Pros And Cons Of Banning Tobacco

Firstly, the campaign of “National No Smoking Day” has been organized on Wednesday in 1983, when it was called Quit for the day in United Kingdom. This campaign remains as the foremost public health event in UK. The mission of this campaign is to appeal to smokers in a different age, sex or social class. Then, in Malaysia, Health Ministry was initiated the campaign of “Say No” to smoking in 2004 until 2010. Campaign posters were posted up on billboards, government premises, newspapers and magazines, while television and radio advertisements were bought and played on air.In addition, to increase the awareness of the negative consequences of smoking, tobacco companies are also banned from advertising their products.For 32 years, beginning in 1976, the warning on cigarette packs were one-line sentences stated that: “Warning by the Malaysian Government: Smoking is Hazardous to Health” and also the images on the pack of cigarettes demonstrate some of the consequences of smoking: cancers of the neck, lung and mouth and must cover at least 40% of the front of the pack, and 60% of the

So we should have regulations on TV and radio commercials, posters, and other media messages to counter tobacco advertisements (CDC, 2015). Additionally we should make regulations to prohibit the distribution of free samples of cigarettes. For effective laws and regulations enforcement, we should include community mobilization because engaging community in identifying community priorities, resources, needs and solutions will promote any developmental activities

Everyone has seen the ancient government infomercial made in the early 2000’s aimed to steer children and teens away from taking cigarettes. They have had some effect to the new generation according to Statistics Canada with the percentage of Canadians smoking declining from 21% to 18% over the last 5 year. This study also shows that the majority of smokers are in their 40s. Many Canadians still think that the government can do better and have campaigned relentlessly to make cigarettes illegal. Users of cigarettes have responded to these campaigns saying that cigarettes should still remain being legal as users have the right and freedom to do as they please. This reason is valid, but definitely not

Advertisements today control much of how people go about their days. Without a well-presented advertisement, products would not sell. An advertisement can create controversy if presented in a way that offends a group which will result in no sell to the product offered. However, when advertisements are shown correctly, even with the most harmful products like cigarettes, proven to cause lung cancer, can sell. Moreover, each advertisement brings along a different opinion which usually provides the opportunity for a counter-argument from various groups that would demote a product to promote another or to give awareness for a dangerous product. The two advertisement that will be discussed provide different viewpoints from different interest parties.

In the 2018 session of the Indiana General Assembly, Representative Charlie Brown introduced House Bill 1380 which would have made Indiana the sixth state to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products and electronic cigarettes from 18 to 21. The Indiana House passed the bill out of committee, but the house leadership decided to study the issue next summer before voting. The pros and cons of House Bill 1380 are listed below.

“Tobacco is a filthy weed that from the devil does proceed; it drains your purse, it burns your clothes, and makes a chimney of your nose”. With this statement, Benjamin Waterhouse, a physician, co-founder and professor of Harvard Medical School, recognized how smoking tobacco directly affects the quality and quantity of life. In the past, when Columbus arrived in the Americas, he found the natives using tobacco in much the same manner as it is used today. Tobacco use became popular among European settlers in the 16th century and soon became the chief commodity exchanged by the colonists for European-manufactured articles. Almost 500 years later, tobacco remains a large part of many countries’ culture and today it is widely used, but since it gives a huge negative impact on the quality and quantity of life, tobacco use became a global

The article written by pharmacist John Hill and published by the Globe and Mail Inc. to suggest an idea that could help solve the conflict in which pharmacies selling tobacco products. John Hill (1993) states that “Tobacco products should not be removed from drugstores, pharmacists should be” (p. A19). The author explains that tobacco is a palliative herb and a part of the North American heritage. The author also suggest that the pharmacist can work from a partition that is next door to the drug store. Also, the author finds the conflict between the tobacco dangers and the pharmacist concern regarding its harm is difficult for the customer to understand. I wanted to include this article to my research to show the other point of views where

