Smoking shouldn’t be taken lightly and seen just as paper burning tobacco. It is a huge deal for those people that decide to stick in a cancer stick in their mouths and go about it like its nothing. Considering all the harms cigarette smoking can cause people should take in consideration the banning of smoking. Smoking has caused more than many deaths than any other addicting substance in the U.S. On the site, “goaskalice.edu”, she states, “Cigarette smoking causes approximately six million preventable deaths per year (which includes nonsmokers who are exposed to smoke in their environments)” Alice is pretty much stating that anybody that smokes can cause the life of a person that doesn’t. That is intense because now a days there is rarely anybody that doesn’t smoke. Cigarette smoking not only causes deaths, but it is one of the main reasons many diseases and cancers occur for example it can cause cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and coronary heart disease and for the cancers it can cause bladder, cervix, esophagus, kidney, lungs, and mouth cancers (Alice). It sucks that such a thing can be addictive and that many have to fight to stop the addiction, but if it causes deaths it is better off banned. A lot of people disagree with it being banned, but for the sake of everybody that is around a smoker it should. In the article, “The Real Reason behind Public Smoking Bans” by Sarah Clune she mentions, …show more content…
Parents shouldn’t feel pressured to stop making decisions for their kids, but they should understand that there kids are growing up and understand right from wrong and yes from no. If your child is eighteen years old and still lives in your house depending on you financially without a job, you pretty much have a right to say no regarding actions that may not seem right to you because they are obviously still your child. If your kid no longer lives with you then you need to cut off some slack, because they are making a living for themselves and aren’t depending on you financially in any way, shape or form (maybe advice wise). It is understandable that mentally, teens are able to make basic decisions of their own, and have the authority to do so, “You become an adult when you turn 18. However, at 14 years old and 16 years old, you begin to get more rights under the law” (State Bar of Michigan 1). The law states that kids pretty much have a say in their life once they hit their pre-teens (14-16). Parents should only feel obligated to make decisions for their teens when it involves something that belongs to them or for the safety of the teen. Parents shouldn’t over use their power with their teens, in such