Shockedbythefactthat'nearlyhalfofthecountry's1.3billionpopulationaresufferingfrompassivesmoking,aChineselawmakerhascalledfornationallegislationtobansmokinginpublicplaces.Giventheharmfuleffectsofsmoking,Iholdthatsmokingshouldbebannedinallpublicplaces.
Firstly,smokingisagreatercauseofdeathanddisabilitythananysingledisease,saystheWorldHealthOrganization.Tobaccosmokingisaknownorprobablecauseofapproximately25diseases.Besides,second-handsmokeputspeople'shealthatrisktoo.Accordingtoasurvey,nearly600millionChinesesufferfrompassivesmoking,whichoccursin32.5percentofpublicspaces,Peoplevisitingsmokypublicplacestwoorthreetimesaweekandthoseworkinginthehospitalityindustryareathighriskofsmoking-relateddiseases,suchascancer,heartdiseaseandamputatedlimbsarisingfromveinclogging,Therefore,exceptforincreasingtheirownriskofsmoking-relateddiseases,smokersalsoposeadangertonon-smokers'healthduetosecond-handsmoke.Itisanon-smoker'srightnottohavetobreatheinsmokeinpublicplaces.Thereisnothingworsethansomeonesmokingatthetablenexttoyouwhileyou'retryingtoenjoyyourmeal.Thegovernmentshouldgettoughonsmokingsoastoprotectnonsmokers'rightstoahealthylife.