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    The smoking population in London stands around 1.2 million and with such a significant percentage of this city with the habit, it is unsurprising the ban has caused such wide controversy. Without hesitation, I add my voice to the chorus of non-smokers who think this ban goes too far. However, I am not saying that smoking is in any way good as I am extremely aware of the gruesome health risks and unattractive photos of black lungs and lopsided livers that litter the media. I just ask of you Britain;

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    People smoke all over the world. Smoking has been around for many decades. Controlling the usage of smoking depends on the smoker. Believe it or not, the government has a huge part on this. In some countries, smoking in public or enclosed areas is banned. In the United States, the owner of any public place has the right to put a “No Smoking Area” sign. Unfortunately even with these regulations, the smoker doesn’t realize how smoking can be harmful to them and their surroundings; people are simply

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    this is not a choice. This creates the problem of second-hand smoke, which is more harmful than people think. What is worse is that people who inhale second-hand smoke are doing so without consent.Therefore smoking in any public place should be banned.Second-hand smoke is just as harmful as smoking and leads to a higher prevalence of cancer and heart disease. Many people smoke for enjoyment. Enjoyment is what an individual experience when they are having a good time. When an individual is enjoying

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    On August 31, 2008, Maine made the law for no smoking in cars with children under 18. Warnings were given out until 2009 of September 1st; but starting September 2nd of 2009, fines of fifty dollars would be given out if caught by police. The making of this aw, is to limit teenagers with their license to stop smoking in cars. Smoking should be banned in motor vehicles in all states if person is/are over 16 of age. For teens, smoking is a distraction just like talking on the phone or texting while

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    Smoking was first used for medicinal purposes in the early 1600’s. As time continued tobacco began to be smoked through pipes and eventually became rolled in paper and tobacco leaves. After smoking started becoming mainstream, people began to think of this as a social way to fit in rather than thinking of the effects it can cause to their bodies. Although the harmful side effects of smoking are now public knowledge, people still continue to smoke. Smoking can cause health issues, not only to those

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    break. Even though people are well equipped with the knowledge of how unhealthy smoking can be and what can it causes to their hearts and lungs, they still choose to smoke. Nowadays smoking becomes a trend like a social media, and especially teenagers, are participating in this as well. Although smoking makes you a person feel relaxed from the stress, it harms the body of the smokers in the long run. We have known that smoking can kill us from past 50-60 years, and according to the World Health Organization

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    Should Smoking be Outlawed? “The true face of smoking is disease, death, and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray” - David Byrne. Smoking is a bad habit that people have been doing for many years. Smoking has absolutely no health benefits. Smoking shouldn’t be banned, but the age that people can legally smoke, which is 18, needs to be raised to 21. The age of 18 is too young to be allowed to smoke. At 18, people still think like teenagers

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    Indoor Smoking Ban In The U.S. Indoor Smoking Ban has public policies also criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations that tries to prohibit tobacco smoking in workplaces. Other public spaces it is mostly being carried or possessing of any lit tobacco product. Indoor smoking bans are bad because secondhand smoke exposures is associated with serious pediatric illnesses, yet is entirely preventable. There are a lot of second hand smokers because you can be smoking in a public

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    Banning Public Smoking Do people know that cigarettes are responsible for more causalities each year than from HIV, illegitimate drug use, alcohol related incidents, and automobile calamities combined? It is one of the only permissible products that have been long-established to kill when used as intended. Tobacco usage is the main source of avoidable and premature death and disease worldwide according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Medical studies have shown that smoking not only

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    barely stand it. Even though the waiter seated Blythe and me in the non-smoking section, I doubt that it would have smelt any different if he had seated us in the middle of all the smokers in the restaurant. We both are from Illinois, which has a ban on smoking in restaurants throughout the state, so we had not even considered

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