Thursday, February 8, 2007
Argument: Should smoking be totally banned [Done by Jacqueline]
Singapore is widely known as the country with the ban of chewing gums. However, it is not true.
Some types of chewing gum which replaces nicotine for smokers are actually sold in pharmacies.
"If chewing gum can be banned in the last ten years, then why not cigerettes?"
Placing a fine in indoor areas and coffeeshops does not solve the problem of passive smoking.
Cigerettes should be banned for sale. However, it should be available for heavy smokers who seek help from specialists to quit smoking.
In this way, smoking will gradually decrease in the long run.
Even though smuggling of cigarettes would definitely increase, it would be harder to get hold of them and soon, smokers would give up eventually. In this way, it will benefit both the public and addicted smokers.
Hence, smoking should be banned but not totally, as welfare for heavy smokers must be thought for.
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