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In some countries, people are no longer allowed to smoke in many public
places and office buildings. Do you think this is a good rule or a bad rule?
Nowadays people are more aware of danger of second smoke. Therefore, a
controversy has been arisen that whether governments should restrict people
to smoke in public. The issue involves a conflict between our right as
individuals to freely do whatever we want and the duty of governments to
protect their citizenry from potential harm. In my view, our societal
interest in preventing the harm that exposure to second smoke takes
precedence over the rights of individuals to smoke liberally.
Admittedly, those who advocate unbridled smoking behavior might point out
that since cigarettes are legal commodities, governments should respect the
right of smoking. However, this right is not absolute, nor should it bother
other people. Personally, I believe forbidding smoking in public places and
office buildings brings much good than harm due to two reasons as followed.
First of all, smoking behavior is indeed harmful to a society. When a person
smokes, the air one exhales contains nicotine, which is a toxic chemical that
may increase the chances of others of developing lung cancer. In fact,
according to many medical reports, smoking does much harm to people who are
exposed to second smoking than to the smokers. Consequently, authorities
should protect the right of not be exposed to harmful environments rather
than the right of freely smoking.
Secondly, I believe that exposure to smoking behavior is very likely to cause
similar behavior, especially to children. Both common sense and our
experiences with children inform us that people tend to mimic the behavior
they are exposed to. They might misunderstand smoking as an expression of
mature, without knowing the hurtful characteristics. Therefore, it is
governments’ responsibility to protect immature people from potential
contamination.
In conclusion, the advantages of prohibiting smoking in the public outweigh
its disadvantages. Exposure to such behavior tends to harm society and its
citizenry in ways that are worth preventing, even in light of the resulting
infringement of our right of doing whatever we want.
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