Smoking in public place
I would like to put my opinion about this topic. I think smoking has become very common and fashionable,
especially among young boys. This habit usually begins at school when boys try
to experiment with every new thing that they can lay their hands on.
Despite the warnings given by doctors about the
ill-effects of smoking, people continue to smoke. Smokers are addicted to it,
and even if they want to, they cannot refrain from picking up a cigar or
cigarette and puffing away. Some youngsters smoke for the sake of society and
some feel that would make them appear liberated and broadminded.
Tobacco companies are doing very well all over
the world. Every packet of cigars or cigarettes has a warning inscribed in it cigarette smoking is injurious to health." Yet the smoker never reads this
warning and even if he reads it he never pays heed to it.
The government raises the price of tobacco every
year. This is usually done to discourage people from smoking. Smoking can be stopped by a strong will power and every person
has the capacity to give it up once he sets his mind at doing so.
Final thoughts. I must add that despite my argument for banning smoking in public, I do support a person’s right to smoke in private settings where the impact on other people is controlled and negligible. My position is that with the use of controlled substances comes the responsibility to respect other people’s health.
