1. Smoking is forbidden here.

2. No smoking.

3. Smoking will do you no good.

4. Smoking is not allowed here.

5. I am a chain smoker.

6. This cigar makes a terrible smell.

7. You smoke just like a chimney.

8. You smoke yourself sick.

Dialogue 1

W: Are you feeling better today, Bill?

M: Well, it’s hard to say. I coughed a lot in the evening.

W: You’d better give up smoking. It’s bad for your health.

M: You’re right. But you know it’s so hard to give up the old habit like smoking.

W: But you should make up your mind first.

M: You know I often have to work far into the night. I need smoking to keep me awake.

W: Why don’t you go to bed early and get up early?You’ll have the same time for work.

M: Thank you for your advice. I’ll try it.

Dialogue 2

M: Sorry to have smoked in your room.

W: Don’t worry. I’ll open the window.

M: It’s very kind of you.

W: Smoking is harmful for your health.

M: I know. I’ll try to give it up.

Dialogue 3

W: Did you read the letter in the paper about smoking? The person who wrote that must be crazy.

M: I don’t think so. I think the government should do everything it can to discourage people from smoking.

W: Maybe so. But a law banning cigarettes will do no good.

M: No, you can’t suddenly make smoking illegal, but government could prohibit smoking in public places like movies and theatres.

Every year millions of dollars are wasted on cigarettes and every year thousands of people die of lung cancer. At the same time the government spends a huge amount of money trying to make people give up smoking. There is a very simple solution to this problem. Cigarettes should be forbidden by law. The only people who would suffer from such a law would be the tobacco companies’. But we all know that they contribute nothing to society.

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