Should Smoking be Banned Completely?

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ABC said:   9 years ago
According to me, even if the government puts a ban on smoking products, people would still tend to purchase it secretly. Moreover, the authorities involved in this matter would not have a wide reach in every remote corner of the country. Thus, it can't be assured if a country is completely free from the practice of smoking. It is very difficult for a regular smoker to quit smoking. Even a continuous message about the hazards of smoking to the society through various communication channels has not let our country India to be completely free from the habit of smoking. For those who have been working in such factories since long and don't have any further employment opportunities are forced to work in such factories to earn their living. The adverse poverty has let even poor people to earn by selling certain tobacco products irrespective of their hazards to health. The government earns a lot of revenue from these products and it contributes to the growth of this sector thus, it can't be completely banned.

Instead, the government needs to put in certain measures of the quality and selling of such products. Replacing certain hazardous materials with the ones good for health and decreasing the amount of nicotine in a cigarette can be really helpful. Increasing the prices of such products and banning the local brands would force people to buy less which in turn would reduce its consumption.

Banning the practice of smoking or similar tobacco products is not a complete solution to this problem. The government needs to introduce effective ways on improving its quality and educating people to lessen its usage by replacing it with certain healthy products which taste the same.
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Rampal sharma said:   9 years ago
Hello friends, my name is Rampal.

As you all have shared your generous thoughts about the topic, I also want to share my viewpoint.

Yes, smoking should be completely banned in country. I can justify my opinion by following points:

1) Smoking is injurious to health of a person not only who smokes but also of the nearby people. In a recent survey, it was found that tobacco caused the deaths of about 8 lakh people per annually.

2) If government seeks for the revenue (through enormous taxes on these products) and the employment by the tobacco factories.

Then it should be known that, the cost on treatment of tobacco disease and lack of productivity (in terms of spoiled youth) is much more than the revenues and employment.

3) If a person dies in a family, then he left his family helpless. His family has to suffer a lot. By putting ban over smoking, families can be prevented from getting spoiled.

4) Moreover, it causes the degradation of our environment, by its consumption and even by manufacturing.

CONCLUSION:

Besides putting complete ban over smoking, preventive measures should be taken for the addicted people to help them overcome their addiction. ''nasha mukti kendra'' should be opened in every district.

Along with, awareness should be spread through newspapers, dramas in schools etc about the evil consequences of the smoking.

Thank you.
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Ramesh Naik said:   9 years ago
Should Smoking be Banned Completely?

Yes, I agree with the statement, we should have to ban the smoking in India. As we know that it does not only effect the smoker health it also effecting the surrounding persons. If one active smoker is a friend of someone then there are a lot of chances to change that friend as a passive smoker and slowly to active smoker also. Smoking is very dangerous to health and leads to reduce the person life period. If pregnant women is an active smoker, its results in her baby body growth even before he/she come to this world. Government should have to make awareness seminars and advertisements to ban this smoking completely.

If we ask smokers why they are addict to smoking? They mostly reply that They are tired and by smoking, they are becoming free from it. Whenever they are in a state of unwillingness they will go for smoking and take some relaxation from it and they try to divert from that situation.

As of my experience, I asked so many people why they are smoking and even I asked educated person also they replied the same thing. And I had given an advise to them that try to stop smoking it will results you and your family in brighter. Some of them are followed and some not but I will continue the same thing whenever I find smoker.
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James Croft said:   9 years ago
It absolutely infuriates me that myself and others, including pregnant women and innocent children, have to suffer the ill effects of second-hand smoke when out in public. I work in a very congested city centre, it is very rare for me to make it to and from work without having to breathe in someone's cigarette smoke. I find my daily commute turns into a game of dodge the smoker. Sometimes I find myself on a narrow pedestrian walkway with 2 or 3 smokers in front of me, how do I get around that?

I take great pride in my health. I might as well be a smoker myself. They should ban smoking altogether. Allowed only in the home, or maybe a large green house can be constructed in every city where 100s of smokers can all go together and speed up their inevitable demise. I think health organizations need to reach out to smokers more to help them quit for good.

