Many smokers don not like the new by-laws, but others support them. Secondhand
tobacco smoke is a cause of disease, including lung cancer, strokes, heart disease and
asthma, in otherwise healthy nonsmokers.
They should not be able to completely outlaw smoking. If one wants to smoke
they should be able to. Restaurants malls and other public places should have smoking
area's for smokers. It is not that big of a deal to go outside to have a smoke, rather than to
have people breathing in secondhand smoke.
One should not have to absorb secondhand smoke if one does not want to. If one
was considerate enough they would be doing this anyway. Now that they have set up
smoking area's in some places people will not have to breath secondhand smoke.
Many affects are caused by secondhand smoke. More than 25% of the population
have existing health conditions that are worsened and can be deadly when exposed to
secondhand tobacco smoke. Cigarette smoke breaks down the body's barriers to allergenic
substances, thus allowing a smaller amount to produce a bigger reaction. Secondhand
tobacco smoke increases the risk of bronchitis by 46%, asthma attacks by 43%, ear tube
insertions by 38%, and ear infections by 19% in children. These are all good reasons why
Smoking by-laws are a good thing because they allow people who do not wish to
inhale smoke to not have to. The smokers may be mad about this but too bad for them.
People should not have to inhale second hand smoke. All-in-all the law is a very good one.
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