Prompt#31- Across the country, public places such as libraries and museums is now smoke- free environments, and restaurants are required to have separate smoking and non-smoking sections. Some smoke- free advocates are now campaigning to ban smoking in all restaurants and bars. Do you think this is a good idea? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

           Smoking and Alcohol are two very bad combinations. The nicotine in the cigarette increases the affect that alcohol has on the user. With smoking and the nicotine that can be found in it, it’s one of the most popular addictive drugs on the U.S market. When you add smoking and drinking together you have to very dangerous and flammable things. When a person drinks they loose part of their motor skills and when a person smokes they are only worried about finishing the cigarette they started.

           “Approximately 20.9% (44.5 million) adults currently smoke. Of these, 81.3% (36.1 million) smoke every day, and 18.7% (8.3 million) smoke some days.” (www.Quiteguide.com) among those who smoke everyday some of those adults go into bars for a drink and once in the bar they take a smoke. When you smoke in a bar that is filled with flammable things you risk the whole place on fire.  You also increase you risk of getting center diseases like cancer.

      Several studies have shown that Alcohol and the consumption of Cigarettes and no physical exercise increasing the chance of death in adults. When you smoke and drink in a bar you several things like if a person leaves their cigarette close to their drink and another customer comes in and accidentally knocks the other person drink they risk a fire in the bar. And for the person that smokes all the time they are very inconsiderate for the person that does not smoke they give the other person second hand smoke, which is also a very horrible. Both smoking and Alcohol when in use can be very dangerous they lower people life skills and increase many deaths in the U.S and other countries.

        Smoking in bars and restaurants should be ban because the air that is in the room of several places affect everyone around the person that is smoking and they can inhale what the person is breathing out. Second hand smoking is becoming more and more unsafe as smoking a cigarette. Second hand smoking is even more dangerous when it is inhaled by a younger person of age like a baby or a young adult.   When you go out to eat and you see a person smoking near you and you don’t really like it you go up to the person ask them if they put out their cigarette. If they decide not put out their cigarette you can always go to the manger and tell them. Also remember that smoking and drinking are very dangerous things to combine because you could just end up burning down a restaurant or even your house.