Cigarettes should be banned from this topic. Medical studies have shown that smoking not only leads to health problems for the smoker, but also for people close by. There are approximately 600 ingredients in cigarettes. When burned, they create more than 7,000 chemicals. At least 69 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer, and many are poisonous. Tobacco smoke consists of many harmful chemical, that was responsible for more than 100 million deaths worldwide in the 20th Century. The World Health Organization has estimated that, if current trends continue, tobacco could cause a billion deaths in the 21st Century. So based on these studies, I strongly agree that cigarettes should be banned. First of all, it has been proven that tobacco consists of carcinogenic compounds which cause serious harm to a person’s health, not only the smoker. So anyone around them included the smoker could develop cancers of the lungs, mouth and throat, and other sites in the body. It is simply not fair to impose this upon another person. It is also the case that people’s health is more important than businesses. In any case, pubs and restaurants could adapt to a ban by, for example, allowing smoking areas. Besides, we all complain about the high medical costs and taxes yet we do not see that children and asthmatics often need medical care more than they should because of smoking around them. It is also expensive for the smoker as it is a costly habit which affects the family’s budget. Smoker often wonder why they have to sign up for public assistance but if they count all the money that they could receive if they put all the money they spend on cigarettes in a savings account, they may turn out to be millionaires. Last but not least, smoking has been shown to be dangerous to health. Heart disease, bronchitis and lung cancer have all been linked. In general, I