Smoking in Public Spaces Should be Banned

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Recommended: Ban smoking in all public places

Imagine you and your family are at a nice restaurant, waiting to enjoy a great meal, or so you think. As you lean in to take that first bite, a puff of smoke surrounds you, your family, and your food. How pleasant is this? A big topic being brought to attention these days is whether or not smoking should be banned from all restaurants and other public areas. Smoking in public areas should be taken into close consideration. There are many reasons of why this is brought to attention. These include the harmful effects it can have on all people, smokers and non-smokers, as well as the environment, which most people would not consider.

Ever since earlier years, when cigarettes came into market, people have had the right to make the decision of whether or not they want to smoke. But for some people, this is not a choice. This creates the problem of second-hand smoke, which is more harmful than people think. Second hand smoke has been liable to increase the risk of lung cancer by three times. Cigarette smoke contains a deadly mixture of carbon monoxide, nicotine, and more than 4,000 other chemicals, many of which cause cancer and heart disease. The smoke that appears off the end of an idle burning cigarette is even more toxic than inhaled smoke because the tobacco is smouldering at a lower temperature and is therefore burning less efficiently. When you sit in a smoky room, office, restaurant or bar, you can't help breathing in some of these toxic gases, particles, and chemicals. Some of the tar stays in your lungs. Small amounts of nicotine and carbon monoxide pass into your bloodstream. After half an hour, your blood pressure and heartbeat rise measurably. This means that extra stress is being placed on your heart. ...

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...egal and legal actions are taken against it, there is nothing anyone can do to stop it, except banning it from certain places. This in turn will help business and maybe even stop people?s habits altogether.

Works Cited

Coates, Colin. (2002, Dec. 11) Should Smoking in Public be Banned? Retrieved March 5, 2003 from http://www.nightimeuk.com/polls/smoking.php

Rockwell, Llewellynn H. (2001, August 24). Research Fails to Justify Smoking Ban in Restaurants? The United Pro Choice Smokers Rights Newsletter. Issue #134.

Should Smoking be Banned in Public Places? (2002, Nov. 11). Retrieved March 5, 2003 from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/2409327.stm

Shrestha, Hom L. (2001, July 15). Smoking Second Hand. The Weekly Magazine of the Kathmandu Post.

Siepmann, James P. (1999, Nov) Smoking Does Not Cause Lung Cancer. Journal of Theoretics.

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