Annotated bibligraphy

Elyse Bower Annotated Bibliography

English 2000

April 18, 2008

Bilofsky, Walt. "Second Hand Smoke and Community Laws." 27 Mar. 2003. 16 Apr. 2008 .

This article included such things as how and why to pass a smoking law. It also has a section on second hand smoke and asks are if you are poisoning your dinner companion. They also state out that the federal government can’t do much about these smoking laws but you need to do stuff locally. It also shows ways that the tobacco industry is trying to fight back against. The website also includes links to other tobacco related sites and an about the author section.

The author of this website has been a director of Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights since its founding in 1982, and served as its president from 1987 to 1989. He gives the reader reasons to try and pass smoking laws. It is a good article to see exactly how the tobacco industry is trying to prevent these smoking laws. The links provided are also helpful because they lead you to legitimate nonsmokers websites.

Brandt, Allan M. The Cigarette Century. New York: Basic Books, 2007.

This book starts our with the authors first memory of cigaretts. He then goes into following the journey the tobacco industry has taken though out the century. He presents all the different people involved in the tobacco industry. The book also includes such information as when lung cancer was first recognized as a result of smoking and how America reacted. In the middle of the book they have pictures of all of the ads for smoking throughout time, and explains how the ads promise safer smoking but were later sued for false advertisement.

This was a really good source because they present really interesting facts that makes you want to keep reading. The author tells his story in a way that makes it easy to understand. The book also contains a lot of important people that made a big impact on the tobacco industry. The book really has stuff that you would never know about the tobacco companies and all the changes that have been made throughout time. It is also interesting to read about someone else’s experience growing up in this ever changing controversy.

Eidelbus, Perry. "Smoker Rights?" Eidelblog. 19 Dec. 2005. 16 Apr. 2008 .

This is article is one persons argument arguing that a private company should not be able to dictate what you can cannot do in the workplace. If a company did not want to hire smokers that would be a type of discrimination. The author focuses on property rights and how this relates to smoking laws. The article says that people believe they have the right to tell other people what to do with there private property such as their cigarettes. The author also makes an important point that if a company won’t hire a smoker they could be hiring someone less capable for the job.

This article is a great example of what I would want my paper to be mostly about. It focuses on the property rights of Americans. The author feels very powerful about the subject and it makes you feel powerful about it as well. There are not many facts in this article it is mostly opinion so I don’t know how reliable it is. It does point out that discriminating against smokers is just like discriminating against women and minorities.

Juster, Harlan R.; Loomis, Brett R.; Hinman, Theresa M.; Farrelly, Matthew C.; Hyland, Andrew; Bauer, Ursula E.; Birkhead, Guthrie S."Declines in Hospital Admissions for Acute Myocardial Infarction in New York State After Implementation of a Comprehensive Smoking Ban." American Journal of Public Health 97 (2007): 2035- 2039. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Milliton, Baton Rouge. 18 Apr. 2008. Keyword: Smoking.

This is an academic journal about how after the smoking ban went into effect in New York, the admission to the hospital for acute myocardial infraction has declined. They have many tables to show how the rates of admission have decreased. They explained where they found all of there information for the charts. The article explains since the ban of smoking in the workplace, bars, and restraints has reduced peoples exposure to second hand smoke. The article contains a lot of statistics.

The author of the article admits that some data was hard to find due to lack of individual patient information. This made me realize that the authors could realize there faults. It was also kind of confusing to read some of the charts. There was a lot of references at the end of the article where these facts were found. The article seems repetitious about how the admission to the hospital has declined.

Malek, Ninos. "Smoking and Property Rights." Ludwig Von Mises Institue. 3 Aug. 2000. Luwidg Von Mises. 16 Apr. 2008 .

This article tells that smoking is a moral issue for many people. It also states that the establishment gets to decide for itself its smoking policy and this is a moral issue as well. It also states two major issues which are the health argument and the economic impact argument. This article also includes percentages and facts based on surveys. The author also makes a funny point the smokers most likely cost the government less money because they die earlier and would not be able to collect social security checks.

The author makes some very good points and even says that you might think he is wrong and how he understands. I also liked how he stated it is not that big a deal if you cannot smoke in a restaurant but it is all about freedom. It is also a good article because it includes survey results from restaurant and bar owners. The author argues very well in referring to different sources. I also liked the way he argued both sides but he focuses on personal freedom.

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Opposition to smoking ban still strong. Mental Health Practice, Oct2006, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p5-5, 1/5p; (AN 22666406). 18 April 2008.

This academic journal is about how the government wants to extent the smoking ban another year. They have researched people asking there attitudes about a smoke free environment. Many people that work in mental health units could trigger a fight with the patients. One in three physicians disagreed with a smoking ban in there office. The research showed many differences between general health care staff and mental health care staff.

