Reasons To Ban Public Smoking In The United States

Cigarettes and other tobacco products should be made illegal because of the economic effects, addictive properties, secondhand smoke, and can lead to disease and/or death.

Policies like the ones being implemented have very positive effects on the states that they are operating in and should be applied to all states. Smoking today is at an all time low, and this is primarily due to the extensive policies implemented to battle the effects of smoking.

Smoking has become a health hazard to the world today, and there is no better way to settle the problem other than executing illegal smoking. Smoking causes approximately 40% more pollution than diesel car exhaust and is the leading cause of pollution due to its fine particulate matter. Former Professor in medicine, Anthony Rebuck states, “There is a triple threat[danger]… to human health… and it is due to people smoking.” Even though society

-U.S Department of Health and Human ServicesThroughout the United States, smoking has become very popular amongst all ages. Smoker’s have become very open and public about the issue. But as time goes on, smoker’s are starting to smoke in public. Many people are unbothered by this, but others are disturbed. They are mostly cautious about smoking in public because many have health problems that can be triggered by smoking. Although I can’t tell you what to do with your body, I still believe that smoker’s should not have the right to smoke in public places. One reason is that you introduce others to secondhand smoking. Another

@In America there are few topics which the general public has both fought against and supported for an elongated period of time such as the one of smoking laws. Back in 1964 the first surgeon general’s report on the adverse effects of smoking was published (1). Only a year had passed since the reports was published when the first law was set in place, the (cigarette labeling and advertising act of 1965) was the first of many laws that would be passed over the last 60 years (1). By 1971 the surgeon general had proposed a federal ban in public places followed by a report in 1972 that talked about the effects of secondhand smoke (1). Arizona was the first state to restrict smoking in public places but was soon followed by Connecticut and Minnesota. A few years later in 1986 the surgeon general released a report which focused on the consequences of secondhand smoke the report claimed that secondhand smoke was the cause of lung cancer in healthy nonsmokers. That same year the national research council issued a report on health consequences of involuntary smoking, as a result the American’s for nonsmokers rights became a national group. By January of 2014, 28 states had enacted statewide bans on smoking in all public places, with a few exceptions such as bars or other such places but there are laws that prohibit smoking in all 50 states in one form or another. Currently the limitations of where one may smoke are not the only laws that have been set in place. Currently tobacco is

Cigarette smoking is one of the worst possible things you could do to your body. Cigarettes kill roughly “480,000 people a year in the United states” according to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). So why do we still allow them to be sold? Why are we advertising cigarettes in a way that makes younger people want to start smoking? How is that the government know for a fact the cigarettes cause serious health and death, but still does almost nothing about it? In this essay I am going to tell you the facts about why cigarettes should be banned in the U.S. I'm going to talk about the effects smoking cigarettes has on the human body. How smokers cost the healthcare system almost 200 billion dollars a year. And how tobacco businesses are spending billions of dollars a year to keep people smoking

Before we get into the argument of whether smoking should be allowed in public places or not, we first need to break the concept of smoking down to the beginning. First, let us answer the question of “what is smoking?” Smoking “refers to the inhalation and exhalation of fumes from burning tobacco in cigars, cigarettes and pipes” (Smoking). It was first used in the 1500s by the natives of the Western Hemisphere for religious rituals and medicinal purposes (Smoking). Next, we to answer the question of “what is considered a public place?” According to US Leal, a public place is “generally an indoor or outdoor area, whether privately or publicly owned, to which the public have access by right or by invitation, expressed or implied, whether by payment of money or not”.

Do you know anyone that has/does suffer from a smoking related issue, that has never even touched a cigarette in their life? The problems that develop from smoking a cigarette are widely known and many people think it is harmful to smoke, but people never think about the harmful effects from inhaling second-hand smoke. Many smokers smoke in public areas every day. Not only are they inhaling all of the deadly chemicals, but so is everyone else around them. Being around a smoker too often and inhaling all of the chemicals and tobacco from them, can cause you to get many types of cancers and possibly even cause death. For these reasons, smoking in public places should be one hundred percent prohibited (Smoking).

