Topic: The use of mobile phone is as antisocial as smoking. Smoking is banned in certain places so mobile phone should be banned like smoking. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

One of the widely discussed issues nowadays is that looking at one's
phones
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is
antisocial
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as smoking and so it is
also
banned in certain
places
. It is undeniable that smoking and wasting
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time by looking at
phone
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has become an essential part of our life.
However
, there is no absolute argument on whether both of them should be banned or limited
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some
places
. A commonly held belief is that even when
person
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surrounded
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with
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a lot of friends,
also
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time
by
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using
phone
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. As evidence of
this
they point to nowadays there is
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concerning problem of technology consuming our daily lives, chiefly
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kids and teenagers, and so I believe must be battled.
Furthermore
, I think that
people
should live
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the moment and not be preoccupied with their mobile
phones
.
Thus
, the idea of banning
phones
in certain
places
like clubs and restaurants can remind
people
that life can not be lived through the pixels of a screen.
On the other hand
, some
people
claim that smoking is inherently antisocial and I don't think that a complete ban on
phones
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good idea.
For example
, they may mention that
people
have made acquaintances or even friends through smoking.
In addition
, smokers go outside, away from most of the others,
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a cigarette with someone in
this
quiet environment can be a good time to get to know someone. The explanation lies in the fact that
phones
should not be fully banned but only strongly discouraged
,
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since they are
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means of
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and extremely helpful in emergency situations.
Therefore
,
people
should not be looking at them constantly when they go out but they should still have access to their mobile in case they need to respond quickly. In conclusion, taking everything mentioned into account in our final analysis we can say that mobile
phones
can be harmful in social interactions and certain
places
should prohibit them,
although
not to the point that they can not be accessed.
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