...Thank you for smoking „Thank You for Smoking“ is a political satire film by Jason Reitman. The film is adapted from a novel by Christopher Buckley. „Thank you For Smoking“ tells a story about Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart), who is a tobacco lobbyist. His job is to questioning opposing health claims and advocating personal choice and smoking. As he says in the film, he has a bachelor's degree in kicking ass and taking names. At the same time he tries to be a good father for his twelve year old son, Joey. As the tobacco sales are falling and anti-tobacco campaigns getting more influential, Naylor suggests that putting cigarettes back to movies could once again boost tobacco sales. His boss, called BR (J. K. Simmons), sends him to Los Angeles to meet the Hollywood superagent Jeff McGall. They work out a plan to put cigarettes in upcoming movies. Everything goes perfectly until Nick has an affair with ambitious journalist, Heather Holloway (Katie Holmes). Nick belives he can trust her and tells everything about his life and work. But Heather publishes an article about his life and secrets. After that, Nick gets kicked from his job. Eventually, he talks himself out of that mess and gets another job. Actors carry out their role perfectly especially Aaron Eckhart and J.K. Simmons. This film portrays perfectly the pain spots of America's society. However, in my opinion, I did not like the way how film portrays anti-tobbaco people, because they seemed to be rather ridiculous, which they...
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...Rhetorical analysis: Thank you for Smoking Watching anti-smoking or tobacco commercials is common in America. Which is to make people aware of the harmful side of smoking cigarettes, how it affects our heath by causing lung cancer and heart disease. This will be difficult for tobacco companies to sustain in the market, who get profit from cigarette smokers’ addictions. This companies hire smart lobbyists Nick Naylor to publicly protect their industry. He was the vice president of the academy of tobacco studies and also he gives legitimate argument to support his big tobacco company and he was confident with every thing he does. There is a good example where Naylor uses rhetorical appeals...
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...CASE STUDY: “Smoking Among Minors” SETTING: Barangay Caditaan, Magallanes, Sorsogon PEOPLE INVOLVED: Minors (17 year-old below) QUESTIONAIRE Name of Respondent (Optional): __________________________________________________ Age: _________________ Date of Interview: _____________________ DIRECTIONS: Please answer the following questions in the concept of truth. Mark check to your preferred answer. 1. At what age you learned to smoke: ______________ 2. Who taught/influence you to smoke? _______ a. Family Member _______ c. friends _______ b. yourself _______ d. neighbor 3. Reason/s why you try smoking: _______ a. friends/group acceptance _______ b. curiosity _______ c. to boast/brag yourself 4. Does your family know that you are smoking? _______ a. Yes _______ b. Maybe ________ c. No 5. If your answer to Question No. 3 is Yes, Did anyone of your family members scold you or tell that smoking is bad for your health? ________ a. Yes _______ b. No 6. How often do you smoke? _______ a. once a day _______ c. thrice a day _______ b. twice a day _______ d. four times a day or more 7. Where do you get money to buy/acquire cigarettes? _______ a. member of the family _______ b. to a friend/group _______ c. neighbor _______ d. to someone who knew you _______ e. in your own way/s(e.g. work, gambling, rob/theft) 8. Where do you smoke? _______ a. private place _______ b. public place...
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...Diseases caused by Smoking * Chronic Bronchitis * Emphycema * Lung Cancer Signs and Symptoms Lung Cancer * Chronic Cough - A cough that you have had for a month is chronic. This is an important early symptom. It tells you something is wrong with your respiratory system. * Shortness of Breath - Shortness of breath that doesn’t go away after exercising, or that you have after little or no exertion, is not normal. Labored or difficult breathing – the feeling that it is hard to breathe in or breathe out - is also a warning sign. * Chronic Mucus Production - Mucus, also called sputum or phlegm, is produced by the airways. It is a defense response to infections or irritants. If your mucus production has lasted a month, this could indicate lung disease. * Wheezing - Noisy breathing or wheezing is a sign that something unusual is blocking your lungs’ airways or making them too narrow. * Coughing up Blood - If you are coughing up blood, the blood may be coming from your lungs or upper respiratory tract. Whatever the source of the blood, it is a sign of a health problem. * Chronic Chest Pain – Unexplained chest pain that lasts for a month or more – especially if it gets worse when you breathe in or cough – can also be a warning sign. Choronic Bronchitis * Chronic bronchitis, a long-term inflammation of the bronchi (large airways), is characterized by coughing productively over a long period of time. Emphycema ...
