Why are US tobacco control laws necessary?

Why are US tobacco control laws necessary?

In the last 40 years since the first surgeon general's report, when they have done public health research about what makes the biggest difference in a population of people to get people to: be aware, change their behaviors, stop smoking and not affect other people, just telling people to quit doesn't have the same impact as legislation that protects everyone from second hand smoke. So, protection of clean indoor air or second hand smoke prevention; A) protects people who otherwise would be exposed to second hand smoke and have those effects, B) gets the attention of the cigarette smokers so that they realize: “Hmm, my smoking is not safe for the person sitting next to me. It's not safe for me!” and it creates the attitude within the community that cigarette smoking is something all of us need to ask smokers to be responsible about. To not increase the risk for innocent—for example innocent parties or children who are in a restaurant, if a child comes who has asthma and has to sit next to the table of someone who is smoking, why do they have a right for their smoking to make that child have to land in an emergency room that night wheezing. So when you really look up the effects of second hand smoke, the legislations, the lack of control over sales to minors, all of the things that are attempted have their little piece to play in an overall comprehensive plan to make a population realize this is not a safe behavior.