Friday, May 9, 2008

Why public places should be smoke-free

What you are going to do if someone started to smoke close to you in public place and you are not a smoker? Are you going to ask him to stop or you are just going to move to another place or maybe leave? Cigarette is one of the top killers of people after many studies, and the cause of many illnesses. Smoking is a bad habit that is why public places should be smoke-free. Some of the reasons why public places should be smoke-free are smoking is a dangerous habit; provide a safe environment, and imitation.
First, smoking is dangerous habit that leads to addiction, serious health illnesses and one of the top killers. We should protect the citizen from been exposed to cigarette. The addiction to cigarette can also guide to other more serious addiction because people who smoke are likely get to try other dangerous drugs after many studies. A serious percentage of people who smoke cigarette are likely to get cancer which is very dangerous disease. Many studies show that smoking is top killer every day of many people.
Then, the public places should be a safe environment for everybody to enjoy. It is very important to protect people who don’t smoke from the smokers. It is not fair for someone to leave some places because of the cigarette. Public places are made for everybody and no one have the right of disturbing and hurting other.
Finally, the most important reason that increase cigarette used is the imitation. In some places like college students get most of the time addicted to cigarette because their friends. The second hand smoke is the way that leads a lot of people to the addiction of cigarette, whereas if we make public places smoke-free many smokers may quit after used to stop smoking for some period of the time.
Some people may say that by forbidding smoking in public places is against their freedom, and it is a personal choice whether they smoke or not, but in my point of view the smokers don’t have the right to disturb other who don’t smoke.
Smoking is dangerous habit that leads to addiction that killed many people every day. We have to protect the people who don’t smoke from getting addicted by making the public places smoke-free.

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