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...mislead people and then our society will not be better functioned. A rhetor, who might be a politician, a reporter or even a social citizen, should be basically honest. There is no doubt that using rhetoric for persuasion is a skillful thing. But it still doesn’t mean that rhetors should use tricks to deceive people. Because sometimes a rhetor’s misleading persuasion can damage others’ lives. There are different rhetors in the movie Thank You for Smoking. They use different ways persuading people to believe their words. The most impressive one is called Nick Naylor. He is a spokesperson for the tobacco company and he uses twisting arguments to draw other people’s attention. Everyday he not only persuade people to smoke, but also use different words to deal with the protests from anti tobacco group, environmental group and scientific group in order to earn interest for the company. To some extent, I admire his courage to lead people to think about things in a different way and also he is brave to challenge the authority. But smoking is bad for people’s health, and it will damage people’s lives. One time Nick was kidnapped by the terrorists and then he fell in a faint. When he came to life, he was in the hospital. Although the doctor told him he...
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...The rhetorical situation Rhetorical problem: The rates of cigarette smoking among high school students in America are higher than those of adults. Teens are easy targets for the tobacco industry. Having cancer may not seem like real concerns, teens don’t think much about future health outcomes. Purpose: The purpose is to engage and convince high school students to stop smoking. A change in the young peoples attitude and action could help them minimize their chance of getting cancer. Audience: The audience is a group of young people, 17-18 years old, from an American high school class. The speaker: I am a young representative of “American Cancer Society”. Recently done a “stop smoking” campaign. They know who I am because they asked me to come so they must acknowledge my competences. Circumstances: The setting is in a classroom in an American high school – around 35 people present. There will be used a PowerPoint show to visualize the main points and capture the young audience’s attention. Language: The speech is in an informative tone (direct) because of the young audience. The main speech act is the expressive speech act and the main appeal form is pathos because of the purpose to engage them. Structure Introduction: I am an expressive speaker and I will introduce my education, campaign and experience (ethos). Acknowledge the fact that they asked me to come (expressives), thank them and underline the importance of them focusing on this topic for their own...
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...Kailey Hilbert 12/4/13 S.Buchler Thank You for Smoking Today’s, labels, ads, and preachers tell us that smoking is harmful to our bodies, yet people continue to smoke. In the film, Thank You for Smoking, Nick Naylor works for the tobacco industry; his company forces him to uses his talking skills to argue how cigarettes are really not as bad as what everyone believes. At times, Naylor is ambiguous about what he does, advocating for a product that is known to be bad for us. However, he continues to prove to his son the power of supporting an argument successfully. He tells him that “the beauty of an argument is that if you argue correctly, you’re never wrong.” Nick Naylor made many different appearances and his reasons for smoking weren’t all the same. He had a different argument for every person and every statement. Nick visited his son at school for career day and he made a point that his job is just to make enough money to support his family so he is going to do whatever it takes. He also wanted the children to know that when they are making decisions in life, make the decision whether or not to smoke and the decision should be left up to them and no one else. A young girl in the classroom raised her hand and said that her mother told her cigarettes kill people, but Nick won the argument before she was even finished talking. Nick Naylor is also supposed to research links between disease and smoking but he has never been able to find anything conclusive. On Joan...
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...Keep simple and polite! Good morning teachers and friends, I, Ahmad Khairi Hafiz as the President of the Environment Club would like to talk about”How to Protect the Environment” First of all, each one of us can start by not littering. We should throw our rubbish into the rubbish bin instead of anywhere we like. Once I went strolling at a park nearby my house but was dissapointed at the sight of rubbish.I saw many empty cans and plastic wrappers lying around.They do not only spoil the beautiful park but they are the best breeding place for aedes mosquitoes. Another way of protecting our environment is by keeping our rivers clean. We can play our role by not throwing rubbish into the rivers. Meanwhile the factories can stop dumping their toxic waste into them. Plastic wrappers which made up 80 percent of the rubbish can endanger the fish and other aquatic lives while toxic waste can kill them. We, human will consequently suffer as we rely on the rivers for food and water. Moreover, farmers should avoid open burning in their farming practice because it polutes the air.Open burning can lead to haze which contains poisonous gases such as carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide. These gases can cause many serious diseases. Children who breathe the polluted air may suffer from asthma and some people may even suffer from rashes and eye-diseases. Finally, we can practice the 3R; Reuse, Reduce and Recycle. Every household should aim at reducing the amount of rubbish thrown.To...
