Topic: Smoking should be banned in the Philippines

Thesis Statement: All cigarette smoking in public places should be banned because of the
adverse effects of passive smoking on non-smokers
PRO 1: Helps relax the user.
PRO2: Will give a cool appeal among the peers.
CON 1: Cigarettes contains harmful substance that will cause disease
CON 2: Cause harm to the environment

Smoking should be banned in public places

As a popular saying goes by, smoking is dangerous to your health. But why does it seem
that many people are still smoking? Smoking is the inhalation of gases and hydrocarbon vapors
generated by slowly burning tobacco in cigarettes. The chemicals in cigarettes and tobacco
smoke make smoking harmful. Cigarette contains over 4,000 different chemicals, at least 50 are
known to be carcinogens and many are poisonous. In lieu with this, I believe that smoking
should be banned in public places in the Philippines due to the negative effects and disease it
causes to the smokers and non smokers and also the harmful things it does to the environment.
Many people smoke because smoking makes them relax lessen stress, and improve
concentration. People would smoke before exams or during office breaks. It helps them cope up
with different situation and gives them confidence. Some people do it when they feel bored.
Smoking gives people a feeling of satisfaction and relief that people find it hard to give up.
Many teenagers start smoking due to peer pressure. They feel the need to do that in order
to be cool or feel more mature because smoking is part of socializing as well. Many people who
smoke do it as a way to interact with friends at parties. For some it is a perfect combination to
liquors and beers during a night out or bonding session.
However, despite the positive sensation associated with smoking, the arguments against it
are strong. Smoking is proven to be harmful to health; many diseases are associated with it.
Anyone with a smoking habit has a higher percentage of having lung and other types of cancer;
respiratory diseases such as emphysema, asthma, and chronic bronchitis; and cardiovascular
disease, such as heart attack, high blood pressure, stroke, and atherosclerosis (narrowing and
hardening of the arteries).Smoking also can damage fertility and impotence to some men. The
World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that tobacco consumption kills 10 Filipinos
every hour, due to the disease brought on by cigarette smoking. Non smokers are also exposed

to the harmful effect of smoking because second hand smoke is as bad as the active smoke,
World Health Organization warns that second-hand smoke causes hundreds of thousands of
deaths to non-smokers due to the same smoking-related diseases.
Cigarettes have a huge contribution to environmental problems of our country. Smoking
pollutes the air and causes a lot of litter. Because of lack of discipline, people usually throw their
used cigarettes everywhere, in the streets, out of their car window etc. It will also damage the
quality of water and contaminate it. Marine ecosystem can also be harmed, for some cigarettes
butts are found in the fishs stomachs.
Because smoking does not only bought harm to humans but also to the environment and
animals, smoking should be banned in the Philippines.