To start with, those in favour of smoking ban claim that they should not be the aggrieved when it is a matter of health, especially when we recognize that the good health is the single most cherished human’s possession. Passive smoking proved to be more dangerous than normal one, because people inhale more toxic fumes from the air that is exhale by regular smokers. And people simply do not want to risk getting ill, and consequently suffer from serious smoking related diseases, such as lung cancer or asthma.
What is more, regular smokers can actually benefit from smoking prohibition. Due to the fact that they will not be able to smoke in their workplace and place like restaurants and pubs they may be more motivated to get rid of their bad habit. Which may result not only in the reduction of health hazards to involuntary smokers but also it will, in the long run, improve the smoker’s own well being.
Whatever the benefits may be, there are still those who perceive the smoking ban as a interference in their freedom. They believe that they have every right to do whatever they want to wherever they want to and this includes smoking. However it can only be true as long as they do not harm others, and by smoking in public places they actually become a threat to passive smokers.
Another argument against introducing smoking ban is that smokers form a kind of community, and they smoke because it in a way helps them to socialize and feel more at ease. Of course one may say, that smokers should be kept together, and that there should restricted arias for those who smoke. On the other hand, by introduction such measures smokers may feel that they are being discriminated against or excluded from taking part in normal social life simply because of their habit.
All things considered, it can be concluded that even though smoking ban may be regarded as a kind of restriction of smokers’ freedom, it is unthinkable that this freedom can exist at the expense of those who do not wont to smoke. This proves to be a difficult problem as both parties are convinced of their rights, still it certain that sooner or later they will have to reach some kind of compromise.