Smoking
Many smokers argue that cigarette smoking is a gift of modern times, and it is a fashion nowadays. Some of them claim that it increases the concentration to work. But their arguments are indeed baseless. Medical studies have confirmed that there is a direct link between nicotine, which is present in tobacco, and high incidence of heart attack and cancer in smokers. These are dreadful diseases, and even the innocent non-smoking people around the smokers can be harmed by them. So, we have no moral right to smoke in public places.
Smoking in a public place is an infringement on the fundamental right of our fellow citizens, because it violates their right to live. A smoker may argue that banning smoking would violate the fundamental right of the individual. But this is not true, as no one has the right to endanger one's own life and the life of others around him. It is this realisation out of which many advanced countries like the UK and the USA have banned smoking in public.
The consequence of smoking is indeed very grave.
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