Smoking not only harms the smoker, but also those who are nearby. Therefore, smoking should be banned in public places. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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It is well known that smoking is injurious to one's health.
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, in a general sense, passive and not just active smoking is equally harmful. Many activists are looking to coax the Government to pass laws to ban smoking completely in public places. I completely agree
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with
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point of view, smoking in public places has more disadvantages than any advantage at all. Public places like hospitals, malls, schools, markets include people of all age groups - the infants, children, teenagers, adults and
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older
people. Smoking in these areas result in harmful gases being emanated in the
air
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and
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is the same
air
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that people in close proximity to the smokers end up breathing in. Pregnant women can be severely harmed by breathing in
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oxygen. It can cause birth deformities in their babies. Not only that, many studies have shown severe cases of bronchitis and asthma develop in an older population that consumes the
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that has
cigaratte
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
cigarette
smoke mixed in it. If cigarette butt is left unattended, there is
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a high risk of fires and
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rightfully, smoking has been banned in closed public spaces
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as hotel rooms and
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.
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, smoking is just
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act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
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and every citizen has the right to breathe in clean
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. To conclude, if we have to safeguard public health and to foster a healthier society for the future, it is imperative that the Government takes strict measures to ban smoking in common areas and heavily penalizes for anyone breaking
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law.
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