Smoking Should be Banned in Public Places

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Smoking Should Be Banned In the Public Places
Introduction
Many countries today have taken the bold step to ban the act of smoking in the public places. This is not just for the effect it has on the smokers but also the non-smokers who in these case span from children, pregnant women to other persons that may develop complication due to the habit. Researchers have indicated that the habit is highly associated with the development of cancerous tumour in the smokers and even in the non-smokers. The recent past has seen the rise of the prevalent of the cancer menace and this is just one of the many steps that the various governments are taking to make sure their citizens are mildly affected.
Background
Smoking is an addictive habit that the smokers have developed. As such, they will occasionally feel the urge to light a cigarette regardless of the environment. Other than the fact that the smoke from the cigarettes contains compounds that lead to the deadly cancer disease, cigarettes have also been known to cause fires and accidents where the victims are not just the smokers but also the non-smokers who in this case are always the innocent bystanders. The stiff laws have also been met with stiff objection with one part of the population feeling that they are initiative and retrogressive. Some cite the fact that, the law will also hamper industries like tourism, leave alone the effect the laws will have on the massive taxes that are collected from the tobacco industry. Those against the habit also feel that the banning smoking in the public places will greatly reduce the amount of disease burden that is experienced in the economy at the moment and thus the losses that will be incurred from the loss of tax can be recuperated from the reduced financial liabilities from health complications in the society. This can be sustained as young generations, the unborn and the pregnant mothers are protected from the population related to the second-hand smoke. By extension, there is the positive reduction in the carbon dioxide in the air, as one of the green house gases produced in the smoke.
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