The discussion about whether or not smoking should be allowed is a very controversal one. There are people on both sides of the argument who have very strong feelings.

Some people believe that smoking should be allowed. First of all, smoling makes socializing easier. For example, many rich and famous people like to smoke, because they think smoking can relax themselves from the heavy pressure and it is a symbol of success. If you can smoke, you might make friends with those people much easier than those who do not smoke. Secondly, smoking is a custom going back hundreds of years. What is more, smoking is an important source of tax revenue.

Some people on the other side, however, disagreed with smoking. To begin with, they thought that smoking is harmful to one’s health and it can cause a lot of problems such as heart disease, bronchial trouble or even lung cancer. Once people became infected by all these terrible diseases, they would cause lots of time and money to cure them. And if the dieases were deadly, they might even got away people’s lives. Moreover, smoking is a dirty and expensive habit. And finally of course, people can became addicted to smoking easily. All in all, these people think that smoking is a bad habit and it should not be allowed.

In my opinion, smoking should be banned in certain public places such as schools, hospitals, buses and so on. Only in this way can we control smoking and make a better world for ourselves.