Kate Braumuller 4/1/14
Block C Mr.
Ippolito
I read the New York Times article, Quick Gains After a Smoking Ban, by Catherine Louis. The article enformed people, in recent
studies the smoking ban has decreased
the number premature births and asthma in the US, Canada and Europe. Less than a year since the smoking an, the
percentage of children born with asthma and born prematurely have decreased
10%. “There
are over a million babies dying of being born preterm every year in the world.
We can make major strides in decreasing that with smoking bans.” Says Dr.
Vincenzo Berghella, (president of Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine). Reasearchers are working on
strengthening their evidence in order to the movement of smoke free laws.
This topic
effects billions of lives. The fact that
banning smoking prevents problems in childrens lives is extremely important.
Knowing the facts, now efforts can be made for smoke free laws. If laws get passed then millions of lives
will be saved.
This article was
fascinating and taught me something new.
It was easy to comprehend and provided with facts about the topic. I liked how the author told about how doctors
and researchers are planning to improve the problem of smoke laws. The article was well written it gave many
quotes from doctors that supported the argument well. I suggest you read this article.
Before reading Kate’s review, I was a little curious about the title. What kind of smoking could Kate be referring to in the title “Quick Gains After a Smoking Ban.” I know that the title in Kate’s review was the title to the original article but it still struck interest. So I thought that it was necessary to read it in order to find out more. As I read the review, a couple things stood out that where done excellently. First, Kate made it a habit to include sections of the article in her review with proper sources. Second, she was great at explaining how such an issue is possible and how the ban is helping resolve it. And third, everything that she said in her review was both accurate and precise to the original article.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the review was well thought up and the speech was perfect, there was only one issue besides the occasional misspelling of a word or the sudden change in font. The main issue that I found in this was the second paragraph. I think it’s too short and its not a juicy as the reader should suspect. It’s not the longest paragraph on the blog but it still provides the reader with why it was important. I just think it could have expanded on the idea.
Kate’s review and the original article bring up a point. Major diseases come from people who are smoking and are put into babies. Not all of these are truly diseases like premature birth, but they still are fatal. Just this piece of statistical evidence in the article proves that putting a ban on smoking is beneficial for the next generation. Awesome job to both the author of the original article and to Kate for bringing this issue to light.