Smoking is a major cause of serious illness and death throughout the world today. In the interest of public health, governments should ban cigarettes and other tobacco products. Do you agree or disagree?

Smoking is a threat to human

health

.

Hence

, some people advocate a prohibition on cigarettes and other related products. I agree that smoking should be restricted and that the

tobacco

industry should be regulated.

However

, a total ban is too extreme because it will damage personal freedom and decrease tax revenue for the

government

. Admittedly, smoking is harmful to one’s

health

and should be restricted. It causes various

health

issues, damaging smokers’ respiratory and cardiovascular system.

Moreover

,

second

-hand smoke is equally bad for other people around smokers. These

health

risks will not only create illness to individuals

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but

also

add extra burden to the public

health

system.

Therefore

, it is reasonable to discourage smoking and limit the expansion of the

tobacco

industry.

However

, imposing a total ban on cigarettes and

tobacco

products is damaging an individual’s freedom. Smoking, like any other recreational activities, is a personal choice. One can be advised but should never be forced to lead a certain lifestyle.

This

is a basic human right.

In addition

, banning

tobacco

products is going to eliminate a profitable sector, which contributes significantly to tax revenue for the

government

. Around the world, cigarettes are already being taxed heavily as a measure to discourage purchase.These tax revenues are used to build infrastructures and maintain a

health

system, which benefits everyone including non-smokers. If

this

money were gone, the

government

will face a fiscal shortage and have to look for other sources of taxation, which may press other industries and sectors. In conclusion, smoking is not good

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and should be restricted. But imposing a ban on the whole industry does not make sense.

This

will only damage

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right and cause a series of other problems for the

government

.

Thus

I disagree with

this

kind of extreme proposal.