First lets take a look at the arguments for the smoking ban and how they forced the issue into a vote.a group called the SmokeFree Columbus Coalition has been lobbying for this ban for some time, and through the years with the help of many backers, had already passed similar bans in other cities including toledo and have many other cities, such as cincinnatti, considering one. Using the momentum that had come from over 1,700 cities around the united states implementing some sort of smoking ban, the SmokeFree columbus Coalition was able to get the issue to a vote in columbus. So what kind of grounds do they have for wanting a smoke free columbus? well for starters theres the no-brainer explanation, Smoking is bad. Smoking has been proven to cause lung cancer and emphysema, not to mention a number of other diseases and many cases of death. They feel that it is in the best interest of public health to stop people from smoking and breathing second-hand smoke, in an effort to cut back on innocent people falling victim to such terrible diseases. They feel that if people ( smokers ) cant make the respectful, and responsible decision to not subject inncoent bystanders to there horrible habbits, then they'll go ahead and force them to by passing legislative, after all it's there right , as a citizen, to sit in a smoke free enviroment whereever that may be.
in a way your right that people should choose what sort of environment they sit in, however if a smoking ban does come into effect (like it is where i live) what difference is it going to make.non-smokers are continuely exposed to pollutants that will seriously indanger their health and non-smokers are part of the polluters that do this. what i mean by this is the car...it produces just as much pollutants as a fag but people dont complain do they? well, if a smoking ban does come into effect wont the air you breathe be even worse outside?wont people be more inclined to sit indoors because the air inside is better than the air outside? thats what i think anyway
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