Essay On Banning Smoking In Public Places

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“I’m more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I have done in my life, including winning an Oscar” American actress, Christine Lahti said. Smoking does not only harm to the smokers but also impact on non-smokers who may die because of inhaling tobacco’s smoke – define as passive smoking. In Japan, it was estimated 15,000 people pass away each year because of inhaling people’s smoke, not at all, according to a report by WHO, it is significant for us to know that passive smoking cause 600,000 deaths annually. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to establish why we should ban smoking in public places.
Ireland was the first country in the world banning smoking entirely in public places such as restaurants, bars, public transport and so on in 2004. In 2006, Scotland also became the first country prohibiting smoking in public places in the UK as same as what Hungary did in 2012. In the same year, the government also introduced the banning smoking in public places laws in Vietnam. However, much Vietnamese ignore the rules; they smoke everyplace in the coffee shops or even in the hospitals.
Dr.Takeshi Hirayma who is a trailblazer to find out the connection …show more content…

First, it is all about human rights and freedom, which is the smoker’s choice. They can do whatever they want even it is a foolish thing so long will not do detrimental to other people. Also, it is legal to smoke a cigarette, so the government has no power to attempt to make people stop.There is no denying that an essential problem is what they would do when smoking outside is illegal. Banning smoking at public will urge people to smoke more at home, which will damage to others in their house, particularly children. Each year, at least 6,200 children in the US die as a result of cigarette smoke. Also, parent’s cigarette smoke results in more than 15,400 cases of asthma to children year-to-year in the

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