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Several people think if smoking is legal and if the smokers are of age then they should be allowed to smoke. They also think It is not the job of the government to tell anyone what to decide to do with their life and not for them to command smokers to stop. They think that banning smoking in public would applaud people to smoke more in their houses, this will hurt other people in their house, especially their kids. It would also make bars, pubs and clubs go out of business. In an article by Joseph Bast called “Smoking Should Not Be Banned in Public Places”, Joseph Bast altercate that "people are free to do things both great and foolish so long as they do not conflict with an equal right held by others." This combines smoking. Considering scientific studies have not definitively found the danger of secondhand smoke, smoking bans should not be established in law, he says. There is documentation that less people are smoking, and he believes that each person should have the freedoms to do anything they want. Joseph Bast is president and CEO of the Heartland Institute, a nonprofit research and educational organization that promotes free market solutions to social and economic problems.
This is the article I am going to debate because I strongly disagree that smoking should be allowed in public places. My intended audience for my debate would be the government especially the one who makes the laws. The executive branch, when authorized by Congress, enacts Federal regulations they would be my direct direction and who I would contact.I am going to draw their attention by stating facts and information which is included below about why smoking is dangerous for smokers and for everyone around it and why it should be banned in public. In my opinion tobacco is one of the most commonly used drugs in the world, especially in the form of cigarettes. What is considered a drug? “A drug can have two distinct definitions; a “chemical substance, especially one prescribed by a medical provider that is used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a condition or disease. The second definition references the unlawful use of substances, “A chemical substance such as a narcotic or a hallucinogen that affects the central nervous

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