Topic > Smoking ban in public places - 526

Every day someone loses their life due to having previously inhaled cigarette smoke. While banning smoking in public places will not completely end the loss of life, it will be a step towards reducing the risk. Smoking in public has become an act that most people consider normal. Smokers don't think twice about smoking in public, and non-smokers are simply used to being around smoke. To reduce cigarette-related health problems, a smoking ban in public places should be implemented to protect non-smokers, improve the health of smokers, and reduce the overall use of tobacco products among smokers, while protecting same rights. Almost everywhere people go; there's always someone smoking like there's no way around it. When it comes to health risks, secondhand smoke is as dangerous as smoking a cigarette. In today's society, it is rare to walk down the street and not walk through or past cigarette smoke. The presence of secondhand smoke can also influence people who don't smoke to try it; thus, influencing them to become a sm...