Do you think that U.S citizens who smoke are victims of Discrimination?
From my point of view, I believe that U.S. citizens who smoke are not victims of discrimination because when people discriminate, it's mostly because of an individual's religion, race, sex, and nationality, etc. These are things that people see outside of you, meaning they judge you based on what they visualize physically. Even though when you go to a certain restaurant or hospital, they have different areas for people who smoke because of second hand smoking, which is just as worse as people who smoke. It's not considered discrimination, it's to protect others. Smoking is just a bad habit that is hard to get rid of. People have a choice if they want to be considered as smokers or not. I Don't think the government should have anything do with it because smoking is legal. People have a choice of if they want to smoke at their home or outside, that's why there are seperate rooms for people who smoke. Milllions of people in America and around the world smoke, But I don't think no one ever gets discriminated for it.
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Discrimination takes many forms not just the ones you mentioned. People can discriminate against you because you have long hair oryou drink coffee. The question is where do our rights begin and end in our own private homes?
i agree people are being discriminated on who they are, they cant change that, but you can change being a smoker.
Yea i guess your right about the fact the discrimination for ones race or religion is totally different then the discrimination towards a habit. But the fact is that if that habit is causing the public harm the government should take a stand and prevent it. Since banning smoking in the privacy of an individuals home is too personal, the lease they can do is ban it in every public area. Smoking is a choice that one individual is making soley by his or her own choice. But that doesnt give them the right to put others in harm.
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