Journal 1

The claim in the article is that smoking should be banned in public. The author uses the policy claim as he writes to persuade the readers of his beliefs. The author uses the pathos approach as he states that smoking should be banned to protect, “individuals and vulnerable children from the toxic effects of other people’s tobacco.” The author uses the ethos approach as he advises parents and adults that it is not fair that children are susceptible to respiratory and ear infections due to secondhand smoking which they have no control over. Lastly, the author uses the logo approach as he gives examples of how smoking is bad for your health, therefore, is should be banned. He says that cancer causes lung disease, cancer, obesity, heart problems, and many more health risks.