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This 3 page paper discusses why smoking in public places should be banned. It includes a discussion of the effects of smoking on the health of children and seniors; and the bans on smoking in the workplace, restaurants, and transport. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the impact on childrens health; the impact on the health of older people; and smoking in restaurants and on public transportation. Discussion It appears that many smokers truly do not
understand how offensive the habit can be to non-smokers. Not all non-smokers are bothered by it, but many are, and they have decided that they would prefer not to have
to smell smoke or inhale it while they eat or travel. This has led to wide-spread bans on smoking in restaurants and on planes and trains. Smokers argue that prohibiting
them from enjoying what for them is a pleasant way to end a meal or enjoy a trip is unfair, but the problem is that smoke cannot be confined. When
a smoker lights up, everybody in the restaurant, classroom, airplane, train car, auto, office, etc., knows it. Because second-hand smoke is offensive and dangerous, the only way to control it
is to ban smoking entirely, even though it interferes with the smokers right to choose. Legislating behavior is generally not something desirable, but in this case, it appears that it
might be the right thing to do, not because of the fact that many people find smoking unpleasant, but because it carries significant health risks. Children: The risk to children
comes largely from secondhand smoke, derived from the tobacco products their parents use (Needlman). Secondhand smoke, which is also called "environmental tobacco smoke," remains in the air "for hours and
days" (Needlman). Because the smoke particles are "too small to see," the air is full of them even when it looks clear (Needlman). "Even if you only smoke in one
room, the smoke particles quickly filter all throughout the house" (Needlman). There are more than 400 chemicals in cigarette smoke, many of which "irritate the nose, sinuses, middle ear, and
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