Maybe smokers are just part of a mass depopulation plan. After all, they're slowly killing everyone around them, in public and in their own homes. Maybe it will always be this way. I believe people that smoke have broken souls, they need therapy, forget to stop smoking. Anyway, what a waste of my time writing all of this, nothing will change anyway. BUT ONE CAN DREAM OF A BETTER WORLD.
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Sneha kriplani said:   10 years ago
As most people will be in favor of banning smoking completely by considering its cons. But I don't think banning smoking can help in saving people form its bad consequences, as person habitual of smoking will find a way or another to smoke (its also visible in more or less every engineering colleges, smoking is restricted in every college but still students smoke by finding a way or another, if banning is helpful then why it had not helped us to prevent students from smoking).

So instead of banning smoking we should concentrate on spreading awareness regarding its consequences.

Moreover we always think a person who smokes is bad thing or we should not smoke, but why don't we think that why a person smokes? let me tell you because he has cigar to smoke so why don't we think to ban cigar? why don't we protest against all the shopkeepers who have cigars in their shops. If cigar won't be available so easily in public a person won't be able to smoke.

In conclusion I would say rather than thinking to ban smoke we should think to remove smoking by it root. It would be more helpful for our generation. Now whether way to remove smoking can be education, awareness or remove cigar.
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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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Ashu singh said:   9 years ago
According to me, smoking should not be banned or it can never be banned in India as there are many smokers in India and it is a commodity which contributes in large sum revenue generation. By banning smoking will increase smuggling of cigarettes in black market and no tax collection can be possible. Rather than banning, government should take serious steps for control of smoking like:

1. Increase in tax for cigarettes or any other materials related to smoking.

2. Testing of every brand should be done to reduce nicotine and other hazardous substances in commodities related to smoking.

3. Local brands and manufacturers should be banned from the production of bad and cheap quality products.

4. Like liquor it should be sold by government-licensed shops, this will decrease consumption.

5. Use of cigarettes in movies should be banned as it promotes smoking in teenagers after they see that their hero is smoking in an attitude.

So, rather than banning, strict rules should be made like liquor. By banning there will be a loss of lakhs of employment related to smoking industry.
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Rohit said:   9 years ago
Yes, smoking to be banned completely in India. Smoking not only causes serious health issues to the smoker and the people around them but also, effects financially very much. Sale of cigarettes to be banned completely. In NCR we are already under heavy air pollution, as doctor recommendation peoples residing in NCR intakes in so much polluted that it is equivalent to consumption of 10-15 cigarettes daily. Although, smoking not only affecting our health but also our culture too. Many Students under the age of 18 are also active smokers, they attracted towards this habit from because of movies, they thought smoking as status symbol, while they feel adulthood with them. Smoking/Cigarettes to be completely ban although this will effect the chain smoker but it should be banned in phase manner. Firstly, the production to be restricted. Shop selling cigrettes to be registered so that its easy availability to be restricted. Because of easy availability of cigarettes in common places smoking has been increasing a lot and causing serious health issues to Indians.
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Jyotiranjan Jena said:   10 years ago
Hi friends,

We all know that cigarette smoking is injurious to health and also if you see the cover of the packet here also written the same thing with the picture also that what will be the effect of cigarette smoking. And cigarette should be banned because it creates lots of problem to the general people who wants some fresh air. But most of the people says they are smoking cigarette for a fashion or to reduce work stress. But cigarette is not the solution of these problems.

If you see, people are smoking cigarettes in public places where it creates problems for other normal people. Govt is earning more money on these type of products and also takes more taxes but govt should think about the problems which are occurring due to these type of products. Govt should think an alternative ways to earn money except these alcohols, gutkhas and cigarettes.

In my point of view along with cigarette alcohols should be banned. And the govt has to take the necessary action upon this matter and also take action against those people who will sell it.

Thank you.
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Alia said:   8 years ago
According to me, smoking should not be completely banned in India. Any instant decision leads to an imbalance in the society. Tobacco industry generates a large no. Of employment. As well as it is a great source of revenue for the government. This generated revenue is then used for the building of infrastructure, providing healthcare facilities for free of cost and many more things. Banning of this industry completely will result in loss of employment which will then impact the lives of many people. For eg: we can see the result of banning alcohol in Bihar. The government faced a huge loss in its fiscal and so no improvement in infrastructure can be seen in the past years. So instead of banning it completely, the government should take other measures to spread awareness among the people. It can set an age bar for smoking as well as set the limit for no of cigarette packets a person can buy monthly. The government Should 1st think about the various ways of generating employment and then eventually ban these tobacco industries.
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