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. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays smoking is globally considered as one of the main reasons for people's serious diseases and deaths. There is a calling from the general public for an absolute ban on products related to

tobacco

.

This

essay will,

firstly

, analyze some points agreeing with the given statement, and

secondly

, consider the negative side of

such

a restriction. To start with, one of the disturbing factors of consuming

tobacco

is that cigarette smoking is the major factor for

lung

cancer

. As

tobacco

products are widespread and affordable to purchase and as more people begin to smoke, rates of

lung

cancer

have risen dramatically, accounting for millions of deaths around the world per year. At

this

point, it is

also

worth mentioning that a significant number of

lung

cancer

deaths are caused by secondhand smoking. When a non-smoker is exposed to

tobacco

fumes emitted by a smoker, he/she inhales thousands of chemicals, which cause the risk of

health

damage. Over time, secondhand smoke sufficiently increases the exposure to

lung

and breast

cancer

for non-smokers.

On the other hand

, while the

tobacco

-free proposal supports some fundamental human rights, including the rights to life and

health

, it can be met with an outcry of

tobacco

users claiming that

this

prohibition violates their rights to self-determination and privacy. Some people cope with the stress in life and find their relief by smoking, without putting in jeopardy other people’s

health

, and admittedly, not being concerned about their own

health

, particularly in virtue of the lack of self-awareness. Another thing to take into account is the struggle the smokers will face once deprived of

tobacco

, which might lead to

decline

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a decline

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in the nation's mental

health

.

Thus

, relevant education initiatives would be an important mechanism for raising public awareness and providing mental support for smokers. In conclusion,

this

essay supports the idea of banning cigarettes and other

tobacco

products due to the priority of decreasing the number of illnesses and lethal cases caused by smoking and maintaining people’s healthy lifestyle. It is recommended that government and public organizations

also

use soft power, initiating more educational activities related to the topic of smoking and its harmful effects on

health

in order to achieve the goal of a

tobacco

-free world.