Persuasive Essay On Tobacco

Over the past 65+ years, tobacco has been a major health concern towards humans. Some say these concerns were always something the creators were more or less aware of, however, their financial gain was great enough for them to continue to produce such a product knowing it will be harmful to people. As Jonathan Turley states, “ To some, tobacco is a symbol of corporate greed and immorality in the marketing of an addictive and deadly product. To others, it symbolizes individual choice and freedom in a life increasingly subject to governmental control.” This is a free country, but at what point is it right for the government to step in and take charge of something that is factually killing millions of humans annually? This is the big question that not only I come across, but many people who are

“Most public health scholars believe that this change has been accelerated by public policy interventions to reduce tobacco use”. There have been many ways the government and pressure groups have gone about getting this problem resolved, which have been previously mentioned above. Although Michael Cummings states in a journal article that, “the most potent demand reducing influences on tobacco use have been efforts to increase the financial cost of using tobacco products primarily through taxation, smoke free policies, comprehensive advertising, and paid counter advertising campaigns.” (Cummings, 2002). Other procedures that have also been implemented to help educate individuals on the dangers of smoking have also been major factors, especially when it comes to getting into the younger minds. Many studies believe that educating the younger population is major aspect towards preventing smoking from becoming a normal thing in their lives. Because we all know, that once something becomes normal, it can be extremely difficult to adjust from those