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IELTS Essay: Smoking is a major cause of serious illness and death throughout the world to...

Prompt

Smoking is a major cause of serious illness and death throughout the world today. In the interest of the public health, governments should ban cigarettes and other tobacco products. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

#tobacco_ban#public_health_policy#personal_freedom#addiction#government_regulation

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 argues for or against a ban with health or freedom arguments; Band 9 evaluates whether bans are effective (vs. taxation, regulation), considers distributional harm (poor smokers, developing nations relying on tobacco), and explores alternatives like harm reduction.

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Key concepts in this essay

public_health_ethics
addiction_neurobiology
regulatory_feasibility
market_incentives
harm_reduction_vs_prohibition

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Using extreme examples (total bans work in Singapore) without acknowledging context or unintended consequences (black markets, enforcement costs)
Framing the debate as health vs. freedom without exploring middle-ground policies (taxation, advertising bans, gradual phase-outs)
Overstating the government's role in harm reduction without comparing to tobacco industry marketing and information asymmetry

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