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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Smoking in public has recently become an act of violation in several nations and a number of people think that it is a good idea to ban it.
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essay agrees with
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idea because it
prevent
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us from deadly substances in cigarettes and
improve
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air
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quality environmentally and socially in the community.
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with, it is widely known that smoking
posing
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threat
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a threat
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to our
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bodies
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especially our
lung
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in
a
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long run.
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is because the substances inside cigarettes
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as tar and
nicotin
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nicotine
are notoriously harmful. The more we
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to these lethal compounds, the greater
it
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they
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accumulates
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and slowly
deteriorates
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deteriorate
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lung function resulting in many diseases
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as allergies, COPD or lung cancer.
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, a report from WHO shows that
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of people with breathing
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, namely COPD,
often
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excessively surrounded
with
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by
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cigarettes
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cigarette
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smoke in their
life
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lives
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. Another reason why smoking should be banned in
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apply
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shared communities
because
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it
worsen
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the
air
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quality and
create
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smell disturbances. Clearly, it pollutes the environment with its by-products which are ashes and
smokes
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smoke
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that disperse into the
air
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. Socially, getting disturbed by smelly burning
fume
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fumes
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can
spoiled
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the vibe of
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the surrounding
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surrounding
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.
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, China
are
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one of the
top rank
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countries with the most polluted
air
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index in the world which major factor that
contribute
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contributes
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to
create
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creating
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danger
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dangerous
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micro
dusts
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dust
specks of dust
clouds of dust
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are surprisingly from smoking
ciggarettes
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cigarettes
.
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, smoking
cigarrettes
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cigarettes
publicly can bring about several airway-related
sickness
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as well as
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create
air
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pollution and I,
therefore
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, believe that it is the right action to ban smoking in public.

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The introduction and conclusion are present and effectively frame the essay.
coherence cohesion
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    • Sentence 1 - Background statement
    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • secondhand smoke
  • prevalence
  • respiratory issues
  • environmental pollution
  • litter
  • healthcare costs
  • smoking-induced illnesses
  • encourage smokers to quit
  • public health improvement
  • justified
  • public spaces
  • exposure
  • non-smokers
  • inconvenience
  • younger populations
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