Nevada's Smoking Freedom at Stake as Joelle Babula Argues that Local Government Should Enforce Strict Laws

In the essay Smoking freedoms at stake, the author Joelle Babula argues that Nevada's local government should be allowed to enforce tabacco laws stricter than the state. Babula believes that the community should have the right to decide where they want to be smokefree. He explains that Nevada has the weakest tabacco laws in the United States, it allows smoking almost everywhere. Fortunately, Senate Bill 258 might change the whole situation, which the state law will allow counties and cities to decide what kind of smoking laws they want in their communities. Babula quotes some opinion from health specialist and people who wish to have a smokefree environment. He aslo quotes from a Las Vegas Valley convenience store owner, who is unhappy about the bill.

Babula points out that Nevada is one of the six states that have pre-emptive smoking laws which the local government could not impose smokin laws stricter than the state. And those six states have a greater incidence of lung cancer than the national average. He also quotes from the members of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce that they think the local government doesn't have the experience to make and regulate tabacco laws. In the beginning of the essay, Babula uses a few facts to convince the audience that Nevada has the highest rate of smoking-related diseases, and highest percentage of Lin 2 adult smokers. This was due to the weakness of the tabacco laws, and that the laws need to be reformed.

For smokers, those information will not be convincing at all. Babula might need to use more factual evidences and statistics to support his claim. In the body of the essay, Babula quotes many statements from people who wish to have a smokefree environment, but only quotes one statement from the opposite view. This makes the essay less persuasive. In an argumentative essay, the writer should presents both pros and cons for the claim, then state his or her position andargue against the opposite viewpoint.

Regardless of the content ofhe essay, Babula wrote it in a simply language that the reader will easily understand his main purpose of the article. He uses many quotes and dialogues which made the essay easy to read and increased the liveness of the essay. The readers can actually "hear" those people. This make the readers to feel more relax while reading the essay, and will likely to read-on and finish it.