No doubt, smoking should be banned in public areas.

Anyone should be able to walk into their favorite restaurant or bar and not have to inhale smoke the whole time. Smoking is a habit, not a necessity.

It isn't fair to people who don't smoke to have to be inhaling smoke for 90% of they day when they are out and about shopping and going out to eat.

Where I live, there is a smoking ban in all public places, and it is really nice. You don't have to worry about inhaling smoke. I can go anywhere, a bowling alley, and restaurant even a bar and not have to worry about smoke flowing all over me.

Plus, second hand smoke is worse that actually smoking! If the smoker is using a filtered cigarette, the smoke that goes into their body is cleaner than the smoke a person getting it second hand would get, which poses a major health concern for everyone around. It's not fair to non-smokers to have worse effects from smoking than the smokers.

The only problem with placing a smoking ban into effect is enforcing the law. As long as the law is enforced everyone can benefit from a smoke free environment.

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