| Alongside the constant effort to encourage more | | | | well. Smoking increases illnesses and illnesses lead to |
| smokers to quit smoking is the ever-present question | | | | absenteeism. Employers would serve themselves in |
| as to whether smoking should be banned in public | | | | promoting a smoke-free office. The fact that the |
| places. A lot of arguments have stemmed from this | | | | chance to smoke is greatly lessened is one way to |
| topic and many a friendship has ended because of this | | | | keep employees healthier. On a similar note, the |
| debate. Here are some of the strongest arguments | | | | employer is also duty-bound to protect other |
| for banning smoking in public places. | | | | non-smoking employees from those hazards of being |
| The most common complaint and the most obvious | | | | exposed to tobacco smoke. A ban on smoking in the |
| reason would be the effort of tobacco smoke on the | | | | office is definitely one way to solve all these attendant |
| surrounding environment. Now, this includes a wide | | | | problems. |
| range of things. There is the natural environment to | | | | Finally, banning smoking in public places helps the |
| look out for, and the health of the people in the | | | | person desperately trying to quit smoking actually quit. |
| immediate surroundings. Studies have shown that | | | | Triggers left by second hand smoke, which include the |
| passive smokers suffer a great deal more than is | | | | smell of the tobacco smoke in general, the smell left on |
| imagined and this is a big reason why a push for | | | | clothes and other people's persons, and the general |
| banning smoking in public places is so important. Adults | | | | view of smokers, push the temptation to light up even |
| constantly exposed to cigarette smoke have been | | | | further to the forefront. Opinions given often show that |
| found to be more susceptible to developing the same | | | | people trying to quit smoking feel that they would be |
| smoking-related illnesses as the smokers themselves. | | | | greatly encouraged by an environment more |
| Cancers, lung disease, and asthma are the most | | | | conducive to their new, cigarette-free lifestyle. Thus, |
| common diseases. Even worse, cigarette smoke in | | | | banning smoking in public places also helps increase |
| public places also harms children. Asthma and middle | | | | the number of quitters. |
| ear infection are the most noted illnesses of children | | | | Generally, the feeling is that public places are places |
| exposed to second-hand smoke. Finally, the | | | | for everyone; hence, there should be some |
| environment is also a victim of passive smoke as this | | | | responsibility to ensure each person's freedom. One |
| adds to pollution- a problem that is already an | | | | aspect of this freedom is the right to inhale fresh air |
| increasing point of alarm worldwide. With all these | | | | and not to be exposed to harmful health hazards. |
| facts in mind, banning smoking in public places seems | | | | Passive smoking, no matter how far away still |
| like the most logical preventive measure. | | | | appears harmful to most. And this is the most basic |
| Other reasons often heard have to do with work as | | | | reason why smoking should be banned in public places. |