Smoking

             Smokers have rights too, and they should be able to smoke in all public places. A public place is a place where the public which includes people who smoke can be allowed to stay. Therefore it would be illogical to not allow smokers to be able to smoke in a public space. There are numerous reasons which support this issue such as that smoking is legal, the consequences to smokers which may occur and that not all smokers are the same.
             Smoking a cigarette is not illegal; it like many other things is legal. The government has been known to rely on the revenue received from smokers. The high taxation placed on cigarettes has been placed as way to discourage smokers but also act as a high form of revenue for the government. With the money received from cigarettes the government can use the money to improve hospitals, schools, roads, defense and etcetera. This money has greatly benefited many people unknowingly. Without the revenue which is received from smoking tobacco, many government funded organizations would be in poor states. Children would be endangered from this; there future would be jeopardized as the public school may not have enough funding to provide the facilities which are needed. This is as not all children may be able to go to a private funded school. Hospitals would be in poor cases due to the lack of funding and as a result numerous people could die. Tobacco is a major form of revenue for the government and many of its facilities, through banning it in public places, this money would be reduced.
             Banning smoking in public places may seem like an action which would lead to few harmful consequences but this is untrue. From the banning of smoking in public spaces smokers may be forced to go to isolated areas. This may seem harmless but these areas are isolated. This would mean that if there was any sort of trouble there the smokers would be helpless as there would be no one around to aid them. However this would not be
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