It is common for.government that paying more attention to our citizens’ health. I agree with this behavior, although too much restriction may cause some problems.
The majority of people in our society can not have a good ability of self-discipline, especially in the area of eating and lifestyle. It is not only because it is very difficult for people to give up some bad behaviors like smoking but also because they won’t be punished if they continuously do such a thing. When these terrible and unhealthy behaviors become a habit, it will be much more harder than before for them to drive them away and will have a negative influence to people around them. To solve this problem, our government should immediately take some actions like publishing some laws in this aspects to citizens. Many people may thus change their unhealthy lifestyle in the event of being punished by our government or violate the laws.
On the other hand, some people argue that every person need to take responsibility to their own health. If our government set too many rules to restrict our behaviors in every aspect of our life, people’s freedom will thus be deprived. That is to say, many of us can not have enough room to do whatever we want and need to totally transform our own lifestyles. The consequence is that, although the life expectancy can be improved, people will probably live a terrible life without happiness, the quality of which must be much lower than before. This kind of life can not be accept by many people.
In my opinion, the behavior of government can promise us a higher quality of life, because the possibility of people who suffer from a disease concerned with bad habits will become lower and much money can be saved in the area of medicine. Such a large number of money can be applied in some other areas like education, environment, entertainment and so on. People who live in this kind of society can enjoy a higher standard of life and the index of happiness can be much higher compared with other societies.
To be concluded, while people may be unhappy because of lacking enough liberty, the society will become better with the help of governing by our government.