According to a piece of research made by some universities, most of 55% of the people in western countries usually smoke at least 5 cigarettes each day. Most government has tried to tackle the problem although they didn’t get any valuable result, for this reason, a new idea is wondering around people: the production and sale of cigarettes should be made illegal. But is it a wise choice?
We’re used to thinking that, if something is illegal the people aren’t going to do that, but this could be true in an ideal world, unfortunately, our society isn’t perfect and often people can break the law to fulfil their necessities. For this reason, making cigarettes illegal will feed the illegal market, leading smugglers to sell cigarettes illegally. This is the same scenario of cannabis, even though in most countries buying marijuana is completely illegal, people are still able to use it, due to the drug smuggler; so making cigarettes illegal, will bring us in the same situation. So is it a good solution? Definitely Not! So what we can do to help people to give up smoking?
If we look at some measures that some countries have taken, to contrast people who smoke, we can learn that raising the price for a pack of cigarettes could work. In the UK a pack of cigarettes cost nearly 13 pounds, this could be a huge amount for a lot of people, thus they are going to give up to save money. Another good way is to show to people the bad effect of smoking, and how this can be harmful to themselves and other people.
In conclusion, even though thinking about making cigarettes illegal looks like the best choice, if we analyse all the possible scenarios behind this thought we can simply understand how this isn’t, for sure, the right thing.
According to a piece of research made by
some
universities, most of 55% of the
people
in western countries
usually
smoke at least 5
cigarettes
each day. Most
government
has tried to tackle the problem although they didn’t
get
any valuable result,
for this reason
, a new
idea
is wondering around
people
: the production and sale of
cigarettes
should
be made
illegal
.
But
is it a wise choice?
We’re
used
to thinking that, if something is
illegal
the
people
aren’t going to do that,
but
this could be true in an ideal world, unfortunately, our society isn’t perfect and
often
people
can break the law to fulfil their necessities.
For this reason
, making
cigarettes
illegal
will feed the
illegal
market, leading smugglers to sell
cigarettes
illegally
. This is the same scenario of cannabis,
even though
in most countries buying marijuana is completely
illegal
,
people
are
still
able to
use
it, due to the drug smuggler;
so
making
cigarettes
illegal
, will bring us in the same situation.
So
is it a
good
solution? Definitely Not!
So
what we can do to
help
people
to give up smoking?
If we look at
some
measures that
some
countries have taken, to contrast
people
who smoke, we can learn that raising the price for a pack of
cigarettes
could work. In the UK a pack of
cigarettes
cost
nearly
13 pounds
, this could be a huge amount for
a lot of
people
,
thus
they are going to give up to save money. Another
good
way is to
show
to
people
the
bad
effect of smoking, and how this can be harmful to themselves and other
people
.
In conclusion
,
even though
thinking about making
cigarettes
illegal
looks like the best choice, if we
analyse
all the possible scenarios behind this
thought
we can
simply
understand how this isn’t, for sure, the right thing.