Imagine a married couple and their 7-year old son walk into a restaurant to enjoy a meal on a Sunday afternoon. They are delighted by nice tables and customer service, yet they can’t enjoy their food because the seats are filled with ashes and left over cigarettes. Many locations in the United States are suffering from unsanitary conditions including parks, agencies, and bars, among others. Cities like London have been enforcing laws against this, and “In a survey of the top 500 companies, 79% of personnel directors said they had no smoking areas” (British Medical Journal). Although this may be considered a violation of rights in many countries, truth is nobody desires to be in an environment surrounded by the foul smell of smoke and tobacco left …show more content…
Truth is those friends are the ones motivating you, or like the Honor-in-Action Health awareness course states: “So if others around us decide to eat unhealthily, then we are more likely to eat the same way.” The same concept applies for smoking in this case. Others say that cigarettes have never harmed anyone around them, and the course previously cited says “you are likely to find many studies stating that conventional foods are healthy for you and that the pesticides, fertilizers, and GMO’s used to make your food will not affect your health negatively.” While they are referring to food, the exact concept applies for tobacco. The fact that there is no visible physical damage at first does not mean that the health of smokers and second-hand smokers won’t suffer over the years. Perhaps the most used excuse by smokers themselves is that they can’t stop or control their “need”. The Honor-in-Action Health awareness course, however, suggest that “A little strategic planning ensures you never need to fall into those emergencies” and strongly encourages anyone with a goal in mind to “Make a list,” therefore planning ahead to keep themselves busy from falling into smoking. This proves that there is no excuse for smoking in public when the smoker can control his/her