A breath of fresh air is my right: ban on smoking in public places Is it right that that person also gets sick because he hangs out with smokers? Countless medical studies over the years have demonstrated the link of cigarette smoking with the deterioration of the smoker's health. According to Mazzone and Arroliga (2004), “Nearly 450,000 people die each year from diseases attributable to tobacco use. In the United States, tobacco use kills more people each year than AIDS, suicide, homicide, traffic accidents, and illicit drugs combined” (para. 1). Follow-up research, however, also highlights its negative effects on the population, environment and workplace. For this apparent reason, legislative and judicial laws should be enacted to legitimize a total smoking ban to prevent the spread of disease, preserve the environment, and promote the right to a conducive and healthy work environment. Smoking in public should be banned so as not to affect another person's health. Environmental smoking (ES) or passive smoking (SH) is the main cause of heart attacks not only in active smokers but also in passive smokers. Furthermore, it is one of the aggravating causes of respiratory and circulatory diseases in children, such as asthma, bronchitis and lung infections. In a study conducted by Simons, Moineddin, Stieb, and Dell (2014), on maternal exposure to secondhand smoke and its association with the development of childhood asthma, the results indicate that “children whose mothers are exposed to secondhand smoke at home during pregnancy are more likely to develop doctor-diagnosed asthma and to develop asthma earlier, even if the mother does not actively smoke during pregnancy” (para. 30). Furthermore, in the case of…half the paper…frozen, they are further elaborated in the study by Fichtenberg and Glantz who conclude that “smoke-free workplaces not only protect non-smokers from the dangers of second-hand smoke, they also encourage smokers to quit or reduce their consumption” (2002, par.8). Therefore, banning smoking in workplaces would contribute to changes in people's smoking behavior which, in the long term, would help their transition to quitting smoking. It is said that “tobacco companies kill their best customers”. Therefore, the implementation by governments and legislators of a complete restriction of smoking in public places will be of great benefit to the well-being and quality of life of another person, for the conservation of the environment and for the prevention of business losses. Smokers could quit smoking by complying with these restrictions now or they could die trying to abandon their lethal relationship with nicotine.