Many people say that smoking should be banned while others say it is not a good idea. What is your opinion on this?

Banning smoking is a controversial issue as many

people

strongly support

this

ban while others disagree with it. It has been around for centuries and in many countries, public smoking is prohibited and against the law while it is open in many other countries. There are discussions and arguments about whether smoking should be banned completely or not.

First

of all, smoking is detrimental to health. It causes lung cancer which ultimately leads to death. It might take a long time to show symptoms but it always happens.

Secondly

, it is a waste of

money

as smokers spend a lot of

money

on

the

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cigarette. Addiction to smoking leads to addiction to marijuana,

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etc. Eventually, addicted

people

get involved in different types of crimes. They start collecting

money

by stealing, lying and robbing and the severity of the crime keeps on increasing.

Moreover

, smoking not only harm the smoker but

also

the

people

around them. Recent studies on smoking suggest that passive smoking is as harmful as active smoking.

On the contrary

, the tobacco industry is the source of huge tax for the government. Government makes the best utilization of the tax

money

by building schools, mosques,

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streets etc. Thousands of

people

work in cigarette-related industries and

this

creates huge job opportunities. If smoking is banned completely, these

people

will become unemployed. Another vague benefit of smoking is that smokers believe smoking refreshes their minds and relieves them from tension and stress, though it has not been scientifically proved. Some

people

think that banning smoking is like imposing

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on

people

's freedom and they completely oppose the idea of imposing restrictions on smoking. Up to

this

point of view, we see that there are opinions for and against the banning of smoking. I believe, the government should think rationally and wisely before they make any decision about prohibiting smoking. Personally, I believe that public smoking should be prohibited and any violation of

this

rule should be penalized but a complete ban on smoking should be made slowly and with proper planning.