Smoking in Public Areas
One thing that really 'gets up my nose' is inhaling other people's
stale cigarette smoke against my will. It's about time that's smoking
in public places in this country was stamped out once and for all.
There is nothing worse than coming home from a night out at a nice
restaurant or a party and finding that your clothes smell disgusting
because they have been saturated with the stench of smoke. I'm not the
only person who is fed up with this, but I'm not against other people
smoking; I just wish that I had a choice whether or not I came home
smelling like a dirty ashtray.
Another thing I really hate is walking down the street behind someone
with a cigarette. Every time they exhale, out comes that cloud of
stale smoke and bang, you walk straight into it and aside from
crossing over to the other side of the street there is very little you
can do about it. It is not a pleasant experience and it is something I
could live quite happily without. I know there are a lot of people in
this country that smoke who become annoyed with people telling them
about their bad habit, but the simple fact is that smokers are
affecting the health of non-smokers as well as their own. Hundreds of
people die each year just because they have breathed other people's
smoke. That is something we should be taking seriously. In my opinion
an outright ban on smoking in public places is the only way forward.
Researchers in Argentina examined two thousand non-smokers' health and
concluded a number of things. Those who lived with a spouse who smoked
more than twenty cigarettes a day had nearly two and a half times the
risk of lung cancer more than those married to a non-smoker. They also
concluded that those married to a lighter smoker or those who came
into direct contact with a smoker at work or other places still saw
their risk of lung cancer double. When high risk factors such as high
Renneboog, R. M. (2016). Cigarette Smoking Bans: An Overview. Canadian Points Of View: Cigarette Smoking Bans, 1.
in only a few years time we will notice a drastic decline in the total
guess that's why most of us don't mind it here, it's a place where we
This essay is aimed to explore, analyse and discuss smoking in adults. Smoking is a public health issue as such is one of the major contributors to high mortality and ill-health in the adults which is preventable (Health and Excellence Care (NICE) (2012). The United Kingdom (UK) is known to have the highest number of people with a history of smoking among people with low socio-economic status (Scriven and Garman, 2006; Goddard and Green, 2005). Smoking is considered a serious epidemic in the UK and the National institute for Health and Excellence Care (NICE, 2012) stated that 28% of adults with low economic status are tobacco smokers compared with 13% of those with economic status or having professional incomes. Furthermore almost 80,000 people died in England in 2011 as a result of smoking related issues and 9,500 admissions of children died due to being second hand smokers (WHO, 2005). This essay focuses on definition of smoking, the aim is to underline the relationship between smoking and the determinants of health and then, the size, prevalence, and morbidity trend of smoking will be explored. Furthermore, some public health policies introduced to confront the issues around smoking will be investigated and finally, the roles of nurses will identify health needs the public so as to promote good health and their wellbeing.
and I vowed to myself that smoking would never become a part of my life. Not only was I
Now, I’m sure that there are some of you out there that can relate to that.
Smoking is one of the leading killers in North America and innocent. people shouldn't die because of it. For years people have been smoking. in public thinking, "It's my body, I can do whatever I want to do." now that it has been proven that smoking not only harms the smoker.
Shirleen Simargi Jim Warren English 1B May 7th, 2014 Why Public Smoking Should be Banned For many decades, smoking has been known as the world's leading cause of preventable death and disease. Although hundreds and hundreds of studies have been conducted to prove how bad smoking is, people of various ages still smoke. The controversy about smoking starts rising again, this issue is commonly known as second hand smoke or passive smoking. Smoke that comes from burning a cigar or tobacco is called mainstream smoke. Besides that, the smoke exhaled by the smoker is also considered second hand smoke, commonly known as sidestream smoke.
smoke it is a very hard habit to kick due to the nicotine, which is an addictive
As soon as someone lights a cigarette and puts it up to their mouth they are just asking for health problems to occur. Smoking cigarettes can cause many problems that affect not only the smoker, but anyone else that is around the smoker. Nonsmokers chose to not smoke because they do not like the health risks or negative effects caused by cigarettes. People that chose to turn cigarettes down should not have to still interfere with the negative effects of tobacco because smokers are too rude to just save the smoking until they are in their own home. People should be able to walk into any public place and not have to breathe in this toxic. Cigarette smoking should be banned from public places because the cigarettes affect anyone who is around
Have you ever been in your favorite restaurant and just as you are about to take a bite of your favorite dish, your lungs are filled with a cloud of smoke which has drifted to your table from the smoking section just a few feet away? This is a common complaint of many patrons who enjoy dining at restaurants. While it is true that the smoke from cigarettes causes many health problems, is it fair to take away the freedom of Americans who wish to smoke? Even as compromises can be made on this subject, the majority of people stand by their strong opinions on whether smoking should be allowed in restaurants.
It was not I who chose to reuse an entire smelly cloud in the queue for the carousel. But in too many public places today, it is not me who decide if I want to smoke or not. I wish the tobacco law that exists today would be changed so that it makes it difficult for those who smoke and benefit us other people trying to breathe.
Smoking is a bad habit that is not only harmful to myself, but also to the people around me, namely my wife and children. They are the ones that receive the most harmful and the most concentrated amounts of smoke. I inhale through a filter, my wife and children do not.
Smoking ban in public places has been a hot issue these last months not only in Malta but also in various countries who are discussing the effects a ban would have. There have been several debates on smoking ban. Even though the harmful effects of smoking, both active and passive, are well known and undeniable smoking is far from being in decline; it is spreading among young people in particular quickly.