Should Smoking Be Banned In Public Essay

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Smoking in public is a very controversial topic and has almost no conclusion. As smokers continue to smoke in public places, they not only affect their own health but they even endanger the other people around them. Though every person in today’s world has the privilege to live freely, they aren’t allowed to cause harm to the other people intentionally or unintentionally. It is impossible to escape the exposure of nicotine, the stench of tobacco and the harmful side effects of second hand smoke. It is widely known that smoking causes cancer and other health issues but people still continue the habit of smoking cigarettes in public. It is nearly impossible for a non-smoker to be away from smoke because of the recent increase in the number of …show more content…

Providing designated smoking areas in public places will result in not only an advantage to non-smoker but also the smokers in general. The smokers will no longer have to go through the disgust and the loath the non-smokers have toward them. I strongly believe that smoking in public should be made illegal and putting a ban on public smoking is the right …show more content…

By enforcing a ban on public smoking we might be able to create a safer environment for the non-smoking population. Enforcing laws that are against public smoking will result in lesser kids to start smoking. In a recent survey, it is found that when kids see other people smoke, they find it fascinating and cool to a certain extent and will try to smoke their first cigarette. Although we know that smoking is harmful the government earns a fare amount of money from the sales of tobacco in the different forms and by putting a ban on public smoking the income would decrease. However is it actually worth getting money out of something we know affects the health negatively and causes illnesses as scary as

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