Should Cigarrette Smoking be Banned?
Should one engage in illicit smoking of cigarettes? Long a hotly contested issue with detrimental effects on health and society, smoking cigarettes Though some argue that smoking is a personal choice and that forbidding it would violate people's liberties, the overwhelming evidence of its negative consequences points to a ban on cigarette smoking as absolutely necessary. This essay argues that cigarettes should be outlawed since smoking seriously impairs health, strains the economy, and ruins the environment. Health hazards of smoking Smoking cigarettes is the main avoidable cause of mortality worldwide. Millions of people worldwide, according to estimates made by the World Health Organisation (WHO), die from smoking-related ailments including lung cancer, heart disease, and respiratory difficulties. Secondhand smoke affects even non-smoking people, therefore raising their risk of identical medical problems. Stopping smoking would help non-smoking as well as smokers avoid these av...