Across the country, public places such as libraries and museums are now smoke-free environments, and restaurants are required to have separate smoking and non-smoking section. Some smoke-free advocates are now campaigning to ban smoking in all restaurants and bars. Do you think this is a good idea? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.
Smoking is a common thing around the whole world that a lot of people do. Elders smoke, adults smoke, and unfortunately, even some teenagers smoke. There are so many people who smoke that in some public places, for example restaurants, are required to have separate section for smoking and another section that does not allow smoking. The good thing is that libraries and museums are smoke-free. I believe that since libraries, museums and other public places are smoke-free, it would be a terrific idea if restaurants all around the country ban smoking.
I believe that smoking is very bad for you. It even states that “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says cigarette smoking is responsible for 151,322 cancer deaths annually in the United States. Most of those - 116,920 - are from lung cancer.” (Risks of Smoking) Even though there is proof that it could harm a person, many people still put their body at risk. When a person smokes, they not only affect themselves, but people around them. When a person smokes, they leave second-hand smoke in the air, causing others to breathe it in. “Smoke that is exhaled not only contains the same dangerous contaminants as inhaled smoke, but the exhaled smoke particles are smaller, so that they can reach distant sites in the lungs of involuntary or passive smokers and do great harm.” (Risks of Smoking) Now, that other person is affected as much as the person who chose to smoke.
Let us just say that a person, a man, decides to go to this restaurant to eat some lunch. This man likes to smoke and he at least needs to smoke three times a day. The man enters the restaurant and goes to the designated smoking section. While he waits for his meal, he decides to smoke a cigarette. As all of this occurs, the air vents begin to circulate the air throughout the whole restaurant. As the man is smoking, he is unconsciously spreading second-hand smoke because the smoke goes through the vent; therefore the second-hand smoke travels throughout the whole restaurant. Even though the restaurant has an area designated for people who smoke and an area designated for non-smokers, the man has just made the whole restaurant a smoking environment.
Even though people might not agree with my opinion on smoking, nothing those people can say will make me change my mind. If you want to smoke, I believe that you should do it in the privacy of your own home, not a public place, like a restaurant. Think of all the little children out there. There are too many of them of them around and they go to places like restaurants just like adults. You could ruin a child’s health if you go around smoking in public places. The reason they end up with lung cancer would be because you decided to smoke. Also, think about people who do not smoke. Most people, me included, hate the smell of smoke and if I am by a designated smoking area, my hate for it increases. If smoking was banned, you would be doing a favor for those who cannot stand the smell of it.
In conclusion, a smoke-free environment could help our children obtain fewer diseases. No one would have to worry about unconsciously inhaling second hand smoke when going out for a meal. Some people would not have to deal with something they hate. People would not have to worry about people who are damaging their health while they dine out in a restaurant. Even though the people who support smoking might end up upset about my opinion, everyone else would be joyous. So, let us make a decision to ban smoking in restaurants. The children are the future, so think of them. Would you want them sick?
Bibliography
“What Are the Risks of Smoking-‘A Reason to Quit Smoking’”.QuitSmokingSupport.com. 2010, October 14, 2010
<http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/risks.htm>
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