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Smoking ….
Even though the government tried many ways to restrict the increasing in the amount of smokers, they are still increasing. Over 80,000 people die from smoking-related disease in England every year. Treating smokers costs the NHS in England £2.7bn a year, compared with £1.7bn a decade ago, a report claims. After many policies like increasing tax, Tobacco’s package must has “Smoking Kills”, and not allow to sell tobacco to person who under 18, the government still seems to do more. They are considering to ban smoking in the Public Places. This solution cause arguments between economists. It's may be really benefit to the social. A lot of people who doesn’t smoke died because some diseases related to smoking. Furthermore, this will bring a lot of profit to pub, bar, places having smoking area. Because that people they can’t smoke in the street or park, they will tend to go to pub, bar to smoke and drink there. In other aspects, some economists critic this solution. They agree that will decrease amount of money that NHS must spend, but it will cause the lack of freedom. More than 20 millions adults in UK smoke, and they must stop their habit everyday for the social benefit. One more reason, restaurant, pub, night club … they must narrow the size of space to build the smoking area for consumers, that will cause a reduction of profit of them.
Turning to the article about the 50 pounds penalty for the bus driver, it will reduce the market failure. In the small view, the bus driver, he spent more than 50 pounds for a pack of cigarette, while an statistic shows that the social cost for a pack of cigarette is approximately 2 pounds. The social benefit is more than the private benefit – external benefit, and it will reduce the market failure. But if we put this in the larger view, this penalty, not only affect on the bus driver, it also affect on other smokers – especially bus driver smokers. Other people will see that the law of the government is strict, more people may be more respecting the law. Less people under 18 smokes, more people will smoke at the right place for smoking , more students of EF will not smoke at table tennis …. All of this will contribute to the reduce of social cost, and also lower the market failure ..