Smoking Bans, Problem or not? (Blog Post #2)

The cultural problem I have been researching is on smoking bans. As I have continued to research this problem, I discovered an article called "Smoking Bans and the Tobacco Industry: Are smoking bans necessary to protect public health?" the author of this article is a site called Issues and Controversies. There is a lot of credibility to this site mostly because it comes from a link in Delta College's online library and most teachers recommend this site for research. Saying that it's from Delta College's online library, the audience of this site is mainly students.

I care about this problem and I believe others should too because in the article it talks about the supporters that want to keep these bans and possibly make more smoking bans, while the opponents would rather limit the smoking bans. The supporters discuss that the smoking bans are good because in certain states that they put the bans, people's health have improved. The supporters also include that it has lowered health care costs. But the opponents on the other hand, argue that it limits their freedom and rights as people on whether they choose to smoke or not. The opponents also point out that some businesses lose revenue because when the smoker has to step outside of whatever store or restaurant they are in to smoke the business is no longer able to serve them, which therefore, loses revenue.

I read over this article and what I have understood from this is that the people argue about the pros and cons to having the smoking bans and if these smoking bans are truly necessary. Whether it be from lowering health care costs or losing revenue in business, I believe this is a serious cultural problem that should considered to be taken seriously. I plan to do further research to have better understanding of the arguments and thoughts of this cultural problem