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In: Environment| Miscellaneous
8 Feb 2010
Recently, I’ve done a roughly 2,000 words research paper to fulfill my final exam on the subject Academic English. I picked a topic about the enforcement of smoking ban in Indonesia. The objective of this essay is not to ban smoking completely, but to ban the smoking practice in certain areas which are public places.
Why I choose this topic? Because, I find it disturbing to inhale the tobacco smoke emitted by the smokers in a lot of public places. I can barely enjoy my food in a foodcourt, I have to hold by breath while walking in a certain area, etc. Smoking in Indonesia is a sort of trend. Since this practice is harmful to other people, I think government should make an act to ban smoking (this time, truly ban the smoking in public places!).
The argument behind the smoking ban in public is because smoke has been proven to not only damage the active smokers, but also the passive smokers (public health). Tobacco smoke is also found to be disturbing to some people (public welfare), and is a major cause of fire (public safety). Smoking also impacts the environment in form of air and water polluting, and needs to be ban to suppress the spreading of the unhealthy habit through social interaction. Smoking ban is also needed to ensure the safety of our young generation. Most of them are not mature enough to think rationally yet, thus they have to be protected by the government until they are mature enough to decide to smoke or not.
If you’re not a smoking ban supporter, also feel free to give comments why the smoking ban should not be implemented.
Download “The Enforcement of Smoking Ban in Public Places” (268 KB, PDF)
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Baru-baru ini, saya baru saja menyelesaikan research paper sebanyak kurang lebih 2.000 kata untuk memenuhi nilai ujian akhir saya pada mata kuliah Academic English. Saya mengambil topik tentang pelaksanaan larangan merokok di Indonesia. Tujuan essay ini bukan untuk melarang rokok sepenuhnya, tetapi hanya untuk melarangnya pada beberapa area tertentu yaitu tempat umum.
Kenapa topik ini dipilih? Karena saya membenci harus menghisap asap rokok yang dihembuskan para perokok di banyak tempat umum. Saya tidak bisa menikmati makanan saya di foodcourt, saya juga harus menahan napas ketika berjalan di beberapa tempat. Merokok di Indonesia telah menjadi trend. Karena perilaku ini berbahaya untuk orang lain, menurut saya pemerintah harus bertindak tegas untuk melarang merokok di tempat umum (kali ini, benar-benar dilarang!).
Argumen di balik pelarangan merokok di tempat umum adalah karena rokok telah terbukti tidak hanya merusak kesehatan perokok aktif, tapi juga perokok pasif. Asap rokok juga terbukti mengganggu untuk beberapa orang, dan merupakan salah satu penyebab utama kebakaran. Tindakan merokok juga berdampak pada lingkungan dalam bentuk pencemaran udara dan air, dan harus dilarang untuk menahan laju penyebaran lewat interaksi sosial. Larangan merokok juga diperlukan untuk memastikan keamanan generasi muda kita. Kebanyakan dari mereka belum dewasa untuk berpikir rasional, maka mereka harus dilindungi oleh pemerintah sampai mereka benar-benar matang untuk memutuskan apakah mereka ingin merokok atau tidak dengan segala konsekuensi yang ada.
Kalau Anda bukanlah mereka yang mendukung larangan merokok, santai saja untuk memberi komentar mengapa larangan merokok tidak boleh diberlakukan.
Unduh “The Enforcement of Smoking Ban in Public Places” (268 KB, PDF)
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2 Responses to The Enforcement of Smoking Ban in Indonesia
David
February 8th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
I really love this blog. How can you write in two languages at the same time. It’s really a great job.
Saya sangat suka blog ini. Gimana bisa kamu menulis dalam dua bahasa secara bersamaan. Sungguh kerja yang bagus!
fiona
February 8th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
@David: Hey, you just did that too
anyway really thanks for the compliment