Monday, December 24, 2007

Smoking should be banned in all public places

Nowadays many people smoke in public places very often. This is because maybe they aren't aware of the effects of smoking. I think as a coin has two sides this topic also has both for and against arguments.

Firstly I would like to look into the favorable side. As the results of a lot of reserach, people say that a smoke-free environment helps a person to be very healthy. They not only help to reduce the long-term dangers of second hand smoking but, they also make life more pleasant. Smoking can cause many dangerous diseases such as lung cancer and heart attacks. It is observed that the number of patients admitted to the hospital due to smoking -related illness has dropped a lot in a smoke free area. But at the same time there weren't any changes in other normal areas. Doctors say that every year they spent a lot of money to treat people who get illa by amoking.

Another point in favor of this is that smoking in public should violate the mind of the children. As everyone knew people of all ages visit public places. Smoking plays an enormous role in making cigarette smoking appealing and attractive to kids. Children easily adopt habiths good or bad from elders. And when they see elders smoking they also try to do that without knowing the bad effects. A smoker can be easily identified among non-smokers from his appearance. For he'll have dark colored lips and eyes which looks ugly(Note that some non smokers also have this kind of appearence due to some other reasons).

When looking into the against arguments firstly, we should think that smokers also have feeling too. It is their body. They are smoking. Mean while they didn't ask others or force others to smoke. Just because a person sees a smoker he will not get addicted. As we all know when we try to force a person not to do a thing, then he'll intend do it again. At last this can end up in chaos. In my view point banning smoking in public places would induce them to smoke in secret. The government should have special programs to make smokers be aware of the bad side of smoking. In one way if the government ban smoking in all public places the number of smokers will definitely reduce and as the result government may get economically affected. The government gets a lot of tax from importing and exporting tobacco and cigarettes. So banning smoking in public places also might effect the economy of the country.

From my point of view I would like to say that smoking should be banned in all public places. Though it's one's own wish to choose smoking or not anyway the environment shouldn't induce a person to get addicted to a habit. In conclusion I would say that a smoke-free environment will definitely be a gift to this world, as smoking may be a great threat to this wonderful world.

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