Should smoking be banned Completely?
Should smoking be banned Completely?
The world is changing and with it the people are changing. They have got different lifestyles, different expectations and different ways of style statement. Don’t be surprised to see when youngsters make Cigarette as their style statement. Seeing the present youth, it is a justified question- Should smoking be banned completely?
Yes
• Smoking and other addictions are undoubtedly dangerous to health. It results in serious health diseases like heart disease, bronchitis and many others.
• Sometimes one cigarette doesn’t kill an individual but kills the entire family. If the earning member is addicted to cigarette then results are fatal.
• There are much larger concerns linked with passive smoking. Why should other people suffer because of smokers?
• Youngsters are losing their way because of cigarettes. It is an easily available product which begins the way to drugs and other dangerous addictions.
• It is just not about physical health problems, but also of psychological problems. People start smoking out of stress but then it ends up making them more dependent and frustrated.
• It affects the environment and also forces government to spend a larger amount on importing medicines and other health machines.
No
• It will hurt government revenues as they make good amount of money by levying taxes on cigarettes.
• There are a large number of people who are employed in the tobacco industry. They will loose their source of earnings.
• It is completely people’s choice to smoke or not. Cigarette is a kind of tobacco and not a kind of drug. So they can decide what is good for them and what is bad?
• If smoking is banned then it will result in the illicit cigarette trafficking. People will find illegal source to buy and have cigarettes.
• It is just another way to relax. People consume junk foods, cold drinks and live in smoke filled polluted environment which affect their health negatively. With cigarette, all these things should also be banned.
• It will force the smokers to find another deadly source of addiction which is nothing but drugs.
Conclusion
Cigarette and smoking is surely not beneficial for health. But then it is a big industry in India and the revenues and jobs coming from the cigarette industry cannot be ignored. It is wise to let people decide that they want to smoke or not.
Discussion
- RE: Should smoking be banned Completely? -Deepa Kaushik (04/12/14)
- Smoking is definitely injurious to health. Smoking causes a number of ill-effects to the individual and to the surrounding environment as well. Though we can give a number of reasons to stop government from promoting cigarettes and smoking, still a sudden complete ban can in turn cause many severe withdrawal symptoms difficult to handle, causing severe health issues in many.
To give a stand in favour of banning smoking, the first and the foremost remains the health concern. Smoking not only affects the health of the person who smokes, but it also results in passive smoking for all those who are forced to inhale the cigarette smoke. the smoke also adds on to the environmental air pollution bit by bit. Cigarettes and similar products are made of tobacco which acts as mood relaxants. But, this in turn is addiction forming and has its effect on the psychological aspect of the individual.
Coming on to the points against banning smoking is the abrupt withdrawal symptoms in the person who is addicted to smoking. Any addiction can be left only by the will power of the individual with gradual tapering doses of the same stimulant. With the sudden ban, such a procedure wouldn’t be possible and the individual will definitely look forward to illegal trafficking of the same.
Though we give ample notes in favour and against smoking, but our Government will never take any strong measure to avoid this health concerning product, as it is the major source of revenue for the economy of our country. Still, on the humanity perspective, though not a sudden ban, we definitely require some strict and stringent measures to help people out of this addiction and avoid coming generations to fall into the same pit.
