In some
countries, people are no longer allowed to smoke in many public places and
office buildings. Do you think this is a good rule or a bad rule? Use specific
reasons and details to support your position.
The question about
whether people should be allowed to smoke in public places is the one that is
open for debate. All people can be devided on two groups: smokers and not
smokers. Smokers agree that they do not benefit the society by smoking, but
think that they should have some special places in office buildings or public
places where they can smoke. However, others believe that smokers should not be
allowed to smoke in any places except their own apartments. Personally, I
completely agree with the last opinion. For the following reasons, which I will
mention bellow, I think that smokers should not contaminate the air other
people breathe.
The first reason for
this is that smokers not only damage their own health but actually cause damage
to the health of others. Scientists say that people who do not smoke, but
regulary breathe in the smoke of cigarettes, so-called "passive
smokers", poison their health more then smokers themselves. For example,
when I was a student I lived with the roommate who was a chain smoker. First I
did not know what to do, I smelled that smoke everywhere and I could not
breathe freely, but in a few weeks I got used to it. Now I think that I was a
real smoker because of the fact that I regulary breathed in so much smoke.
Second of all, I think
that people should not be allowed to smoke in public places and in office
buildings because this rule will force them to quit. Smokers will have to quit
smoking or at least will do it less often and this benefits all people smokers
as well as not smokers.
Finally, smoking in
public places contributes to the growth of number of smokers because many
people seeing smokers may feel a desire
to take a cigarette and join them. The advertisement of cigarettes is already
prohibited by the law and I think it is a good sign because many people become
smokers only because they see other people do it.
In conclusion, I think
that this rule will benefit the society of every country and our world on the
whole.
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