In recent years, many governments have brought in laws to ban smoking in public places, such as bars, restaurants and offices. To what extent do you agree or disagree with banning smoking in public places?

Nowadays, some governments have prohibited smoking in
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community like in workplace, restaurants and so on. I strongly agree with banning smoking in public
places
because of some reasons and in
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I will support my view with examples. Smoking causes 90 per cent of all lung cancer deaths but we should bear in mind that
smoke
does not just affect the smoker, but
also
other people around the smoker. It releases toxic chemicals into the air like arsenic and
benzane
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benzene
which turn non-smokers into victims.
For instance
, imagine someone is smoking inside a restaurant, it is not very pleasant or healthy to smell
smoke
while eating in the same place.
Moreover
, smoking creates a poor environment to study or work.
In other words
,
smoke
can be a distraction as some people like to study in
library
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or work in
workplace
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without being annoyed with
second
-hand
smoke
.
Also
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workplace will be affected as some employees
smoke
while working disturbing the other employees who do not want to be annoyed with
second hand
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smoke
.
On the other hand
, some argue that forbid on smoking is against the rights of a smoker. They say it is not against the law, so individuals should have the freedom to
smoke
wherever they wish.
In addition
, they believe a ban would possibly drive many bars and pubs out of business since a significant number of bar’s customers are smokers. To sum up, smoking increases health risks and I believe that it should be banned in public
places
. Banning smoking in public
places
can reduce the number of death and disease infection.
However
, there should be special
places
where smokers can
smoke
freely.
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