This was a short article which was hard to pull a lot of information from. It includes good statistics that researchers have gathered. The author does not argue his point in a bias way. It is also interesting to see how the people who work in heath units don’t want to cause an uproar. This article gave another aspect to the problem with banning smoking.

Pulley, Russ. "Smoking Bans Take Hold, But the Air Hasn't Cleared." The Kansas City Star. 15 Apr. 2008. The Kansas City Star. 16 Apr. 2008 .

This is a newspaper article about the smoking bans in Kansas. One restaurant owner voted against the ban because he believes that the choice should be left up to the owner of the business. They also interviewed many bar and restaurant owners and quoted how the smoking ban has affected there business. One person said the ban has decreased her business because people don’t come to smoke and hangout anymore. The article expresses peoples opinion from both sides and from all over.

I liked this article because you could really see the effects the ban was having on real people. The author did not have any bias and just told what the people had to say. The restaurant owners also present percentages about how there business has decreased. The people who were interviewed also said other things that were affecting there business such as drunk driving laws.The article was not that long and mostly contained interviews.

"Smoke-Free Policies Reduce Smoking." Smoking and Tabacco Use. Oct. 2006. CDC. 14 Apr. 2008 .

This is a fact sheet that shows the smoke free polices placed on adults and the youth to reduce smoking. They go to say how studies have shown that adolescents who work in a smoke free environment are less likely to smoke. It is mostly about how bans on smoking in public places have reduced smoking. They include a lot of percentages and facts that studies have shown. It says that a cigarette tax in New York City has led to 140,000 fewer smokers.

This is a good source of information because it contains a lot of facts and percentages. It is not very long and mostly just says stuff about the bans in the workplace and public places. They have all of the references that they got there facts from. They include not only the effect of these bans on adults but also on the youth of America which is an important aspect. The fact sheet is from an accredited website dedicated to a safer and healthier people.

"Smoking Ban Increases Accidents 12 Percent." Smoking Lobbing. 2 Apr. 2008. 06 Apr. 2008 .

This article states that since the smoking ban increases so do drinking and driving accidents. People are driving drunk from where they were to somewhere else so they can smoke a cigarette. People are not drinking more they are just driving more because of the smoking ban. The article contains studies done before and after the ban. It also states that nearly one third of Americans live in places where smoking is banned in some public places.

This was a good article because you see a different side of the smoking ban. You would never think that drunk driving would be a result of the ban. You receive statistics about the effects the ban has on drunk driving. The author is not arguing for or against the ban, he is simply telling you the facts. The article also tells you where the data was pulled from to get the statistics that they did.

Thompson, Argus V. The Tabacco Industry Weezing or Breezing? Hauppauge: Nova Science, Inc., 2002.

This book contains the different issues surrounding smoking such as promoting public health vs. protecting personal freedom. It also shows all of the regulations put on the tobacco industry , products , and product use. They have many charts and tables with the total number of cigarette tobacco consumed by smokers in the United States. Some of the tables also contain the taxes on tobacco and how the tobacco farmers feel about smoking. There are also many charts with the comparison of tobacco settlement bills.

This was a good source because it contains a lot of information in charts and graphs. It has pretty much every statistic you need to know about the tobacco industry such as taxes on tobacco and the best selling cigarette. The book doesn’t focus on the issue of protecting personal freedom and smoking but it touches on the subject. Some of the tables were hard to understand because they had a lot of percentages and it was hard to understand some of the bills passed. It was a good source to find out the bans and restrictions the government has put on the tobacco industry.

Juster, Harlan R.; Loomis, Brett R.; Hinman, Theresa M.; Farrelly, Matthew C.; Hyland, Andrew; Bauer, Ursula E.; Birkhead, Guthrie S."Declines in Hospital Admissions for Acute Myocardial Infarction in New York State After Implementation of a Comprehensive Smoking Ban." American Journal of Public Health 97 (2007): 2035- 2039. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Milliton, Baton Rouge. 18 Apr. 2008. Keyword: Smoking.

This is an academic journal about how after the smoking ban went into effect in New York, the admission to the hospital for acute myocardial infraction has declined. They have many tables to show how the rates of admission have decreased. They explained where they found all of there information for the charts. The article explains since the ban of smoking in the workplace, bars, and restraints has reduced peoples exposure to second hand smoke. The article contains a lot of statistics.

The author of the article admits that some data was hard to find due to lack of individual patient information. This made me realize that the authors could realize there faults. It was also kind of confusing to read some of the charts. There was a lot of references at the end of the article where these facts were found. The article seems repetitious about how the admission to the hospital has declined.