Should smoking in public places be banned in Japan?

 

     Every year in Japan, 350 billion cigarettes are consumed by 30 million smokers. That means an average smoker smokes around 11667 cigarettes annually, 31 cigarettes daily. Now the question is where do they smoke those 31 cigarettes? Living in Japan for a few years now, I see that most smokers smoke in public places. In my opinion, smoking should be banned in public places, especially in Japan. First of all, smoking in public places will be physically bad for your health and the people near you. According to the experiment of Dr. Hirotsugu Ueshima, a member of the Department of Health Science, out of 9638 that smoke, 807 people died because of strokes. There is also the chance of getting lung cancer. Actually, 90% of men who get lung cancer are smokers. Side stream smoke is also a big problem. The other people who get lung cancer are victims of side stream smoke. By inhaling venomous smoke from cigarettes indirectly, you receive the chance of getting lung cancer. Secondly, smoking has a bad influence over the environment. The smell emitted from the burning cigarette will irritate non-smokers young to old. Smoking also sets a bad example over the children. Smokers make children think that smoking is “cool”. Third, smoking causes many incidents. The bad smokers might “accidentally” start a fire by littering there tobacco. Also, many sculptures displayed in the public places are damaged by burned cigarettes. For these three reasons, I feel that smoking in public places should be banned in Japan.