Have you ever been to a bar or a public function and wished that the person in front of .
you would just put out that cigarette? It just seems like in today's world everywhere you .
go you see someone puffing away from a nasty cigarette. It gets to be really disgusting .
after a while, especially when a person like myself doesn't smoke at all. With all the health .
problems and sickness in this world, who wants to worry about second-hand smoke? .
Therefore, smoking should be banned in all public areas. .
Smoking damages the health of non-smokers. Second hand-smoking is one of the .
leading causes of death. One in eight related smoking deaths in the United States is from .
second-hand smoke. Someone that smokes has no right to put my health at risk. For .
someone to choose to put toxic chemicals into his or her body and damage it doesn't .
necessarily give them the right to to do the same to my body. A non-smoker has the right .
to live and not have his or her life cut short because of someone else's desire to smoke.
Second, smoking in a public area exposes young innocent children to cigarettes. .
Therefore, they see young adults, family members, or even role models, and think it's ok .
to smoke. As you can see, this isn't the kind of example for children to live by. Children .
need us more than anything. In this world we are their role models. It's our job to set .
the standard in order for them to believe that smoking is no good. .
Also, smoking damages our environment. The growing, processing, and smoking of .
tobacco leaves a negative impact on our local and global environments. The growing of .
tobacco involves the use of large amounts of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. Many of .
these are toxic and some contain known carcinogens (cancer-causing agents).
In less developed countries the use of these substances is often unregulated. As well as .
threatening the health of plantation workers, the chemicals used can often contaminate .
