{"id":5500,"date":"2016-12-05T14:01:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T12:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=5500"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:28:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:28:16","slug":"should-cigarette-smoking-be-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2016\/12\/should-cigarette-smoking-be-banned\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Cigarette Smoking Be Banned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the article and find out different points of view toward smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/quitsmokingcommunity.org\/the-big-debate-should-cigarette-smoking-be-banned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/quitsmokingcommunity.org\/the-big-debate-should-cigarette-smoking-be-banned\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do you agree that smoking cigarettes should be banned? Explain your answer.<\/li><li>What are the good and bad effects of completely banning cigarettes?<\/li><li>Do you think smokers are harming other people? Defend your stand.<\/li><li>Should government restrict smoking to protect smokers? Why or why not?<\/li><li>Should smoking advertisement be limited or banned? Why or why not?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; 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. 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