Ban Cigarette Smoking

Cigarette Smoking Should Be Prohibited In this modern world, there are many places in public for everyone to be entertained, study, and socialize together. Besides that, a good environment in communities is the main concern for all people. It allows people to maintain their health, such as breathing and movement of blood cell in the body consistently. However, there are a lot of factors that might be harmful to everyone’s health such as hazardous chemicals, effects of radiation, and especially cigarette smoking. It not only effects people who smoke, but it also causes a serious problem for non- smokers and damages the environment in society. Due to its negative habit, cigarette smoking has to be banned in all public places. For many centuries, many smokers have considered cigarettes as a small part of their lives. Moreover, they also claim that smoking everyday will help them relax, get rid of stress, and work better for brain function. However, not all people realize the negative effects of cigarette smoking will damage their health seriously. Many scientists have proved that smoking is dangerous for health. In other words, it will cause heart disease, lung cancer, bronchitis, asthma, emphysema and other illnesses that relate to cigarette smoke as well. According to the
Issue and Controversies article, “The WHO based its recommendation on a study by California's
Environmental Protection Agency, which asserts that cigarette smoke causes lung cancer, heart disease, adult asthma, premature birth and sudden infant death syndrome, and might also contribute to breast cancer”(“Update…” para 27). As a result, many people will suffer from these consequences of smoking. The reason for this is cigarettes contain a large amount of chemical substances which damage the cells in human body. As, authors Qamar, Wajhul, and Sultana explained, “The most damaging effect of the cigarette smoke has been found on the lung epithelium is cell death. Toxicants are known to cause disruptions in architecture and functions of lung epithelium can lead to enduring alterations in lung physiology and progression to chronic diseases.” (Qamar 500). As a matter of fact, lungs are the most important organs because they allow humans to breathe. The main function of lungs is fueling oxygen in the body and eliminating carbon dioxide. Many scientists explain that cigarette smoke is the biggest problem today that threatens people’s lives and this controversial issue is something that Health Care
Department is really concerned about. Another reason for banning cigarette smoke is the effect of cigarettes on non- smokers. Especially, secondhand smoke is extremely harmful for children, pregnant women, older people, and others as well. For the people who smoke, they tend to argue that the restriction on cigarette smoke is not fair and it takes all their freedom away. However, a fact that they don’t understand is cigarette smoke causes health dangers to non-smokers. According to a case study,
“The seven-year, ten-country study shows exposure to passive smoke increases the risks of respiratory disease by thirty percent and lung cancer by thirty four percent, and it also shows the risk to children increases rapidly with greater exposure can lead to cancer”( "New Evidence…” para 2). In the same way, it increases more dangers to non-smokers that are in contact with people who are smoking a cigarette nearby. For example, bartenders, waitresses, and waiters are the victims of the secondhand smoke, because they stand in the bars and restaurants for a long period of time. It is unfair for people who work in these environments because they risk their health the most. Secondhand smoke is a major cause of non-smokers diseases in organs and results in the same cancer as regular smokers. Therefore, it is difficult for people to maintain their health in harmful habits. It is also dangerous for many non-smokers who are choosing not to be involved with smoking. As the reports in European study said, “The results strengthen the belief that breathing in other people's smoke is hazardous, and the exposed to tobacco smoke every day for many hours are nearly four times as likely to contract lung cancer later in life as those who were non-smokers”( "New Evidence…” para 3). The key point of this report is to highly recommend all smokers around the world to quit smoking. It is not only protecting people’s lives but also respecting everyone in all differences places. There is also a significant effect of cigarette into the environment. Not only does cigarette

smoke effect people’s health, it also effects on the environmental pollution. Smokers usually

don’t notice that a thousand of chemical substances are released in the atmosphere when they

start to smoke a cigarette. Obviously, this will cause air pollution as people continue smoking

non-stop every day. In addition, the problem is not just the air pollution. It shows that people

who smoke are not responsible. For instance, smokers throw their cigarette butts anywhere they

want without thinking about any consequences of that. As the result, it pollutes the water and the

land. Many fishes and other sea animals die due to lack of quality of water, and many plants do

not grow because of bad soil. All of these issues are caused by the chemicals from the cigarettes

to the water, air and land. It damages the environment and people lives. As author Wingerchuk

explained, “From the large array of environmental risk factors that have been examined over the

past century, infection with Epstein-Barr virus, ultraviolet light exposure vitamin D status, and

cigarette smoking stand out because of the strength of supporting evidence” (Wingerchuk 221).

It is clear to see how the environment is being threatened day by day. For these reasons, the

tobacco industry should take the negative effects of cigarettes into consideration, and try to

decrease the amount of cigarettes that are being produced. Besides that, quitting smoking is hard

for smokers at first, but it can be improved by starting a good plan, time management, and other

effective methods nowadays that suit for them best. To quit smoking does not only maintain

people’s health, it also helps people to save their money. All smokers usually spend a lot of

money to buy cigarettes. Instead of buying this unnecessary thing, the money could be spent on something else, such as donations or other beneficial items. That’s why people shouldn’t have to

waste money like this. Finally, cigarette smoke effects society through health issues, damage to the environment,

and it causes secondhand smoke which is harmful to other people, especially children. Besides

that, there is no such logical argument that has proven that smoking is beneficial for anyone.

Even though some people might claim that cigarette will help to relieve stress, they don’t realize

the consequences later on. Smoking cigarette is an unhealthy habit that can deeply impact

people’s lives and the environment. In fact, each person should have the responsibility to protect

the environment in their communities. Staying strong, healthy, and active are the main purposes

for people to quit smoking so that everyone can enjoy their lives peacefully. With all the

supporting arguments given above, these are the reasons for opposing cigarette smoke. Together

with all the concerns for society, cigarette smoke should be banned absolutely in all public

places.