Do smokers know the dangers of smoking?
Yes, most, if not all, smokers know the dangers of smoking, but not as many know and accept the hazards of passive smoking. A recent Gallup poll conducted by the American Lung Association revealed that majority of both the smokers and nonsmokers know how dangerous smoking is to the health of the smokers and the people around him/her. To be around people who smoke is to expose yourself to the dangers of secondhand smoke, the two most significant of which are cancer and emphysema. What can be done about secondhand smoke? Both the smokers and nonsmokers have their rights. Smokers have the right to smoke, even if smoking is bad for their health. People have the right to commit suicide. In the same token, nonsmokers have their rights also. They have the right to protect themselves and their children from unwanted cancer-causing smokes. Someone’s enjoyment should not be tolerated to be somebody else’s endangerment. Steps that could be taken: 1. Let family, friends and co-workers know that yo
