Someone said cigarettes must be banned because smoking kills people.. Well, so do guns and alcohol.. AND CARS! It's scary how people have nothing better to do but judge people 24/7 while trying to make them more like them or if that doesn't work - remove them from society. I've quit smoking years ago and I have no problem with people smoking.
About the lung cancer - the truth is that no doctor can tell whether it is caused by smoking or not.

High percentage of lung cancer victims are non-smokers. In some years the percentage is higher than that of smokers. It's not about second hand smoking.. Whatever the cigarette smoke has can also be found on every highway or large busy street - minus the nicotine (which is not harmful to humans.. Actually it's pretty close to caffeine - and that we all enjoy). So, just because you don't like the sight of a smoking person that doesn't mean he or she must be punished for it.

While smoking is banned, it is a persons own choice to start smoking and everyone has been informed of the consequences. That being said the government could put in more regulations to make it harder to obtain cigarettes and thereby making it harder to start in the first place. There are so many people who are already addicted to smoking so banning it altogether would be a cruel thing to do to them.

Worked in a cigarette factory for 14 years and if you only knew of some of the stuff that gets mixed in with tobacco! If you want to harm your own body that's one thing but the people around you should have their rights too! We go out to eat more often now that you cant smoke in public eating places.

No I don?t agree with a complete ban on smoking. But I will be happy with the idea that it should be banned in public places. All of us know that smoking is not good for health. Somebody smokes by their habit but somebody smokes to reduce their work pressure or any type of tension. If smoking be banned in public places we may reduce smoking habit and I think it would be great for other public and even for his/her health also.
In other countries like in UK smoking is going to be banned in public places.

I do think smoking should be banned in public places where there will be non-smokers mixed in. While it would be nice to just kick the activity of smoking out all together, I would be very surprised if anyone could convince people to pass a law banning smoking in apartments and the like, because while problems might occur after that smoker has moved out, that individual is responsible for his or her domain while living there, and so we move into the whole "personal rights" thing, which tends to tick off a lot of people. That's probably why people have only gone as far as compromises, like having rooms that are strictly for smokers or strictly for non-smokers. Referring back to public places, interestingly enough there are some laws in place in various regions that deal with smoking in public areas. Unfortunately, the big problem with these laws is they are never enforced. For example, in Washington state, the Smoking in Public Places law "prohibits smoking within twenty-five feet of entrances, exits, windows that open, and ventilation intakes that serve enclosed areas where smoking is prohibited." This is all well and good, but no one actually cares about this rule. People smoke directly outside of doorways and windows all the time, and there are conveniently placed ash trays right in front of many doors, like an open invitation to stop and smoke there. There is also a rule that if you smoke at a bus stop, you can't smoke inside the bus kiosks, yet I have sometimes been driven from my bench by people smoking inside or just next to it. You can call for laws until the cows come home, but if people don't report violations, or cops aren't around/decide there are more pressing matters to consider, it won't matter. It's a shame, because I would love to be able to walk outside of a building and not be assaulted by smoke.

Today, life is so complex; people have more stress than ever before so many of them find smoking as a solution to relax. As you all know, smoking is harmful, it is dangerous for your health and it even affect to economy so I think that smoking should be banned completely.

Firstly, smoking has been shown to have a bad effect on health. Have you ever wondered that how many people die each year because of smoking? Well, according to World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco kills 5.4 million people a year and it is predicted to kill 1 billion people in the 21st century if current smoking trends continue. People who smoke regularly are easily to suffer many diseases such as heart disease, bronchitis or lung cancer. Moreover, not only smokers but also non-smokers can suffer health problems if they breathe the smoke from smokers around them. Scientists have proved that non-smokers have to suffer the same risks as smokers themselves.

Secondly, smoking also affect to economy. In fact, nobody can refuse benefits that tobacco industry brings to many countries. Governments get profits by taxing cigarettes. Tobaccos industry also provides jobs for people from developing countries. But besides these benefits, the cost of smoking is enormous. People who addict to tobacco pay much money to buy cigarettes a year. A further issue is that governments around the world have to pay billion dollars because of the large number of people who need treatment in hospitals for health problems.

In conclusions, smoking may have some benefits but it has more harm. If anyone who just cares about the benefits of smoking, they should know that every 6.5 seconds, a smoker dies. The world will become better and no more people will have to die because of health problem caused by smoking if it is banned completely. Everyone should not smoke to have a better health for you and people around you.