By the end of this year more people will die from second hand smoke related deaths than the average crowd at a Major League Baseball game. Secondhand, or passive smoke, is an insidious killer that is harming people, pets and, are environment. It’s of great importance to take note of the fact that second hand smoke can cause cancer. It is just as deadly if one is exposed to it for prolonged periods of time. A smoker should take extreme caution whenever they are engaging in their smoking activities because they owe it to the general public to take care of anyone and everyone around them who does not smoke.
Individuals have fallen sick thinking that they are suffering from a normal cough. They have then gone ahead to put off going to a hospital for lengths of time only for them to get worse. It is usually a sad case when they go to see a doctor and they are told that it is too late to salvage the situation. These individuals are often left wondering how they got to suffer from cancer having never smoked a day in their lives. The facts are that secondhand smoke is responsible for many of the same diseases as if the sufferers had smoked the cigarettes themselves. These diseases …show more content…
It is also important to note that these smoking zones are not islands cut away from everyone else but actual parts of the city cordoned off. It is only evident that when people pass by these smoking zones, they get into contact with second hand smoke. I would like to argue that second hand smoking should be prohibited and make restrictions to the smokers when they smoke in public. Many people don’t realize the true seriousness of how the second hand smoking (SHS) can affect not only to our human beings, and pets but also, to the environment and