As he is pulling out his lighter and lighting the cigarette. There is a little boy sitting at the table next to him. The man just say to himself “ It's ok to smoke if everyone else is.” As the littler boy breathes in th3e smoke not only the smoke is unhealthy but the smoke is also increasing the chance for the little boy to have cancer. How would you react if that boy was your son? This brings up the debate on banning smoking in public. There are many pros and cons of banning smoking in public. Here are a few of the pros. Smoking in public reduce the risk of second hand smoking which is worse than actually smoking. They will work more peacefully and more productive because that “nasty” smoke smell isn't all over the place.
At the beginning I thought that is a great proposal which can help to reduce tobacco use and damage associated with smoking, and promotes healthy life style. Then I raise the question why authority bans smoking in public housing, but not in private apartment? Every attempt at prohibition and social control make the poor to suffer more and more. Banning smoking in public housing can limit poor’s life choices personal space and privacy. People living in the public houses have a right to enjoy their free time at their home. Also, elderly and disable public housing tenants who are addicted to smoking will have a difficult time of getting outside to smoke. Additionally for the most people smoking help to reduce stress and give some time out from
Every year, there are over 400,000 smoking-related deaths in the United States. A large percentage of these are due to lung cancer, whose leading cause is smoking. However, not all deaths are smokers themselves. Anyone in the vicinity can fall victim to second hand smoke. These people, through no action of their own, can have their lives threatened.
Public smoking has been an issue for people who do not take part in the smoking epidemic for as long as smoking has been around. What people need to understand is that individuals who do not engage in the activity of ruining their lungs are being forced into the act of involuntary smoking rather they like it or not, and that is unacceptable.
The FDA is going to kill a industry of young and old entrepreneurs. They are trying to pass bills to ban Electronic cigarettes also known as "vapes". Vape culture has help hundreds of tobacco user to quit nicotine and prevent them from putting the hundreds of cancer causing chemicals found in tobacco.
Tobacco remains legal and the treasury is said to make around 10 billion each year from taxing it. Coincidentally many states still have smoker-friendly bars. The smoking ban is said to be bad for business as well. Despite more efforts to prove otherwise, pubs and clubs are dying, in part, because of the business lost as smokers find somewhere else to drink they can smoke in peace. Where and how smokers think will always be beyond my understanding. They believe that the smoking ban is technologically backwards. It is not difficult, with decent modern air filtration technology, to make smoke virtually unnoticeable and certainly harmless. The smoking ban does not stop people from smoking. Even if it were appropriate to
Smoking should not be permitted in public areas, since it’s not reasonable to force a non-smoker into inhaling unwanted toxic smokes into his own body. Just like one has the option of being a smoker, they other may have the right to pick the option of not wanting to be a passive smoker.
There is no debate on the fact that second hand smoke is extremely dangerous to the individual exposed to that harm. Not only does passive smoking cause short term affects such as; dizziness, headache, coughing, wheezing, eye irritation, sore throat, and nausea, but the person also experiences long term affect that might decline their health dramatically. These long term affects consist of the dramatic increase of the risk of lung cancer as well as other lung related issues. The fact that someone else's own selfish actions can so dramatically influence and affect those around them is quite shocking and lurid.
Walking down Boston’s Boylston Street at the late hours of the evening, the sidewalks are crowded with smokers taking their last hauls before entering the bars for a night of drinking.
Well, at least you are man enough to admit up front that my friend was telling the truth. Far better for a lad to face up to his faults, rather than putting forward excuses and trying to obscure the truth. But, as is often the case with you recently, lad, a positive is balanced out by a negative. If you know how angry I will be and how disappointed I will be with you, why do you keep on smoking these shaggin' cigarettes? I had hoped that your last two thrashings would have driven the message deep into your brain and helped you resist the temptation of a cigarette. Given that those thrashings were so recent, but still had such little effect on you, lad, leads me to conclude that they were nowhere near severe enough. On Saturday, you're going
Tobacco is one of the most widely-used recreational drugs in the world; mainly in the form of cigarettes, but also in cigars and pipes, and in combination with cannabis and marijuana in 'joints'. Although most countries put age restrictions on its use, over a billion adults smoke tobacco legally every day, and supplying this demand is big business. As well as having serious health consequences for smokers themselves, the pollution of other people's atmospheres with cigarette smoke also makes this an environmental issue. Attitudes have changed rapidly over the past twenty years. In the developed world, public opinion has shifted against smoking.
Proposed bills are being passed around in many different states to ban the use of cigarette smoking. Banning the controlled substance, nicotine, will put people in jail or up to a 6,250 fine if they continue to use the drug. Even though banning cigarette smoking will be hard to do, many civilians argue a good reason to ban the drug is because of all the lives that tobacco takes. Many places and manufacture companies have already banned and discourage tobacco use on their property due to the dangerous effects tobacco causes. The effects are smoking are very hazardous and causes many diseases. Clinical directors and Health Initiative Programs explain the causes and effects cigarette smoking causes. The ultimate goal is to have the world free
One of the major reasons for death and preventable diseases is tobacco use. Just in the United States of America, smoking has found to be the cause of “over 40,000 deaths due to heart disease and over 200,000 episodes of childhood asthma per year” (Naiman et al 1). Some of these cases could be specifically linked to secondhand smoke, “defined as an involuntary exposure to a combination of diluted cigarette side stream smoke and the exhaled smoke from smokers” (Naiman et al 1). Greenwald found that “by 2015, 36 states and 4,177 municipalities in the USA had enacted law that restricted where smoking was allowed” (101). Smoking in public places should not be allowed because
Public smoking is being allowed to smoke in places that involve the community. Some places have smoking bans because of the problems it can cause. I think people should not be able to smoke in public places because it affects other people’s health, it pollutes the earth, it could have a bad influence on people, and it has an unpleasant smell.
While most people think if they exercise and make better food choices they will be healthy, that is not always true. Sometimes other people’s choices affect not only themselves but others. As a result of people choosing to smoke in public places, which ultimately affect everyone, the government has initiated certain laws to protect the people who choose not to smoke. Restricted access to smoking in government buildings has become limited due to these laws. The government controls smoking to their extent on different federal and state properties. In addition, they have regulated smoking in certain areas due to certain factors.
People have strong feelings concerning smoking in public places. Whether you are in favor of or in opposition to it, smoking in public places is a serious concern that need be addressed. I agree that it is unjust for smokers not to be allowed to smoke where they choose, but it is even more unreasonable for non smokers to be subjected to breathing in the exhaled smoke form someone else(passive smoking). Not to mention second-hand smoke is actually worse for someone than smoking itself. Along with the dangers second-hand smoke presents to the adults, think about what it does not only to your children but other children around you. Smokers may argue that non smokers can just as easily walk away as a smoker