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...SPEECH! SLIDE 1: Thank you for coming to this meeting that effects all of us here at PHS. My name is Jessica Boone and I am the clinical educator for the Peoria hospital system. It is going to be my pleasure today to explain to you why a smoking ban in a absolute necessity at our facility. Our main goal as a hospital is to promote wellness, one new way that we can do this by implementing an outdoor smoking ban. Lets make PHS like one of the thousands of other facilities in the nation that protect our patients to the best of our abilities. SLIDE 2: Peoria Hospital Systems is the largest hospital in our town. We are the trauma one facility and provide care to over half of our community. We started in 1911 and since day one we have taken pride in our ability to pioneer new and upcoming advancements. We should continue on this path by starting a trend of smoking bans in our area. SLIDE 3: As you all know, our mission statement reads… say it with me… we are committed. To delivering. Outstanding healthcare. Period. This means… The right care, at the right time, in the right setting, at the right cost, with the best possible outcome. We are successful when what we do makes things better for people, improving the health and well-being of body, mind and spirit. SLIDE 4: We work to make a positive difference. We use our talents, skills, and expertise as healthcare providers and as community leaders to improve the quality of life for people in our community. No excuses, no wavering...
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...has taught me how to say No to drugs, smoking, alcohol and to stay safe from violence. D.A.R.E. stands for D-define, A-asses (what are your choices), R-respond, E-evaluate. I now know how to say NO politely, change the subject and leave the situation. For example, if you are at a friend’s house and you decide to go to the skate park to meet another friend but when you get to the skate park there is group of older kids there. They ask you to come down behind the bleachers, pulling out a pack of cigarettes, asking you if you want one. I would say No thanks I am just here to meet my friend and my mom is waiting for us, got to go! I would feel confident in my response to this type of situation. Deaths related to addictions are extremely high. In Canada over 45,000 humans have passed away due to smoking. It has taken so many people’s lives that it is now even illegal to advertise smoking in Canada. It is also illegal to smoke with a child in a vehicle. First, second and third hand smoking is costing people their lives. It is wise to try to stay away from tobacco and cigarettes, the reason why is because you are practically paying some body to kill you! Now if you were smart you would say no using some of the ways listed above. Now take a look at some of the effects of smoking Tobacco: 1.) Smokers have more colds and upper respiratory problems. 2.) Smoking causes heart disease. 3.) Smoking also leads to cancer in the mouth,...
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...Hi Amira, Thanks for the questions, they’re very interesting and really made me have to think. How many patients do you treat a month from smoking related illnesses? As a medical student I don’t treat patients (yet) but I’ve already seen a number of people at the GP surgery who have ‘chronic obstructive pulmonary disease’ (COPD). This is actually a way more important disease than lung cancer. It makes it incredibly difficult to breath and can lead to death. It is mainly caused by smoking usually starts in your 40s effecting a massive three million people in the UK. Smoking also contributes to a load of other diseases such as heart disease, stroke and multiple cancers. Most of the patients I talk to who have these conditions used to smoke (although not all). However with conditions such as these lots of other factors play their part, such as eating too much fat, being overweight, and not exercising;so you can’t say smoking is the only cause (even though it definitely played a part) As a medical Professional what is your view on smoking? This is a tricky question as I have been an occasional smoker in the past, having completely kicked the habit this year. I used to think it was slightly cool (despite the government warnings). However since seeing so many patients needing a machine to breath, due to smoking, I’ve changed my mind. From a scientific point, smoking is one of the worst things you can do to your body as unlike other legal substance (alcohol...
