Smoking in Public Places (Final Draft)

Smoking in Public Places

I. Thesis statement: People should not smoke in public places because smoking
will produce second-hand smoke and pollute the air. Also,
smoking in public may cause fires.

II. Produce second-hand smoke
A. Make pregnant women bear an unhealthy baby
B. Harm other people’s health

III. Pollute the air
A. In a restaurant
B. In a bus

IV. Cause fires
A. Smokers litter the smoking stubs carelessly.
B. Smokers do not notice the smoking stub is still burning.

V. Conclusion: Thus, people should not be allowed to smoke in the public spaces for it is not only irrespectful of other people’s rights, but also harmful to smokers' own health.



About five years ago, my aunt got severe lung cancer because she let her customers smoke in her restaurant. She didn’t have the habit of smoking, but second-hand smoke caused her lung cancer. Hence, people should not smoke in public places for smoking will produce second-hand smoke and pollute the air. Also, smoking in public may cause fires.

First of all, smoking in the public places will cause second-hand smoke. Second-hand smoke will make pregnant women bear unhealthy babies. If pregnant women breathe in the second-hand smoke, it will cause the effect of reducing the weight of the baby, or it will lead to premature birth of the baby. Additionally, second-hand smoke will also result in other diseases. Second-hand smoke is the incomplete burning of nicotine, so it will have more poisonous substance than first-hand smoke and will cause lung cancer easily. According to the American and the Australian research, second-hand smoke will also raise the chance of getting paralytic stroke, heart disease and diabetes. Besides, the second-hand smoke will cause the women’s menopause coming earlier. Since second-hand smoke will harm other people’s health, people should not be permitted to smoke in public places.

Smoking in the public spaces will not only cause the second-hand smoke, but also pollute the air. For example, if people smoke in a restaurant, it will produce the smoke that makes people sneeze and cough because the substance of the smoke will upset the breathing tract, and it will make people burst into tears. Although many restaurants in Taiwan have smoking and non-smoking areas, the harm of smoking will not be reduced. The poisonous particles of cigarette smoke will still stay in the air for several hours after smoking, and people in the non-smoking area will breathe in these particles through the circulation of the air. Moreover, smoking in bus will make the quality of air in the bus worse. I had a bad experience that a man’s smoking resulted in my continuous coughing and being extremely uncomfortable.

In addition, smoking in the public place may cause fires. Many smokers always throw away cigarette stubs carelessly, and they often don’t notice whether the stubs are still burning or not; furthermore, it is the second main reason that causes fires in Taiwan. This kind of careless action is so dangerous because the stubs contain tindery substances. If a stub is still burning, it will cause fires. Even worse, if people throw away the burning stub in the forest, it may cause forest fire. This is a great calamity of natural environment because forest fire may last for one month, and it will lead to air pollution and the extinction of living things in the forest.

In short, smoking in the public space has many bad influences such as producing the second-hand smoke that will hurt other people’s health, polluting the air that will let people have uncomfortable feeling, and causing the fires that may do big damage to natural environment. Thus, people should not be allowed to smoke in the public spaces, for it is not only irrespectful of other people’s rights, but also harmful to smokers' own health.