The government should ban smoking in all public places, even though this would restrict one's freedoms. Do you agree or disagree.

Smoking in public has always been a contentious issue. Governments around the world have introduced limitations or outright bans to public smoking, while other authorities have adopted a more lenient attitude towards it. Some believe that restrictions on smoking in public infringe on individual freedoms, but I disagree with

this

idea.

First

, it has been a well-established fact that smoking is very harmful. It is one of the leading causes of lung cancer and cardiovascular diseases, and it remains a public health issue in developing countries. Introducing a ban on public smoking can limit opportunities to light up, and can be an indirect incentive to quit smoking altogether.

For instance

, smoking can be a social activity where smokers gather on a table and light up while chatting, drinking or watching a game on TV. Some may argue that

such

a ban is a restriction to individual freedoms, but I do not believe that anyone is free to indulge in harmful activities to themselves.

In addition

to

this

, smokers do not harm themselves only when smoking.

Second

-hand smoking is a serious public health problem that can be directly addressed through restrictions on public smoking.

For example

, children, the elderly, and people with asthma can suffer from the effects of inhaling

second

-hand smoke, especially as the smoke coming out of the tip of a cigarette is unfiltered,

therefore

they may inhale even more toxic fumes than the smokers themselves.

This

alone is a good justification to introduce bans on smoking in public, as nobody is free to risk the health of others. To conclude, I think that smoking in all public places should be banned, because not only do people who smoke harm themselves, they jeopardize the well-being of others as well. No one is free to hurt others or themselves in different ways, and I believe that the same logic applies to smoking as well.