The best way to prevent people from smoking is to impose high taxes on tobacco products. In this way, people will be less likely to develop a long-term addiction to smoking. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays, a great deal of attention has been paid to smoking habits. Some

people

insist that authorities should

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up

taxes

on

tobacco

products to prevent smoking. I strongly agree with

this

opinion because it is impossible to motivate human beings

by

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punishments, and there are more efficient solutions to prevent addiction to smoking.

To begin

with, the first reason why I support

this

is that punishments,

such

as high

taxes

are not the best way to motivate

people

to change. It is evident from

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research that punishments do not encourage

people

to change, but rewards do.

Therefore

, authorities have better tell how good events will happen when

smokers

stop smoking. As a matter of fact, the number of

smokers

has increased for several decades in Japan, despite the

tobacco

tax has rose to around 60 per cent in 2020.

In addition

to

this

,

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another reason why for supporting

this

is that there are far better ways to address

this

.

For example

, electronic cigarettes, which are less harmful

for

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mankind and less addictive, should be introduced. In fact, 20 per cent of

smokers

in Japan transfer to electric

tobacco

from ordinary

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, and they are satisfied with it.

Furthermore

, heavy addicts have better go to see a doctor, since

tobacco

addiction is curable. Thanks to the development of medical studies,

smokers

are able to quit

tobacco

addiction with medical

supports

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.

This

is more effective and faster than imposing

taxes

.

To conclude

, I reiterate my complete disagreement

to

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the topic.

This

is because high

taxes

are

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not limit

people

's actions, and there are more efficient ways to address

this

including

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electronic cigarettes.