Solutions to Smoking
...se remains the single most preventable cause of death in the United States and a method needs to be found to reduce the disease in the death statistics.(Sunburst) Public smoking has become a problem these days. Going to a restaurant with their family and sitting down in a non-smoking area, but still able to breathe in the smoke, is not what people want. This topic could be argued over and over again, but the truth is that the people that don’t smoke, including children, are being harmed because of someone else’s habit. If the states are not going to pass a law that allows non-smokers to sit down in a booth with their family and have no worries of smoke around when their eating, then the restaurants needs to create walls between that divides the two areas 100% apart. I know some restaurants do this, but others look like they did pathetic attempts and they quit trying. Councils and shopping centers spend thousands of dollars cleaning up after smokers who litter public areas by stamping out their cigarette butts on the ground and in parking lots. Tobacco smoke also stains the walls and ceilings of shops and offices where smokers work therefore they are forced to repaint them.(Noarlunga 2002) Businesses are spending more and more money to rid their buildings of the effects of this habit, when they should be spending more money in ridding the habit itself. I’m actually surprised to see companies now that is a safe non-alcoholic/smoking environment. They don’t hire unless people qualify for their standards. There is a solution to most of the smokers. It’s not a natural herb that helps people quit. It’s not a patch people put on their arm. This doesn’t even cost money. This is not for everyone either. Some people fight this by claiming edge. Straight Edge is a movement that was created back in the 80’s by a punk band called Minor Threat. This doesn’t just me...