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Smokers: The Right To Pursuit Of Happiness - Papers Online

Smokers: The Right To Pursuit Of Happiness

This country is based on the firm belief of personal rights. These
rights, according to the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of
the Constitution of the United States, are life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness. When are these rights taken away? Supposedly never, but today
smokers in Albright College are losing these rights. The administration at
Albright college is taking away our rights. Smokers at Albright used to be
able to smoke in the campus center. I can understand how the smoke would be
offensive to non-smokers and why there would need to be a no smoking area.
But I can't understand why we smokers are forced to go outside to smoke.
Are we less human because we ...

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be forced outside just to smoke a cigarette. It is not right. We should
be able to enjoy a cigarette in comfort. We are entitled to the same
treatment as every other student here at Albright. We are entitled to a
comfortable chair when we want to sit down. It doesn't matter if we want to
smoke a cigarette while we're sitting.
The Declaration of Independence says all men are created equal,
that they are endowed . . . with certain unalienable rights . . . among
these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The Equal Rights
Amendment takes this one step further by saying equality of rights under
the law shall not be denied or abridged . . . on account of sex. This means
every single person on this campus has the right to pursue happiness by
whatever legal means they can. If we smokers want to enjoy a cigarette
inside then there should be somewhere that we can. There should be a
smoking room. A room where we can go and enjoy a cigarette without standing
in the cold. This ...

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PAPER DETAILS

Added: 12/22/2005 07:20:03 AM
Category: Social Issues
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 485
Pages: 2

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