26 – Writing Task 2

Making smoking illegal is the best way to protect people from the harmful effects of tobacco To what extent do you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think might be effective

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience

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Some people believe that making a law against smoking is the best way to get people to stop this harmful habit. I don’t agree with this. Laws don’t always get people to change their behavior People don’t always obey the law, especially when the laws are about addictive substances. There are laws against using and selling harmful drugs such as heroin and cocaine, but people still use them. If people really want to do something. They will find a way to do it, whether or not it is against the law. Desire, especially when it is for something addictive, is often stronger than the law. Education, on the other hand, can be very effective. It gives people reasons to want to quit smoking. People need to understand all the harmful effects this bad habit can have on their health. They need to know all the different ways that smoking can affect them. Then they will want to quit smoking because they won’t want to suffer in all these horrible ways. Besides education, people also need support to quit smoking. It is very hard to quit, even when you really want to, so support is important. There are many health centers that offer programs to help people quit smoking. There are also different methods that people can follow. In addition, there are drugs available that make the physical effects of quitting easier to manage. All of these things help support people who are going through the difficult process of quitting smoking

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