SHOULD SMOKING BE BANNED?

Recently, many countries have taken measures to ban indoor smoking mainly because scientific evidence has shown that tobacco smoking is harmful to the smokers themselves and to those inhaling second-hand smoke.

Banning smoking in public buildings, hotels, bars, restaurants, shops etc. intends to protect people from the effects of second hand smoke, which include an increased risk of heart disease, cancer or other diseases. In addition, these measures will decrease health costs, since less people will suffer every year from the above illnesses and therefore less people will be treated in hospitals. Smoking bans could save thousands of lives.

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Additional reasons for these measures include reduced risk of fire in public areas, and more clean places where food, pharmaceuticals or other similar products are produced. Banning smoking will result in healthier environments and better air quality.

Smoking will be only allowed in the open spaces outside buildings, shops, restaurants etc. or specific areas inside places such as airports or offices and smokers will have to go outside or in the specific areas to smoke. It is believed that smoking bans will make it more difficult for smokers to enjoy smoking and, what is more important, they will give ...

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