In many countries, smoking is now illegal in public places. Many people believe that such a ban is justified. Do you agree or disagree?

Many countries now have laws that prohibit smoking in public places,

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as the park, bus stop, or the train station. The laws are well accepted and supported by its citizens, citing that it is a fair rule. I agree that there is a need for a law that ban smoking in public places for two main reasons, the public

health

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and

government

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responsibility. There are many reasons for making smoking in public places as an illegal act, but the main one is probably because of the major public

health

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risks. Smoking in public or open places increase adverse

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risks, not just for the smokers themselves, but

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to the

passerbys

a person who passes by casually or by chance

passerby

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passerby's

. The act creates many passive smokers, allowing people walking in public areas to inhale the smoke without their consents,

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making them susceptible to diseases related to smoking,

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as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or even lung cancer. Many researches have been done to connect public smoking to the rise of pulmonary or oncology diseases.

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to the public

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risks of smoking in public, the other reason is that

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has a responsibility to improve the living

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conditions

of its citizens by creating a cleaner environment and air to breathe in. Open air is a right

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of

every

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citizen

, it should not be contaminated by only a group of people.

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, the

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has the responsibility to help the citizens who do not want to inhale

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smoke

because they choose not to smoke in the

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place, but

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inadvertently does

so. The

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has to make rules that benefit the many and not the few, while

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considering the future generation. It is important that children who often be in public places to not be exposed to

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smoke

and nicotine, for the reason that

smokes

a person who smokes tobacco

smokers

can make the children sick and that it can make them assume that smoking is a cultural norm, the latter

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will create more generations of smoking addicts, creating

more diseased

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most diseased

people. In conclusion, prohibiting smoking in open spaces or public places is an act justified for the reason that the public

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is an important aspect that the elected governments swore to protect, and to prevent future generations from smoking addiction in the

first

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place.