Should Smoking be Banned Completely?

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Romika said:   10 years ago
Yes, I completely agree with statement that smoking should be banned. It is very injurious for our health it causes many diseases. Government has banned Maggi because it is injurious for health but why doesn't they ban cigarettes it is 100 times more harmful than Maggi because they are getting taxes from it.

But government should ban smoking by keeping in mind that it is harmful for people not only smoker but also who are nearby of smoker.
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Rohan said:   10 years ago
Smoking should be banned because smoking is injurious to health smokers by giving money they are buying lot of problem as the tobacco contains dangerous chemical like Nicotine Jar etc. The govt should banned the MGF industries of producing smoking products no doubt the govt getting the taxes but 5 times of that they are spending to health department. The person smoking is waste of money.

He should spend that somewhere to do the social things the god had given better life why should we destroy our life. Smokers says that by smoking they can relieve the stress and tension the every person is having tension in life so smoking is not the solution we should face the problem in our life.
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Latesh Shownkeen said:   10 years ago
Smoking should really be banned completely from society because it has harmful effects which is deteriorating the quality of youth. Its addiction is the major reason for spoiling the student community and unhealthy life as well as physique. People become drug addicted and due to this many diseases surround them.
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Ankit said:   10 years ago
Yes its a common topic of discussion from years, and almost every non smoker is in the favor of banning the cigarettes, alcohol and all those products that are harmful. But the surprising fact is that still government has no objection on its supply and manufacturing. It has some genuine reasons.

First of all the people are now so addicted to smoking that if government tries to make a quick decision of banning these product, this will encourage the black market of such product and at the same time the addicted people may find other offensive way to harm themselves and others as well.

Second is loss of revenue for the government. These products contribute a major part of total revenue for the government due to high tax on them.

Last in my points but not the least is the unemployment caused by closing these industries. A number of farmers, workers, small shopkeeper and street vendors are earning their livelihood from these industries. They will become helpless and unemployed.

According to me slow and steady removal of addiction is the solution to this problem. Eliminating these industries with awareness, law and punishment is a better way than banning it at once.
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Latesh Shownkeen said:   10 years ago
The companies who manufacturer these cigarettes and harmful substances should be closed off. They are harming the society as well as they are minting money of the youth and degrading the quality of youth.
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Ashish Bhonsale said:   10 years ago
No I strongly disagree. Smoking should not be banned completely. It will make the addicted people mad and they would indulge themselves into wrong activities.
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Latesh Shownkeen said:   10 years ago
No. They will be stable enough. They would learn slowly to live without cigarettes. They will be troubled for some days but finally they will be alright and would get rid of their smoking habits. Their health should enrich and they will be come better humans.
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Anjleee said:   10 years ago
Dear,

As we all know that every coin has two sides same as in this point smoking, some people say that it gives them relief in the stress and anxiety and some of view is that smoking is not only affect the smoker but also them who does not take it because it mixed with environment and become harmful.

So it should be taken but with view of others and our own health in very limited manner. We should follow the policy too avoid smoking in public place. So in the end I would like say nd clear my views that smoking should not be completely stop or banned because it is harmful but also have some benefit too which may give satisfactions to the people.
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Janardan Dhavan said:   10 years ago
Hi friends,

I think tobacco should not be banned. Because even though tobacco banned the addicted person should get it from black market. It affects the bread and butter of farmer who is growing tobacco in its farm. There are lot of people who are earning their livelihood by selling tobacco product, lot of people working in tobacco industry they will be unemployed.

So to banning of tobacco completely is not a right solution we have to find another solution to get people aware of drawback of tobacco.
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Muhammad Aslam khan said:   10 years ago
Well others have already given their opinion mentioning some pros and cons but lastly solution matters. So heading to solution the followings are things ought to be done:

1) What I personally believe a person can't stop smoking only on instructing him pros and cons side. So uprooting this habit we have to work on ground level i.e. school children. Taking them to cancer hospital and have conversation with emotionally strong patients regarding it's effect on social life like he may advice "When your family needs you most, you are not there".

2) Incorporate "How to tackle with pressures, tensions etc". Chapter with the Human Values subject being taught in schools and give it an important part of scoring like ratio 30:100, so that the students can inculcate theory in life by regular reading for exams.

Practicing above said lines will establish a strong will to youths from not only going for cigarettes but also for ill stuffs like alcohol, drugs etc. And make themselves healthy, wealthy and wise.
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