Smoke Restricted Laws In present day, citizens of the United States often see signs prohibiting smokers to smoke. Over 843 parks and 150 beaches have banned smoking in the past two decades. The smoke-free laws prohibit public smoking, and protect nonsmokers from involuntary exposure to secondhand smoke. People have spoken their opinions, but secondhand smokers have a greater possibility of obtaining diseases such as Lung Cancer. Also, studies have shown that cigarettes contain about 4,000 chemicals and when a person smokes, all those chemicals pollute the environment. It is also not fair to nonsmokers, who are involuntary exposed to secondhand smoke in public areas. Smoke-free laws should be created to prohibit smoking in public areas due to the fact that it causes health issues, pollution, and the involuntarily exposer to nonsmokers. Secondhand smoke is just as bad as firsthand smoke, in other words, the smoke inhaled from the actual smoker is just as bad as the smoke inhaled by another person. Health agencies around the nation have linked secondhand smoke to cardiac diseases and other illnesses, and it is estimated to cause approximately 46,000 heart disease…show more content… This can easily be changed if only we had more smoke restricted laws. Studies have shown that there are about 4,000 chemicals in cigarettes and when used, are exhaled into the environment. This can cause air pollution, as well as water pollution; because cigarette butts can easily make their way into rivers, streams, and/or lakes. Smoke free laws will prevent a smoker to throw their cigarette butts into an area that will cause the environment harm; therefore smoke will not pollute neither the air and/or water, because they will not have cigarettes out, period. Tobacco smoke has cancer-causing compounds that are also hazardous pollutants. It contains a large amount of Particulate Matter that pollutes the