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US smoking ban - why cigarette smoke should be banned

America should ban smoking too

The US and smoking

Some smokers may feel they have the right to smoke, but non-smokers also have the right to be disgusted with the rude, ignorant, sloppy, and inconsiderate people who smoke.



Some countries have banned smoking in public places, but America has yet to follow suit. Smoking is an extremely unhealthy habit. Burning just one cigarette releases over 4,000 chemicals into the air.

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27-5-2008I agree with you that not all smokers are low class, but unlike misinformed older generations, we know now that smoking is a drug habit. In reality, it shouldn't be viewed as a privilege. The only reason it's still legal is because of greed. Since it is legal, then it should be allowed in a...morejust my opinion
27-5-2008It is extremely unfair to class all smokers as "rude, ignorant, sloppy and inconsiderate". this is ridiculous as are all broad statements stereotyping certain social groups. I am a smoker and take full responsibility for my health, as an individual, if I choose to damage my own health who ...moreTommy G
23-5-2008I certainly have many objections about how my tax dollars are spent. There are many lazy and dishonest people who are working the system instead of working for a living. I was just addressing the smoking issue here as I know some people who don't take care of their health but continue to smoke...moreglad I quit
23-5-2008glad I quit, I don't like paying tax for people that eat and drink too much, ignore social problems completely, watch sport all day long and smell. How about those?SuperBambinoCattivo
23-5-2008There's a lot I don't like about cigarettes but as a taxpayer I don't like paying for people on disability and government assistance programs to smoke them.glad i quit
30-4-2008Im not a smoker, but to catagorize all people that do smoke to be sloppy and inconsiderate and all that other stuff isn't fair. Not all smokers are like that.Rascal
08-12-2007Criminal Justice Major We've had this arguement in the United Kingdom, But what about the rights of non smokers in both America and England to be able to go where thy want without having to breath in exhaled smoke and to have the smell of tobbaco clinging to our clothes.Rights work in both di...moreThe real anon
04-12-2007Sine when the hell did are enviroment became a big thing to corporate america?Genevagore
14-11-2007I think smoking should be banned because it hurts the enviornment and the people around the smokersdfgtyr
13-11-2007yes we should ban ciggarets there are bad for our envirementhi
12-11-2007ban smoking in public places!!! end of story. get cancer on your own time and don't share. if I wanted to die an early death as a wrinkley, skin spotted, hacking up shards of my lung 40 yr old- I would support public smoking- but somehow it just doesnt sound so appealing. thanks anywaypublic courtesy 101
15-10-2007What you ex-smokers and non-smokers don't realize is that when you vote to take away smoking in all public places you are also taking away from your fellow citizens rights. This country is supposed to be a free country and you who think you are better than us smokers decide how we should live b...moreCriminal Justice Major



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