Smoking in Public Places

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Smoking in public places - to smoke or not to smoke? This is the question of the day. Indeed, smoking in public places becomes the issue of primary concern, and the society seems to be divided into two camps, - those, who consider smoking in public places to be allowed, and those, who adhere to the opinion that smoking in public places should be banned. As far as it is difficult to support one's opinion with having no clear understanding of the problem, the aim of this paper is to bring the light upon smoking in public places, and to increase awareness of people concerning smoking. Thus, to avoid biases, the paper presents the opinions of both people from 'pro' and 'con' camps, and persuades that smoking in public places is dangerous, and therefore, should be banned. The vast majority of people like the idea that smoking in public places is not allowed. This ban gains support from both smokers and non-smokers. For example, being the non-smoker, I hardly can imagine the non-smoker, who wants to be a second hand smoke. Those, who present their arguments against smoking in public places, often bring in support the claim that being a second hand smoke is even more dangerous than to smoke. Moreover, there is an opinion that the decision to consume poisonous toxins can be the free choice of a free person, but to force other people breathe the air poisoned with smoking is an intentional crime. Besides, health factor is also an important one. The physicians consider that the link between smoking (both smoking and second hand smoke) becomes considerably stronger, and therefore, putting ban on smoking in public places will allow to reduce risk factors to minimum. At the same time, there are smokers, who consider that such a ban will allow them to refuse from their bad habit or, at least, will reduce the quantity of cigarettes they smoke per day. For example, my father
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