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?

It is well known that smoking is injurious to one's health.

However

, 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

to

Suggestion

with

this

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

the old

Suggestion

older

people. Smoking in these areas result in harmful gases being emanated in the

air

and

this

is the same

air

that people in close proximity to the smokers end up breathing in. Pregnant women can be severely harmed by breathing in

such

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

air

that has

cigaratte

finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

cigarette

smoke mixed in it. If cigarette butt is left unattended, there is

also

a high risk of fires and

hence

rightfully, smoking has been banned in closed public spaces

such

as hotel rooms and

airplanes

.

Besides

, smoking is just

displeasant

act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

displacement

and every citizen has the right to breathe in clean

air

. 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

this

law.