On 5/6/02 11:55:00 AM, David Hurford wrote:
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>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?
>
>I like this idea! There are documents that were brought to light some time ago that proved camel cigs were being marketed with children in mind (joe the camel)
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