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...Marlene’s Laryngectomy Laryngectomy according to ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) is “the removal of the voice box (larynx) from the neck, usually because of cancer”. Throat cancer may occur by “heavy smoking and drinking, poor eating habits-not enough vitamins from fruits and vegetables, weakened immune system, exposure to chemicals and acid reflux” (ASHA, 2015). A Laryngectomy causes different impacts in the person that goes through this procedure. And influences one’s person life in family, social, career, financial among others contexts. Marlene’s story explains how she went through this procedure and how one of the causes of throat cancer, smoking, affected her life. Thirty-nine years of excessively smoking and sore...
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...are you? Nadim: Fine. Thank you. What’s about you? Jony: I am also fine.thanks. May I know your opinion about Illiteracy? Nadim: yes. It’s a great problem and curse for our country. Jony: How? Nadim: You know, Education is the back bone of a nation. No nation can prosper without education. Jony: What should we do then? Nadim: We should work hand to hand to remove illiteracy. Jony: We should also need to create public awarness. Nadim: Yes, of course. It’s a vital factor. Jony: Thank you. Nadim: Welcome. 2.Write a dialogue between Nadim and Noyon about Tree plantation. Nadim: Hello Noyon , How are you? Noyon: Fine. Thank you. What’s about you? Nadim: I am also fine.thanks.Where are you going? Noyon: I am going to attend the tree plantation program. Nadim: What do you need to plant trees? Noyon: Don’t you know about the important of tree plantation. Nadim: Sorry friends. I don’t know. Noyon: Ok, I shall tell about it. Nadim: Please do. Noyon: Tree’s are very useful to us. They help us many Ways. They give us food shelter and shade. They also give us oxyzen and prevent natural calamities. Nadim: Yes, Now I can realize. When should we plant trees? Noyon: June and July are the best time for planting trees. Nadim: Thank you very much. I shall also go with you. Noyon: You are...
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...Smoking I don’t agree on smoking. Because it's harmful to health, also causes addiction and dependence on nicotine. Smoking leads to lung cancer, heart disease, strokes, asthma and wide variety of other diseases. Smokers experience more coughs and colds as compared to non-smokers. One of the main reasons for quitting smoking is its detrimental effect on our teeth. Smoking causes the destruction of tooth enamel, bad breath and disturbed of oral microflora. Also you have an increased risk of lung cancer and heart disease if you are exposed to other people smoking for long periods of time. Tobacco smoke is also an irritant and can make asthma and other conditions worse. Moreover, nicotine addiction is so strong that women continue to smoke even during pregnancy. Pregnant women who smoke cigarettes run an increased risk of miscarriage, stillborn or premature infants, or infants with low birth weight. Maternal smoking may also be associated with learning and behavioral problems in children. Smoking more than one pack of cigarettes per day during pregnancy nearly doubles the risk that the affected child will become addicted to tobacco if that child starts smoking. One reason for quitting smoking is that a person buys for their money these diseases, which are caused by smoking. Realizing this man quits smoking. After all, this money can be spent on more useful things or going to the movies. Ten years ago, there was a fashion for teenagers on smoking. But this fashion has disappeared...
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...SMOKE Do you smoke? If you do it you never imagine the serious consequences that it would bring to your life. My Psychology class helped me to understand and think better about the damage of drugs, and how affect our central nervous system. Tobacco is a psychoactive drug with chemicals that affect our nervous system and, as a result, may alter consciousness and awareness, influence how we sense and perceive things, and modify our moods, feelings, emotions, and thoughts. In our days is very common to see people smoking; it is a widely used addictive drug, that alters cognitive processes, which include effects on attention and impulsivity, a mechanism that may contribute to the addictive properties of the drug. Everyone have the right to think, analyze, and have their opinion, but I want to share with you a message, a story of my best friend where she suffered a disease and began a new life. All began a holiday day where our friends, among laughers, invited her to smoke her first cigarette and to learn like them. Then she came to smoke one after other cigarettes every day, until she gets to smoke three daily packs. Today I understand why she continued to smoke. She had an addiction to nicotine. My textbook said about addiction:” refers to a behavioral pattern of drug abuse that is marked by an overwhelming and compulsive desire to obtain and use drug; even after stopping, the person has a strong tendency to relapse and begin using the drug again”. My friend had become dependent...
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