There is no need to explain all the smoking-related hazards for a smoker 's health, as the majority of people who smoke are well informed about them. However, millions of individuals all over the world start or continue smoking every year. Taking this into consideration, a lot of people, including smokers as well as nonsmokers, might argue that "whether you smoke or not is a personal choice, and whether you think smoking is bad or not is also a personal choice" (Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee 57). Obviously, in a civilized society every individual should have a freedom of choice. According to Esherick (2014), "No one puts a gun to a nonsmoker 's head and says, "Try this cigarette or I 'll kill you", and most people
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However, have you ever thought of negative effects and irreversible harm of smoking that people around you are exposed to? "The price of freedom in a free society is responsibility for the consequences of one 's actions" (Schaler 10). Therefore, it is of paramount importance in a free and civilized society that smokers "recognize their responsibility to consider the wishes of nonsmokers to be free of smoky air" (Pampel 70). Unfortunately, the majority of smokers do not consider that they disregard other people’s health by smoking in front of building entrances, i.e. apartment buildings, office buildings, and other places on the …show more content…
Therefore, the first thing that you should think about when lighting up another cigarette in front of building entrances and other places in the street is health risks that people around you will be exposed to due to second-hand smoking. Statistical data from numerous epidemiologic studies and researches clearly indicates increased risks of coronary heart disease and even acute coronary events "even at the lowest exposures to second-smoke" (Committee on Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Acute Coronary Events 4). In the United States, second-hand smoke "leads to an estimated 3,000 lung cancer deaths and 62,000 coronary heart disease death annually" (Owing 146). Hopefully these shocking figures will make you think about the consequences of smoking in public places, won 't
However, have you ever thought of negative effects and irreversible harm of smoking that people around you are exposed to? "The price of freedom in a free society is responsibility for the consequences of one 's actions" (Schaler 10). Therefore, it is of paramount importance in a free and civilized society that smokers "recognize their responsibility to consider the wishes of nonsmokers to be free of smoky air" (Pampel 70). Unfortunately, the majority of smokers do not consider that they disregard other people’s health by smoking in front of building entrances, i.e. apartment buildings, office buildings, and other places on the …show more content…
Therefore, the first thing that you should think about when lighting up another cigarette in front of building entrances and other places in the street is health risks that people around you will be exposed to due to second-hand smoking. Statistical data from numerous epidemiologic studies and researches clearly indicates increased risks of coronary heart disease and even acute coronary events "even at the lowest exposures to second-smoke" (Committee on Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Acute Coronary Events 4). In the United States, second-hand smoke "leads to an estimated 3,000 lung cancer deaths and 62,000 coronary heart disease death annually" (Owing 146). Hopefully these shocking figures will make you think about the consequences of smoking in public places, won 't