| Smoking in public places is increasingly becoming a | | | | evidence to show that smoking bans actually help |
| taboo in many places in different countries. In the | | | | reduce the amounts of cigarettes smoked per day. |
| United States alone, public smoking is now prohibited | | | | Employees were even shown not to have a desire |
| in many states than ever imagined a few years ago. | | | | to compensate for this reduced cigarettes during |
| Smokers are fast running out of places to smoke. | | | | breaks such as lunch hour or after work. |
| Whilst some argue that this is an abuse of peoples' | | | | As the bans imposed by anti-smoking laws become |
| rights it would appear secondhand smoke caused by | | | | too wide spread, one can predict that smoking in |
| public smoking is a greater evil. | | | | public places will fast become a serious burden that |
| Most people are unaware of the effects of inhaling | | | | not many would be willing to contend with. From |
| side stream smoke from a passing smoker or in an | | | | enduring long hours in the airport, in the library, at |
| elevator for instance. This ignorance continues to | | | | work, at crowded soccer fields to any such place |
| cost countless lives let alone the unnecessary dollar | | | | where the public comes together it will be really a |
| drain to the public purse through increased public | | | | nightmare. Many will be discouraged from taking up |
| health spending. For this cause it is justifiable for | | | | smoking and for those who already smoke questions |
| authorities to drive smoking in public places into | | | | of sound judgement and irresponsibility will be raised |
| extinction. | | | | in continuing to smoke in light of all these apparent |
| Many countries in Europe have since banned smoking | | | | restrictions. |
| in public establishments such as bars and airports, | | | | On the other hand, in all likelihood tobacco companies |
| libraries and public lounges. Anti-smoking laws with | | | | will not let go of this lucrative market without putting |
| severe penalties have now become the norm. For | | | | up a fierce fight. Even now some tobacco companies |
| instance in the UK, all public transport and buildings are | | | | carry out own research designed to disapprove or at |
| mandated to clearly display no smoking signs. Further | | | | least question some of the mainstream scientific |
| authorities in these buildings are required by law to | | | | discoveries in addition to developing own alternative |
| report any violators failure of which they will be held | | | | tobacco products. As smoking tobacco in public |
| responsible. | | | | places goes extinct statistics show that smokeless |
| Amazingly, research in Canada shows that employees | | | | tobacco products demand is increasing. It is increasing |
| in work environments without any smoking bans | | | | more so at the behest of tobacco companies |
| smoke up to five more cigarettes daily than in places | | | | working hard to recover a dwindling market through |
| with restrictions. In other words there is scientific | | | | restrictive anti-smoking laws. |