2014年8月雅思写作预测题目：是否应该禁烟。Smoking cause serious disease, and therefore should be banned in all occasions. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
支持正方
It breaks the freedom of choice, especially when people smoke at home alone.
For those who are engaged in intensive brainwork, smoking helps them to focus on their work as well as ease their mental stress.
The tobacco industry contributes to the government anuually astronomical taxation which can be taken advantage of and used on improving citizens’ welfare.
支持反方
It is unquestionable that smoking largely endangers people’s health, because of the fact that it gives birth to the happening of heart attack and lung cancer.
Smokers will uncounsciously force people around, e.g. family and friends, into passive smoking. Unfortunately, many babies are born seriously sick because of it.
Some argue that in certain cultures, smoking functions to maintain people’s social network,
e.g. Chiense people are accustomed to send cigarettes as gifts to friends during festivals. However, not all social norms are necessarily reasonable, and people will be better off spending the money on buying other meaningful presents.
