B2 – Upper Intermediate
According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, tobacco use is the major cause of preventable and premature death worldwide. The argument of banning smoking has been a strong one. Although dangerous to health, smokers think that they also have the right to choose to smoke or not.
Read the article and find out different points of view toward smoking.
https://quitsmokingcommunity.org/the-big-debate-should-cigarette-smoking-be-banned/
Discussion Questions:
- Do you agree that smoking cigarettes should be banned? Explain your answer.
- What are the good and bad effects of completely banning cigarettes?
- Do you think smokers are harming other people? Defend your stand.
- Should government restrict smoking to protect smokers? Why or why not?
- Should smoking advertisement be limited or banned? Why or why not?