Explain Why Smoking Should Be Banned In Public Places

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Over 35% of the world population has asthma, that means they cannot inhale smoke. Smoking should be banned in public places because of many reasons; people’s health, the air that people breathe will be polluted and the food that is cooked wont be fresh. If smoking in public is not banned many people will stop visiting that place because they will feel uncomfortable. Majority of the people get annoyed from the smell of cigarettes.
Smoking in public places has a major effect on people’s health. When a person smokes in public places, they do not know the people around them; some might have asthma, lung problems or even heart problems. Smokers nowadays are not only harming themselves but harming the people surrounding them as well. If the people around the smoker have sensitive lungs they might suffer heart attacks, asthmatic attacks or similar medical …show more content…

There is a solution to this problem which is having special booths specified for smokers only, so they can smoke without harming the people around them. People that smoke out of the restricted smoking areas will have to pay fines and that will force people to quit smoking in public places. By placing that rule people can go out and feel safe in public places. Also, that rule also helps the stores and restaurants by bringing more customers. Even though having specified booths for smokers in public places will help nonsmokers enjoy their time at the same place as the smoker. This is not a solution for the main problem which is reducing smoking, this will only make it easier on smokers to smoke. Having booths for smoking is not an affective way to ban smoking in public places, obviously the booth will have a door, when the door is opened for people to enter or exit the smoke and smell will eventually spread out surrounding the booth and the area around it, thus people who will pass by the smoking booth will inhale the contaminated air and this will affect

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