Should smoking be totally banned?

1) Website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3757225.stm

Evidence: According to the WHO, smoking cigarettes does not only lead to disease and death, but drains the already impoverished public health service of countries in Africa as the cost of treating tobacco-related disease soars.

Opinion: i feel that smoking should totally be banned because it takes and shorten lifes. It also causes one to be unhealthy. e.g. heart, respiratory diseases etc.

2) Website http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3757225.stm

Evidence: For example, in Kenya it an average of two hours and 40 minutes to earn enough to buy a packet for imported cigarettes, while in the United Kingdom it takes just 40 minutes.

Opinion: Though importing cirgarettes can help Singapore generate more income, but cirgarette buyers will soon be bankrupted. The reason being a packet of cirgarette cost a lot.

3) Website: http://www.progressiveu.org/120124-should-smoking-be-banned-in-public-places

Evidence: It's cleaner air when I eat at a restaurant, and I've noticed that the restaurants are still just as full. People step outside for a cigarette, just like they do at work, and we all seem to get along fine with the new laws. I think the smoking bans are a good idea, though I've never been a smoker. I have friends who smoke, and they seem to think that the ban is no big deal as well.

Opinion: Smoking not only does harm to smokers, but also to the environment. Second-hand smokers especially will get more severe respiratory diseases than first-hand ones.

Concl: Smoking has created a bad impact on mankind over the past few centuries. From shortening lives to air pollution; smoking has done it all. We should stop it this instant! Smoking must be banned!