Many office authorities impose a restriction on smoking within the office premises. Some governments have even banned smoking in all public places. This is a good idea but it takes away some of our freedom. What is your opinion?

Use of tobacco products has become popular after the industrial revolution. Cigarettes are so cheaply available that people do not bother to think about it before lighting

one

in every minute. Society is engaged in very long debate, whether smoking should be banned completely in public places or not. Some argue that it would

encroachment

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encroach

to

one

's

freedom

, while others support

this

idea. I think smokers should be allowed to

smoke

only in designated areas away from the public. According to world health organisation, smoking is

biggest cause

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the biggest cause

of oral and lung cancer. Even

second

-hand smokers, people who inhale

smoke

releases by smokers, are equally prone to the disease.

Therefore

, looking at

this

risk, smokers and non-smokers should be segregated. In countries like the United States of America, designated smoking areas are built and smoking in public places is banned and fines are imposed if anyone is found using cigarettes in public place. While it may be easy to argue that banning smoking is intruding to

one

's

freedom

. But forcing

one

's

smoke

to other non-smokers

is

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are

even a bigger crime. Advocates, who fight for the ban

of

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on

smoking, ask that why should an innocent bystander suffer from the

smoke

released by smokers?

Therefore

, it can easily be concluded that banning smoking is

public place

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a public place

is not attached to

freedom

; it is rather imposing the right of

freedom

. With above points, in conclusion, it can be concluded that with alternative options for smoking location made available, smoking can be banned at all public

location

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locations

without creating any controversy.