Should public smoking be banned? It can do some harm but are there any good things coming from it?
Pro:
Public smoking should be banned for many reasons.
Smoking causes many problems:
First of all, it damages the body in many ways so people shouldn’t be smoking at all, but it also can damage children or anyone from second-hand smoke.
Scientists agree that smoking is bad and it can cause many problems in the future for the people smoking or the people who breathe in the smoke.
There are many problems that can occur when you smoke, including, heart attacks, lung disease (lung cancer), and so much more. It also makes it so if you get cancer, you are less likely to recover. If anyone who smokes has asthma, it can create asthma attacks or make them worse. Smoking can create problems in almost any part of the body.
Public smoking should be banned because it can hurt kids and adults who get secondhand smoke.
Cons:
Here are a few reasons why public smoking should not be banned.
Adults are responsible enough to choose for themselves:
Adults can choose to harm their bodies but should not be allowed to be in a place they can harm others. Public smoking should be allowed and anyone who doesn’t want to have second-hand smoke can stay away from the people smoking.
If people want to be away from secondhand smoke, they can go somewhere away from it but we shouldn’t take away people’s right to smoke in public places.
Anyway, most employees are okay with working in smoke because it is better than having no job at all. If employees don’t like the smoke, they can work somewhere else where there will be less secondhand smoke. In an article about not banning smoking, it says, “A complete ban is not necessary to protect workers anyway – ventilation fans can remove most smoke.”To read more about why not ban smoking go here.
Why would they make smoking legal just to take it away and say we can’t smoke in public anymore? It is taking away everyone’s right to smoke and we should NOT ban public smoking.
What do you think? Should smoking in public be banned, or should it not? Or maybe we could try to make both sides happy and meet in the middle. There already are places where you can go and smoke and anyone who doesn’t want possible damage done to their body can stay away from that area.
