First of all, I think that smoking should be banned in all public places because it can cause fire. Usually due to the carelessness of the smoker for flicker cigarette butts everywhere, that is why it caught fire severely is that it damages buildings, and houses, and harms people and animals. For example, there was a case on March 23, 1999, where there was thirty-nine people lost their lives due to the catch of fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel in France. The cause of this trauma is because the cigarette butt was tossed from another vehicle and it went into the other truck which caught the fire and took away many people’s lives.
Second, I believe that smoking should not be allowed in public places because not only it is harmful to the smoker but also to the health of many non-smokers as well. Some of the common effects that non-smokers experience from breathing in secondhand smoke are such as eye irritation, stuffy nose, headache, cough, sore throat, hoarseness, dizziness, and nausea. Also, non-smokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke can get unexpected cancers and illnesses such as lung cancer, breast cancer in younger, pre-menopausal women, heart disease, stroke, asthma, and other respiratory problems which include pneumonia, sinus infection, and impaired lung function. Pneumonia is defined as “respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants.” And sinus infection is defined as “an inflammation of the sinuses and nasal passages. A sinus infection can cause a headache or pressure in the eyes, nose, cheek area, or on one side of the head.” Also, a pregnant woman is at risk when exposed to secondhand smoke because it can cause many severe health problems such as miscarriage, premature birth, and lower birth weight baby. As for babies, they can get several of the harmful effects from environmental tobacco smoke such as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), decreased lung function, pneumonia, and bronchitis. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is defined as “a fatal syndrome that affects sleeping infants under a year old, characterized by a sudden cessation of breathing and thought to be caused by a defect in the central nervous system.” Furthermore, secondhand smoke is harmful to children because it can cause acute respiratory infections, ear problems, tooth decay, asthma, cataracts (of the eyes), learning problems, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Children who have asthma are more vulnerable when exposed to secondhand smoke because it can cause asthma attacks. Therefore, it is important that these types of children have clean air to breathe in order to avoid the occurrence of asthma attacks. Also, exposure to secondhand smoke is mainly dangerous to elderly people, especially those with cardiovascular disease, and those with impaired respiratory function such as asthmatics and those with disruptive airway disease. So even if smokers have the freedom to smoke in public places but then their smoking would really affect the people around them. Therefore, I think that the government should consider about prohibit smokers from smoking in public locations to protect the health of non-smokers.
Lastly, I believe that smoking should be banned in public places because it can affect the U.S. economy. Based on a recent study at Georgia State University supported by the Committee on Life Insurance Research and performed by members of the Society of Actuaries and researchers, secondhand tobacco smoke is costing the U.S. economy more than ten billion dollars annually. However, the study estimates that it costs about five billion dollars which is related to secondhand smoke. Additionally, it pegged lost wages of approximately 4.6 billion dollars which doesn’t consist of the effect of smoking on ill or dead children due to the exposure of smoking. Also, the study shows that the approximation costs of the use of tobacco by smokers are only a portion of the approximation of one hundred and fifty billion dollars annually. The approximation costs of secondhand smoke have decreased by about five billion dollars compared to fifteen years ago. Therefore, to narrow down to the limit of smoking it is recommended that insurers charge those people who are exposed to secondhand smoke with higher life insurance rates which also consist of people who live with smokers or people who work in workplaces that continue to permit smoking.
Overall, I believe that smoking should be prohibited in all public places because it can solve many problems such as it can prevent bad air pollution, contaminated environment, fire, cancer and other illnesses, and the crisis of the economy. That is why I think that if the governments continue to let smokers smoke in public places then it is unfair to those people that don’t smoke because they have to suffer for their health.
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