WHY DO SMOKERS NEED TO HIDE? (PRÁCTICA 5)

In the past everybody used to smoke but now, smokers are more and more refused by society. A long time ago, when the revolution of smoking, all men and almost all women smoked. Smoking was the symbol of independence, glamour and elegance. It is a fact that smoking is bad for your health: it causes lots of illnesses and cancers but people are free to choose to smoke. Nowadays, it’s been banned and forbidden to smoke in hospitals, parks, near parks and even in bars, pubs and restaurants. So if a restaurant does not have a smoking area, smokers will have to go outside under the adversity of weather to do one of the things that they should have the right to do in this democracy country. Some people would think that when you smoke in front of them you deny non-smokers’ freedom and that this is a rude sign but I don’t really see it that way. It was common to see people smoking on buses, taxis, high schools and everywhere. However, today you can get fined if you’re seen smoking near a school. Besides this, smoking cigarettes is legal in fact. Smokers have the freedom to choose or not to choose smoking but because of non-smoking people they won’t ever finish eating at a restaurant and smoke a cigarette by the table. When I was a child, it was a habit to smoke in bars and restaurants and it never bothered me.  Of course if someone is asthmatic, he or she can ask a smoker not to smoke and this person should do the right thing because asthmatics suffer a disease.  Actually, this is some kind of government’s campaign against smoking and to reduce the amount of people smoking in the country. Nevertheless, tobacco is legal and if they’re still going to refuse smokers what they should do is to stop selling it on stores. Consequently, smokers will always complain about the situation and if it would change, non-smokers would complain too.