According the Virginia Department of Health, one in every five deaths may be attributed to smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke (Smoking -Attributable Deaths in Virginia). The risk of inferior health caused by smoking in public establishments is truly intolerable. The banning of smoking in public places would benefit everybody and should be imposed everywhere because it would reduce the risk of health problems to non-smokers, reduce the number of smokers all together, and reduce the amount of valuable money tax payers spend on smoking related expenses.

Although smoking is seen as a right of freedom, it has numerous consequences that not only damage smokers. According to David M. Ludington, “Cigarette smoke is the most dangerous of the toxic elements in our environment. Smoking is responsible for almost 500 000 deaths each year in the United States” (1). For the reason that many citizens are not well informed with the effects of smoking, the United States has a high death rate per year. The act of smoking in public should be banned, for it can influence any uninformed individuals to acquire the habit of smoking, which leads to future health risks. Smoking imposes hazardous health problems to anyone nearby, and inclusively contributes to various environmental and social problems.

A. Every wonder why people smoke? Is smoking really healthy for them? How much does it cost an individual to smoke? What are the costs to society when people smoke? These are all questions that can easily be taken care of by banning cigarette smoking. It is really a disgusting sight to see a woman with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth. It is equally bad to see children with smoking cigarettes.

While most people think if they exercise and make better food choices they will be healthy, that is not always true. Sometimes other people’s choices affect not only themselves but others. As a result of people choosing to smoke in public places, which ultimately affect everyone, the government has initiated certain laws to protect the people who choose not to smoke. Restricted access to smoking in government buildings has become limited due to these laws. The government controls smoking to their extent on different federal and state properties. In addition, they have regulated smoking in certain areas due to certain factors.

A similar case occurred in California where a law has been passed prohibiting smoking in certain public places. “The state law prohibits smoking in most enclosed workplaces including offices and restaurants. Gambling clubs, bars and taverns are exempt until January 1, 1998 or until state or federal regulatory agencies have set standards which limit the amount of smoke in these areas to such a level that is found to e safe, whichever comes first” (OCAT). This law was soon passed and almost all restaurants and bars became non-smoking for the public. An identical law was passed in New York called the Smoke-Free Act that banned smoking in almost all the restaurants in the city (OCAT). Erie County, NY banned smoking in open-air arenas, lobbies, and all enclosed places of employment. Also, bars must limit their smoking section to only 20% of the whole bar (OCAT). Limiting smoking in areas like bars and restaurants would lead to the assumption that the business will also be limited. On the contrary though, “researchers at Cornell University found that a smokefree policy for restaurants attracts more business—and revenue—that it drives away” (Cornell). Contrary to belief, cutting out the smoking completely in some public places had a more economically beneficial effect rather than a harmful one. Smokers seem to be able to go smoke-free in public areas to comply with the non-smoker’s point of view. Researchers Stanton

Should smoking bans be a law in every public place worldwide? Would you like to go out to eat with a friend and have the person right at another table smoke near you? I think not, I wouldn’t like it at all. They’re not only harming themselves, but everyone nearby. How much knowledge does this person have on the smoke they are inhaling? Everyone is at risk, adults, children, and even pets. Second-hand smoke can be prevented. Why allow this to happen in our world, if you want to smoke do it on your own time away from others who do not wish to inhale your smoke.

In 2014, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated that 16.8% of the population were smokers in the United States down from 42.4% in 1965, the first year the CDC started tracking that figure (“Trends in Current Cigarette Smoking Among High School Students and Adults, United States, 1965–2014” cdc.gov). Smoking bans are partially to thank in addition to education efforts for the plummeting number of smokers in this country, however, smoking bans in public parks should have no part in the effort to end tobacco dependency. Smoking bans in US public parks should be illegal because it would be extremely difficult to enforce, it limits individual liberties and ostracizes people, and the negative health impact to others outdoors is