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This is a topic in which the world will never agree. Between health fanatics and the 75,284,986 smokers in America, no one will ever win the argument. The votes show that the majority of people say no. But think about it. In 1950, was it a big deal? Did anybody care about health problems related to smoking?
Just because you discover that cigarettes may or may not cause cancer, doesn't mean that you can tell the world how to live.

If a smoker wants to smoke in a public place, it may seem rude to non-smokers that populate the area, but, is it not rude to tell someone that they can't smoke because it bothers you? What happens when a smoker starts saying that their rights are being infringed upon by non-smokers? If you are a legal age smoker, how would it make you feel if someone told you that you had to go to a designated place just because you are wanting to legally smoke a cigarette that you paid for with your hard earned money?
How long have people been using tobacco. Was cancer non-existent 100 years ago? Why is it that? If tobacco causes cancer, why didn't it back then? Could it be that a group of avid non-smokers decided to plot some sort of conspiracy? When the big tobacco companies started up, did they start adding in more powerful carcinogens? Would people be that corrupt? All of you non-smokers, that can't stand to even see a cigarette, what would you do to stop smoking all together. Fear is a powerful thing, and that's what drives people to include warnings on cigarette boxes, and to have anti-smoking commercials. To scare the American public out of smoking.
If someone told you that they had discovered that milk caused some kind of deadly disease, would you never consume dairy products again? If a new study supposedly proved that the Internet can cause cancer, would you be outraged if you saw commercials telling you the Internet was dangerous. There have been tons of studies linking cellphone use to brain cancer. Are you going to stop using your cellphone. What if some health fanatic, wanted to impose a new bill stating that cellphones can't be used in public areas. It's a ludicrous concept, I know. How different is it from banning smoking in public areas?
America, land of the free. Slaves to the ideas and opinions of others. This article isn't meant to negate reasons for banning smoking in public areas. This article is aimed towards the fact that if you want to smoke, you should be able to, without persecution. Until tobacco is illegal, it should be able to be used whenever, and wherever the legal age smoker deems appropriate. If you are in a public area where there is a smoker present, and you are an chronic asthmatic, carry around a little mask, and put it on if it bothers you so much. Don't tell the person that they don't have the right to smoke the cigarette that they paid for, or even have the audacity to tell them that they have to go elsewhere just because you don't like it. The world doesn't work like that. Sorry but no one said life is fair.

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