"The Health Risks of Secondhand Smoke Are Exaggerated," according to an article written by W. Kip Viscusi, which is published in 1997 in Smoking, Opposing Viewpoints. The article, is not effective. Not only are the sources of the evidence not clearly identified, but also Viscusi uses logical fallacies, and the organization is confusing. The first reason why Viscusi's article is not effective is that the sources of the evidence Viscusi uses are not clearly identified. To begin with Viscusi talks about how the percentages of non-smokers in society have risen, then he says to consider the following "Gallup Poll results", which are that the 16% believed that smoking in public places should be banned. But Viscusi fails to tell the reader what the "Gallup poll" is, when it was taken and who produced it. Equally important, in the seventh paragraph Viscusi states ....

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