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Summary Of Smokers Get A Raw Deal By Stanley Scott

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In “Smoker’s Get a Raw Deal”, Stanley S. Scott argues that smokers are being discriminated against, and being able to smoke wherever they like is a right that is being taken away. This argument is not effective. One reason is that it is stated at the end of the article that the writer, Stanley Scott at the time was the vice president of the tobacco company Philip Morris. This creates a bias in his argument since he is likely to favor smoking. Which can lead to leaving out certain details in order to sway the readers toward smoking. For instance, in paragraph eleven of the article it states, “ The basic freedoms of more than 50 million American smokers are at risk today.” Scott ignores the health issues that smoking provokes. that smoking affects
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