overpower human behaviors which could lead to incidents against morals. This act was meant to help people keep good morals in check and live healthier, happier lives. Drinking actually became fashionable and exciting, which contrasts the entire notion of living a healthy life without alcohol as a temporary source of happiness. Many Americans drank heavily during this time and wished for the prohibition idea to end. A poem titled “The Alcohol Blues” exemplifies the outstanding desire for alcohol stating, “I’ve got the blues, I’ve got the blues I’ve got the alcoholic blues. No more beer my heart to cheer. Goodbye whiskey, you used to make me frisky so long high ball, so long gin. Oh, tell me when you’re comin’ back again” (Prohibition Repealed 1920-1933). Many American people became frustrated and their wish for the end came true – in a sense. Illegal bars called speakeasies, which sold black market liquor, began to evolve. This illegal trading allowed gangsters to gain fortunes. Bootleggers made and supplied illegal alcohol and essentially became heroes to the people who found themselves in desperate need of liquor. The government faced serious losses due to the effort on prohibition which eventually led to the end of the battle. One of the most important reasons leading to the final repeal was major costs. Enforcement costs topped over a billion dollars between passage and repeal which potentially could have gone toward other crises such as the war on poverty. It is said

Ever since the first cigarette was made, smoking has become a problem for our country, and it continues to negatively affect the people who smoke and even those who do not. People who smoke are damaging their health and making themselves susceptible to diseases like lung cancer and emphysema. People who do not smoke can be exposed to second-hand smoking, which can lead to serious health risks as well. The government has taken action to help the health of the country by paying for and creating anti-smoking advertisements to persuade smokers to quit or to prevent others from smoking in the future. Some anti-smoking advertisements are successful because they use the prospect of death to frighten people.

In medieval time’s tobacco was initially created mainly for pipe-smoking and chewing purposes. Cigarettes had been around in crude form since the primary 1600’s, whereas cigars had failed to have a leading influence until the primary eighteen hundred’s and failed to become wide common among the U.S. persons till the battle. With the unfolding of crude tobacco, sales surged in no time with the introduction of the White Burley tobacco leaf and so the invention of the first wise cigarette-making machine, sponsored by tobacco baron President Buck Duke, among the late eighteen hundred 's.

The United States has been through many eras of social reform, but none of them are quite like prohibition. In most cases, social reform is directed at a specific group of people. For example, the women’s suffrage movement aimed to reform policies affecting women, whereas the civil rights movement aimed to reform policies affecting African Americans. Prohibition, on the other hand, impacted people of every race, class, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. The question is: was prohibition successful? David E. Kyvig claims that prohibition was a failure because it only reduced alcohol consumption among certain groups of people, whereas J. C. Burnham claims that it was a success because it reduced alcohol-related arrests, injuries, and consumption

Recently, there is a new invention that has become public interest from country’s leader to citizen due to the rise of one device that called e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes or Vape are electronic devices intended to deliver nicotine with flavorings, which up to 7700 different flavors and some other chemicals into vapor. The amount of users of this device has increased in the past couple of years, which contributed $6 billion to the economy in 2015 itself, this is so as it is often portrayed as a healthier substitute for the regular cigarettes though this statement has yet been proven true. The question is: should the government ban the use of e-cigarettes? In my opinion, government should ban the use of e-cigarettes because it is detrimental to health,

Attention-getter: How many of you been around people who are smoking in public places? Probably, most of us have at least noticed people smoking in CMU campus even it is a non-smoking campus. Secondhand smoke is really harmful to anyone who inhales it in. As smokefree.gov stated, the smoke “contains over 7,000 harmful chemicals, at least 250 of which are known to damage… [ones] health.” Also, the secondhand smoke “can… stay in the air for several hours after somebody smokes.” Therefore, it is harmful to secondhand smoke.

Szilagyi, T. (2002). Hungary introduces a total ban on tobacco advertising. Tobacco Control, 11(1), 79-81.

The Supreme court banned smoking is some areas. I think smoking should be banned from all public places because of the disease that it can cause and all the harm it can do to people. People should have the right to walk wherever they want without being around the affects of someone smoking outside or worrying about having their life put in danger. If everyone make a campaign against smoking it can soon possibly get banned from all public places. I would start a campaign and try to get the attention from the government to have smoking banned so no one gets harmed or have to walk outside smelling the smell of