The Non-Smoking Law Influenced My Life

A social change that has greatly influenced my life is the non-smoking law. This law became effective in January of 2004. The law prohibits smoking in all public places (restaurants, workplaces, bars) and in a car when there is someone under the age of 16 in the car. When I was younger, I used to go out to eat with my family and we always asked for the non-smoking section. The non-smoking section still smelled like smoke and there was no way to avoid it. I hated the smell of the cigarettes, but I was not old enough to understand that I was also being exposed to second-hand smoke. Second-hand smoke causes lung cancer to even people who have never smoked. From a young age, walking into public places where smoking was allowed continued