In many countries, smoking is now illegal in public places. Many people believe that such a ban is justified. Do you agree or disagree?

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argue that the authorities in many nations are justified in imposing a strict ban on smoking in public

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essay totally agrees with that statement because public

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are where most

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’s health can be adversely affected and those who

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in the company of many others will set a bad example for young generations. The first reason why it is imperative that

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be fined or punished for their acts in public

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is that puffing a cigarette in those

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can put the majority of

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’s health at risk.

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is because public

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are where a huge number of pedestrians, cyclists or office workers prefer to gather, and ,

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, allowing one man or woman to

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at his or her disposal in public

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is akin to exposing many others to passive smoking, which in turn leads to more respiratory diseases

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as lung cancer or breathing problems.

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why almost no restaurants or hotels in Vietnam allow their patrons, visitors and staff to

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in public, but ,

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they would offer private rooms for

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with a view to preventing them from doing harm to other

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. The second reason is that adolescents may model themselves as

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in public

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. As juveniles at impressionable ages are prone to mimicking what adults can legitimately do

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as drinking or tattooing, the image of lighting a cigarette and creating a bubble from it stylishly in front of their awestruck friends can tempt youngsters into trying smoking first and

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becoming compulsive

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.

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, allowing more adults to

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in parks, shopping malls or game centres frequented by young

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may lead to a higher young proportion of smoking addicts in the future.

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, many high school students in Vietnam are reported to secretly take up smoking after seeing their fathers or other family members puff a cigarette in crowded

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. In conclusion, prohibiting

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from smoking in public

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is justifiable because that would protect the public’s health from second-hand

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and deter young

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from becoming future

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