SHOULD CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS BE BANNED?

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It is universally acknowledged that smoking represents a major contributor to fatal diseases. Hence, many people cling to the idea that cigarettes and products containing tobacco should be illegalized by the states for the sake of public health security. Personally, I definitely share the same opinion for several reasons.

First and foremost, both tobacco products and cigarettes contain nicotine, which is actually an addictive substance.  Smokers, therefore, have to spend a colossal amount of money on bulky purchases. Consequently, the individual budget for fundamental demands apparently declines, diluting the quality of their life. Furthermore, the states’ wealth also increasingly pours into medical care for the patients of illnesses resulting from breathing the smoke and the cigarette ash. In fact, this phenomenon can be considered as a waste of both individual’s and government’s fund.

One further argument in favor of prohibiting tobacco products and cigarettes is that they pose particular threats to public health. To be more specific, smoking can be regarded as both indirect and direct causes to incurable illnesses ranging from cardiovascular blockage to lung cancer due to substantial increases in cholesterol level, or in sugar amounts in blood and blackened lungs. Thus, if the governments in the whole world take a prohibitionist approach to these illicit products, there will be a striking improvement in the health security of the citizens.

By way of conclusion, in the face of the harm caused by both tobacco and cigarettes in terms of finance and health to individuals and governments, it is extremely urgent for official authorities/governmental bodies to take legal action promptly.