Smoking

Many smokers don not like the new by-laws, but others support them. Secondhand tobacco smoke is a cause of disease, including lung cancer, strokes, heart disease and asthma, in otherwise healthy nonsmokers. They should not be able to completely outlaw smoking. If one wants to smoke they should be able to. Restaurants malls and other public places should have smoking area’s for smokers. It is not that big of a deal to go outside …

…by 46%, asthma attacks by 43%, ear tube insertions by 38%, and ear infections by 19% in children. These are all good reasons why we should have the by-laws. Smoking by-laws are a good thing because they allow people who do not wish to inhale smoke to not have to. The smokers may be mad about this but too bad for them. People should not have to inhale second hand smoke. All-in-all the law is a very good one.