I support smoking bans. I am so happy a lot of countries are banning smoking in public places. I don't smoke cigarettes but I grew up in a house of cigarette smokers. I am proud to say that tobacco smoking is one habit I did not pick up. I'm sure everyone has smelled that unpleasant odor of a cigarette, whether you are a smoker or not. The smoke you are inhaling is considered secondhand smoke, which is not good for you. "Exposure to secondhand smoke remains an alarming public health hazard" (Msn.com). I don't understand how something that is well known to kill people is legal. Smoking has bad effects. Exposure to secondhand smoke can cause an individual to have an asthma attack. Preschool aged children are also at risk for new cases of asthma. Although smoking is a person's right, it is also an inconvenience to us non – smokers being exposed to the dangerous risks of our health and our children's health. Some smokers have no respect for non-smokers. Cigarette smoke is a well- known air pollutant.
             Secondhand smoke is when a nonsmoker involuntarily inhales cigarette smoke. Second hand smoke is just as bad as actually smoking a cigarette. Secondhand smoke can be very hazardous to a non-smokers health. "Secondhand smoke can cause harm in many ways. Each year in the United States alone, it is responsible for an estimated 46,000 deaths from heart disease in people who are current non-smokers, about 3,400 lung cancer deaths in non- smoking adults, worse asthma and asthma–related problems in up to1 million asthmatic children, between 150,000 and 300,000 lower respiratory tract infections (lung and bronchus) in children under 18 months of age, with 7,500 to 15,000 hospitalizations each year, and in the United States, the cost of extra medical care, illness, and deaths caused by secondhand smoke are over $10 billion per year" (Cancer.com).
             Some advantages of banning smoking in pu...