Analysis of Source

Analysis of Source

This article “Risks of Smoking could include Losing your Job” written by ShirleenHolt is about problem that will cause not just health problems but will also causeproblems in the workplace. In the article, the author describes people who are addicted to cigarettes or used cigarettes when they were young, tried to quit but had failed. The author’s argument is about no smoking at work policy, not smoking free. The author also quoted Benz, a former smoker himself, who disagreed about his smoker-free workplace policy, as well as the rule against allowing tenants to smoke in the building his company manages. He had this to say about it, “If we’re going to piss off anyone, do we want to piss off 75 percent (who don’t smoke) or do we want to do it to the 25 percent?” he said.

The ethos of the author is, companies shouldn’t hire a person who smokes because it will cause other people health risks, and they will be wasting time smoking, that could be spent working. The author also used pathos; employer should be trying to hire the most competent person for job. The logos, nearly 60percent of the businesses now have a smoke-free policy, 19 have restricted working policy, offering smoking areas that are far from the work place. I believe that this article has a persuasive argument because the author convinced the reader or the smoker to stop smoking and also tried to offer a solution to the smoking issue.

The second article “Smoke and Minors: Why do More Teenage Girls Smoke than Boys?” written by Anne Karpf.This article the author’s argument is about how cigarettesare effecting teenage girls the most.The article itself provided so many issues and problems towards teenage girls and why it effects them more than boys of the same age. They think that by smoking it will make them skinny, release their stress, look older, and look cooler. On the other hand, the author disagrees that all of these solution are right. Cigarettes and cigarette ad companiesare putting the pressure on teen girls. “Girls want to be thin more that fit and more disadvantaged teenage girls smoke, and they’re less likely to give up” the author describe more to her article. In the article the author gave an example of a girl who smoked when she was 15, “We were going out and lying about our age and thought smoking made us look older” said Vanessa. The author’s ethos toward that statement that it is true that teenage girls are less of thinking; they want to do things that they can to impress their friends in the same age group and to brag about who has more confidence than another. In the article, I also saw that the author used logos, teenage smokers, the theory used to go, suffer from a lack of self- esteem. The pathos that the author used to support her quote through ethos and logos is, “smoking really is a feminist issue” said Anne.

The third article “Big Tobacco Thwarting Ads?” the argument is about reducing company that product tobacco and the states should let the company or industry itself to put forth anti-smoking programs, the states should not do anything because that is the industry’s duty, not the states. Instead of using money that the industry made to fund anti-smoking efforts, but many states that produce tobacco used some of the money for their own purpose. The author’s ethos is that most anti-smoking campaigns involve children and adults who are portraying the tobacco industry as manipulative and intent in creating more smokers. As I see from the text the author also used logos, “Tobacco companies convinced some states to reduce spending on anti-smoking efforts they do make less aggressive” Ibrahim said.

The book source “Out of the Ashes: the life, Death, and Rebirth of the “Safer” Cigarette in the United States” written by Anny, PhD, and James MPH. the argument is about:“In the past few years, some public health professionalshave begun to reconsider the viability of developing such product.” By this they are referring to “safer” cigarette.

Health professional are divided over the idea of safer some for some against.

One criticism is that “Harm reduction sends the wrong message.”

The health professionals worry that the term “Safer” will dissuade people from stopping, when even though they are safer cigarettes; they are still harmful to one’s health.

One appeal, could fall under both Pathos and Ethos, I believe. “We argue that while an array of factors has shaped the history of the “safer” cigarette, it is the current understanding of the industry’s past deceptions and continuing avoidance of the moral implications of the sale of products that cause the enormous suffering and death of millions that makes reconsiderations of ‘safer” cigarettes challenging. I think this is a strong appeal, because by mentioning the suffering and deaths of others it appeals to someone’s emotions. But by also mentioning the industries past deceptions makes you question their ethical background and have to question if they truly are “safer” cigarettes.

A logo could be from the American Heart Association and the American Lung Association, the stated that “There is no such thing as a safer cigarette.” Since they are both well-known associations you are more than likely to trust what they say since they have such a respectable history.

Pathos, would be what the head of the American Heart Association said. “Even talking about a safer cigarette is like playing Russian roulette; sooner or later you’re going to hit the chamber with the bullet in it. The majority of people understand what Russian roulette is, my mentioning it along with cigarettes could make people understand that the game that they are playing is just as dangers as ones with guns.

The book source “Clearing the Smoke” written by Ann Cooper, her argument is about the changes being seen with advertisements for anti-smoking campaigns. She says that it used to be a “David and Goliath” like battle, with big tobacco companies having the funding to prevent the anti-tobacco movement from gaining any ground. She starts with a very strong ethos statement, first spoken by King James I from England. He said, “a custom Loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain…” Being spoken from a King of England makes it have strong appeal, that even royalty think it as a horrible habit.

Pathos is from her mentioning a photo of a pregnant woman smoking with the headline, “Why start life under a cloud?” currently it is very well know that smoking while pregnant is harmful to the child and just mentioning the act stirs up anger emotions within people.

Ethos/pathos, “Research from the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that the most effective strategies in reaching all audiences were those that addressed the tobacco industry’s manipulation of the public and the effects of secondhand smoke. This appeal could be both, people dislike being manipulated so it would make them upset; while knowing that the people who presented this information are from a well respected journal.

Work Cited

Appel, Adrianne. "Big Tobacco Thwarting Ads?." UPI. 12 Jul 2007: n.p. SIRS Researcher.Web. 02 Aug 2011.

Cooper, Ann. "Clearing the Smoke." Print. Aug. 6 2001: n.p. SIRS Researcher. Web. 04 Aug 2011.

Fairchild, Amy, and James Colgrove. “Out of the Ashes: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of the “Safer” …” American Journal of Public Health. Feb. 2004: 192-204. SIRS Researcher.Web. 04 Aug 2011.

Holt, Shirleen. "Risks of Smoking Could Include Losing Your Job." The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA). Oct. 25 2004: n.p. SIRS Researcher.Web. 02 Aug 2011.

Karpf, Anne. "Smoke and Minors: Why Do More Teenage Girls Smoke Than Boys?." The Guardian. 03 Jun 2011: 16. SIRS Researcher.Web. 02 Aug 2011.