Should smoking be banned or not?

Smoking has become common and considered a trend now with people completely ignoring the fact that it is quite harmful for one. However, even if one wants to, smoking cannot be completely banned. Where it has its disadvantages, smoking is beneficial in its own aspects as well. These include factors that involve the government, the labor and the public as a whole.

Smoking is known to relax those who know how to endeavor the pleasure it gives. In addition, one can concentrate more if you smoke and that is why many students smoke during their study hours. Another party gaining benefits of smoking is the government in every country. It is a fact that these governments make profits via the levy tax imposed on cigarettes. This money is then used to serve the public in form of amenities such as schools and hospitals being builds.

In addition to this, the tobacco business it self has many people employed underneath them especially in countries like Zimbabwe that are not strong regarding their monetary issues. If the industry is banned, these people will suffer on a larger scale. Being unemployed on such cases would be problematic not to only one person but that persons’ whole family. This means that the hundreds of people who will stand unemployed will have at least a family of four to be responsible for.

Where we believe in independence, it is the case when it comes to smoking as well. One should see that if they are in a No Smoking area, they should avoid it at all costs but should have the freedom to smoke whenever they want. Everyone knows that smoking is injurious to health and if they continue it, it is their choice not any one else’s. You cannot tell a person to quite and even if you do, it is ultimately their decision to stop smoking not yours.

As for the disadvantages associated with smoking, the diseases related are bronchitis, heart diseases and severe cases of lung cancer as well. In addition, the government has to invest a lot of money because of the number of people who need treatment because of the cigarette related diseases. Passive smoking is another problem that has been causes alert. This means that people who do not smoke and spend excessive time with those who are smoking can be victims of health issues as well.

Even though it is believed that smoking should be ultimately banned, it should be every individual’s personal decision whether they should quit smoking or not. Because you cannot stop every single person from smoking no matter what ban you put on him or her.

Therefore, it is not a question whether smoking should be banned or not, it is an understood factor that it cannot be banned because if it were about one or ten persons it would have been easy but as the question is about the billions involved all over the world, it a case that is impossible to commit to.

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