Smoking in public areas is something that we have all seen. What would happen if this was to be banned? In this essay I am going to discuss few positives and negatives of this. First let us look at the benefits this is going to have. Looking at it from the social angle, the non-smoking population which includes children outnumbers the smoking population and hence majority of the people would be happy and in support of this. Smoking not only affects the health of the person who smokes, but also of the people around that person who breathe that air. Hence, banning smoking in all the public areas would save many non-smokers from this situation. Moreover, young kids are very observant and tend to pick up habits from older people around them. Exposing them to smoking at such young age might make them think that it is normal and not wrong, which inturn might lead them to trying it themselves. However, by banning smoking in public areas we can avoid this. But this also has some negetives. Due to the restriction imposed on smoking in public areas, most of the places like theatres, restaurants, malls etc have the threat of becoming less customer-friendly which inturn might result in widespread economic loss. Moreover, some people say that considering the technological advancements of the present day, children have access to almost everything on the internet and smoking is not something new to them. Hence, banning it in public areas would not bring the difference most of us are expecting. In conclusion, I would like to say that banning smoking from all public spaces might not be the best idea. Instead, every public space should have some smoking zones where people can smoke. By doing so, we are not taking away the freedom of such people and the same time making the public areas less polluted and children-friendly.
Smoking
in
public
areas
is something that we have all
seen
. What would happen if this was to
be banned
? In this essay I am going to discuss few positives and negatives of this.
First
let
us look at the benefits this is going to have. Looking at it from the social angle, the non-smoking population which includes children outnumbers the
smoking
population and
hence
majority of the
people
would be happy and in support of this.
Smoking
not
only
affects the health of the person who smokes,
but
also
of the
people
around that person who breathe that air.
Hence
,
banning
smoking
in all the
public
areas
would save
many
non-smokers from this situation.
Moreover
, young kids are
very
observant and tend to pick up habits from older
people
around them. Exposing them to
smoking
at such young age
might
make
them
think
that it is normal and not
wrong
, which inturn
might
lead them to trying it themselves.
However
, by
banning
smoking
in
public
areas
we can avoid this.
But
this
also
has
some
negetives. Due to the restriction imposed on
smoking
in
public
areas
, most of the places like theatres, restaurants, malls etc have the threat of becoming less customer-friendly which inturn
might
result in widespread economic loss.
Moreover
,
some
people
say that considering the technological advancements of the present day, children have access to almost everything on the internet and
smoking
is not something new to them.
Hence
,
banning
it in
public
areas
would not bring the difference most of us are expecting.
In conclusion
, I would like to say that
banning
smoking
from all
public
spaces
might
not be the best
idea
.
Instead
, every
public
space should have
some
smoking
zones where
people
can smoke. By doing
so
, we are not taking away the freedom of such
people
and the same time making the
public
areas
less polluted and children-friendly.