of
>>ciggerettes. I think that
>>if the advertising of
>>ciggerettes is directly
>>linked to the increase in
>>smokers then is
>>should be banned. This will
>>be a hard
>>topic to get to the middle of
>>because
>>nearly every ciggerrette
>>company is
>>backed with millions and
>>millionsof
>>dollars
>>
>>
>>4. Now spend at least
>>fifteen minutes
>>brainstorming a list of
>>questions about
>>your topic you’d love to learn
>>the answers
>>to. Make this list as long as
>>you can, and
>>don’t worry whether every
>>question is a
>>good one.
>>
>>-When did ciggerette
>>advertisements
>>begin?
>>
>>-How many teenagers smoke
>>today?
>>
>>-How many teenagers smoked
>>five years
>>ago?
>>
>>-Are there some companies who
>>dont
>>advertise because they dont
>>think it's
>>right?
>>
>>-How many ciggerette companies
>>advertise smoking?
>>
>>-How much money is spent each
>>year on
>>advertising ciggerettes?
>>
>>-What are some anti-smoking
>>organizations?
>>
>>-What could be done to stop
>>ciggerette
>>advertisements?
>>
>>-How much has ciggerrette
>>polution
>>increased in the last year?
>>
>>-Has the average age of
>>smokers
>>increased or decreased in
>>recent years?
>>
>>-What would happen if
>>ciggerette
>>advertisements stopped?
>>
>>-What cities in the United
>>States have the
>>biggest teenager smoking
>>percentage?
>>
>>-What cities have the most
>>cigerette
>>advertisents?
>
>• What would happen if ciggerette
>advertisements stopped?
>
>• Would a prohibition on the use of
>cigerttes be of any benefit to the
>population
>or would it simply leave a gap to be
>filled
>by something else that is possibly
>harmfull to
>humans?
>
>everybody knows that smoking is killing the society, then why don't the government with the power they have do something about it ??
>



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