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 Smoking bans are public policies, including legal prohibitions and occupational health and safety regulations, which restrict smoking in workplaces and public places. Many people ask the questions why is it that countries everywhere want to ban smoking and related advertisements and also benefit from taxing its sales, both at the same time. Why then would any lawmaker try to wipe it out? The main motive behind such moves seems to be a paternalistic one - to protect others from harming themselves. As adults our personal habits are chosen by us and we are solely responsible for them. It seems there is a tendency to consider the civil population as a group or community whose welfare one is responsible for. In fact, no one can hold another person responsible if somebody dies of smoking induced cancer, except that person himself/herself. If the above is true, than why would anyone think of imposing such bans? If the victim is solely responsible for his/her actions, then why should such actions become a subject for regulations, unless they are considered harmful to others? Smoking is addictive and also a social thing. Banning of smoking in pubs, clubs will see a decrease in profits, as majority or people are smokers. This last point has in fact been explored in case of smoking, and passive smoking is one argument made in favour of banning public smoking.
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