Public Smoking Ban

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Results of several researches from studies have proven that concentrations of tobacco smoke in public places possess the risk to individuals, children, and the environment. Even cigarette butts are equally hazardous for the environment and many creatures, especially in the sea. Cigarette filters are the single most picked up thing in international beaches cleaning every year [5]. Smoking ban can benefit in several ways – from saving of lives, the prevention of disability, to a dramatic decline in health care costs – majority of which are carried by nonsmokers who otherwise are impelled to pay exaggerated health insurance premiums and higher taxes. The recently laid ban on smoking in public places is a smart move. Support of smokers for smoking ban in public places is truly much-needed to make it successful. Smoking is extremely harmful to the health of nonsmokers and to nature; smokers should be self-discipline, socially responsible, and avoid smoking in restricted public outdoor areas even if no official eye is catching them.

Smoke exhaled by smokers and burning of tobacco containing items contribute to ‘Environmental Tobacco Smoke’ (ETS) which is a composite mixture of fine particles and hundreds of gases [2]. Several contents detected in ETS have identified harmful health effects. People with asthma and bronchial infection problems can face problems due to drifting tobacco smoke and cause other serious health problems in nonsmokers – without any such conditions. These serious health impacts include an elevated risk of heart diseases and lung cancer along with a range of respiratory diseases. Apart from illness, many nonsmokers report discomfort in the presence of the tobacco contents in the air. Smokers should understand the ...

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...ng ban, had prospered with increased jobs, liquor licenses, and business tax payment [4]. Their city Department of Health had shown through studies that the air pollution level had decreased six fold in bars and restaurants, and New Yorkers had reported less second-hand smoke in the workplace [3].

Smoking is hazardous to smokers as well as nonsmokers and children around them. It also tremendously harms Mother Nature. As studies had shown, smoking in public places does not only harm their health and bother other people, but also violate their rights. It is smokers’ social responsibility to save the innocent ones. Through the implementing ordinance on smoking, the government is putting its efforts to protect the nonsmokers and nature as well. Smokers should obey all regulation to care for the people around – they can also be family members, friends and neighbors.

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