besides health issues whats a reason that a state would want to pass a bill banning smoking in public places?

Question

this is a paper and i have to persuade a city council to pass a bill agasint smokin in public places so far i have bad health for others which can lead to the government having to payin for money for health care reasons. all the help would be great

Answer 1

Because narcissistic, power-hungry, legislative assholes simply want to exercise their power to make other people do what they want them to do.

Answer 2

Here are several reasons I can give you:

1. It sets a bad example for young children who might happen to see them smoking in public. We don't want to encourage children to destroy their health starting at an early age.

2. It can and often does lead to unsightly cigarette butts littering public parks and other public places, which destroys the aesthetics of those areas.

3. There is of necessity an attendant cost associated with having to rid the areas mentioned in #2 of the litter thus accumulated, which comes out of public tax dollars. How many tax dollars could be saved by eliminating these costs?

Answer 3

Money for one. Millions of dollars spent on cancers caused from smoking. Cancer isn't curable so I'd bet plenty of politicians see it as a waste of money....money that can be spent in other ways.

Votes. If most of a politicians constituents are non-smokers, banning it may get him or her in office again.

Frankly, I don't think the lawmakers necessarily care about health issues. I'm not saying they want people to get ill or that they're heartless when someone does get ill. I just think if you weighed a persons health problems from smoking and/or second hand smoke against freeing up government monies that's spent on smoke-related illnesses and research instead of padding pockets and special-interest group, the money issue would be more important to politicians.

Answer 4

Passing legislation against smoking would be good for the weakening of the U.S. Constitution. It would also be good for subversive communists in dividing the society. Basically, it would do a whole lot of good for enemies of the United States and cowards that need a phoney cause because they lack the courage to protect babies in the mother's womb from butchers that work for the Devil.

Answer 5

I smoke cigars. I have never smoked in restaurants, schools or other public places where others might be offended. The no smoking laws don't bother me, and never have. But, the government's ability to regulate my smoking ends at MY PROPERTY LINE. When non- smokers start making my car payments, house-payments, and my property tax bills, they can then tell me that i can't smoke at home, or in my car.

Answer 6

Being around people who smoke all the time is almost as bad as being around people that fart all the time.

Answer 7

Because your right to swing your fist ends at my nose. So does your right to smoke.

Answer 8

Every one should smoke 1sthand, because we all know by now that 2ndhand smoke is the real killer.

Answer 9

How many more reasons do you need. It's unhealthy and non smokers should not have to put up with it.