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?

It is often argued by some people that their individual rights are snatched away when they are not allowed to

smoke

in public areas, while there are others who welcome

this

restriction. Personally, I believe that these types of bans should be implemented for both the benefit of the environment.

Firstly

, public smoking is bad for public

health

.

In other words

, when a person smokes outside a private area,

then

other people are

also

inhaling the toxic air which could be harmful for their

health

. One of my uncles,

for example

, recently passed away due to lung cancer because of passive smoking. Because he always used to be around his best friend who was a chain smoker, my uncle had sadly been exposed to all the toxic air from the

smoke

.

That is

why, I firmly believe that more than individual freedom, the society's

health

should be given more importance by strongly restricting

such

actions.

Secondly

, smoking in public could be a bad influence for the

next

generation. To be more specific, teenagers could look at adults who

smoke

outside and may become eager to try it out.

For example

, my own cousin brother started consuming cigarettes at the age of thirteen. All

this

was because he had been looking at people smoking outside and at a point, he had become desperate to try one on hi

s

Suggestion

of

own.

This

is why, I think that smoking outside of private spaces should be restricted or even banned for the benefit of the generation to come. In conclusion, I stand firm on the fact that anyone who smokes in public areas should be penalized for doing so, and that individual freedom is only secondary.

This

is because the toxic air released from cigarettes could be dangerous to public

health

.

Also

, people who

smoke

in public area could be a bad influence for young people like teenagers.