Tobacco has been a global issue for many years. Not only causing serious illness and death, tobacco also causes indirect economic loss in some countries such as the decreasing of health and productivity which then followed by the increasing of medical expenses. The World Bank has recorded around US$ 200 billion global net loss annually caused by tobacco which is far outweigh the benefit from the tobacco production itself. The condition is even worse in the developing countries to which most of tobacco users belong. In the developing countries, most of the tobacco users are middle to low income class which mostly are the male workers. The worst and most happening scenario is that they consume tobacco, they got serious illness, they lost their …show more content…
World Health Organization, through the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), acts as the umbrella organization for the countries to control the consumption and promotional activities of tobacco products. There have been numbers of policies and provisions set under the FCTC to control the use of tobacco, one of which is the introduction of plain packaging for tobacco …show more content…
This regulation was issued as the effort of the government to reduce and limit the distribution of tobacco products within the country especially cigarettes. Came in to force on the first of December 2012, the act regulates that all the cigarettes and other tobacco products sold in the country have to be put within a homogenous standardized plain packaging. No promotional image, slogan, and trademarks such as color and logo shall be allowed in the packaging as mentioned in the Act
The impact of Luther Terry’s contributions in regards to tobacco has drastically increased now more than ever. As a result of this contribution, awareness has been raised and the number of tobacco users has continued to drop throughout the years. Currently, the FDA is responsible for regulating the tobacco products. Bans have been placed tobacco products for certain types of advertising, and laws have been implemented which makes buying tobacco very hard. Through these restrictions, there is expected to be both negative and positive reports.
After John Rolfe found out that tobacco brought a nice income he had planters start growing it. The only problem with growing tobacco is that it is a high maintenance crop so it had to be watched year round. Planters loved the income it brought it but they had trouble farming many acres by themselves. Planters simply needed help and having indentures was the perfect way to get the help from poor immigrants.
In the year 1600, tobacco spread all through the United States and in the nations around it. To the people in America, tobacco smoking was taken as a tradition which they all had adopted. By the year 1604, James I the king of England, opposed tobacco smoking, saying that it would cause wild behaviors to the people. By then, tobacco smoking had become a habit for most of the people in England and they begged to be allowed to continue doing it. In the year 1612, tobacco was planted not only to be consumed now but also as a cash crop.
The Story of Tobacco in America is a book written by Joseph C. Robert, and published in 1949. The author provides great information for the reader by dividing the book into nine detailed chapters, from -The Discovery of “That Bewitching Vegetable”in 1492, to “The End of the Tobacco Road”, in 1948. Robert’s book shows the impact that tobacco had in establishing the early lives of American settlers and for the country as a whole. The tobacco plant has shaped the various events throughout American history, while still doing so to this very day. Roberts goal was to provide history to the reader on how tobacco has influenced man and it’s effects on political, economical, and social life of America.
Tobacco saved the Virginia colony! In 1607, Jamestown was founded by settlers, which was the first lasting British colony in America along the Chesapeake Bay, which is considered in present-day the Virginia colony. In 1606, Virginia Company investors obtained an authority from the king, enlisted settlers, and sent them to America in order to search for gold, in which settlers built a fortress, but struggled to get through their early years in America. Settlers landed in America to search and look for gold so they did not expect to stay for a long period of time in America; they did not want to sow crops, but they faced famine and starvation. However, John Smith took control and enforced settlers to farm and plant crops in which he warned them
The medical world in the present day is much more advanced than it was just a few years ago. There are new medical breakthroughs as well as new diseases discovered every day. But, what we all have known for years is the tobacco is not good for the body and causes cancer. According to cancer.org, lung cancer is the leading cause of death by cancer in the United States and about 71 percent of Americans who have been diagnosed with lung cancer die from their cancer. (Tobacco-related cancers fact sheet. 2014.)
COPD has been a high important cause of “morbidity, mortality and health care cost world wide” (Mannino&Buist,2007) and expected to rank within the top 5 in 2020 for being a “burden of disease” a study of which the “World health Organisation” had issued (Rabe et al, 2007). It is important to note that one of the biggest risk factor of COPD is “cigarette smoking” (Mannino&Buist, 2007). Further risk factors include environmental pollution, dangerous chemicals at work, old age, the genetic structure, and especially infectious diseases (Mannino&Buist, 2007). In countries where the income are higher the consumption of tobacco is also high about “73%” whereas in comparison to countries in “middle and lower income” there is only “40%” mortality
LEARN: SMOKELESS TOBACCO, THE SAFER ROUTE? Most people seem to think smokeless tobacco (snuff, snus, or chewing tobacco) is safer to use since you are not exposed to smoke, the carcinogens, the tar, etc. We hate to break it to you, but you’re actually causing major damage to your entire body by using smokeless tobacco. Most smokeless tobacco products have some of the highest nicotine content available, with levels of 23 to 26 milligrams per can! Nicotine is the addictive ingredient your brain gets hooked on, and keeps you coming back for more.
The usage of tobacco in the fields are the same as individuals choosing to chew tobacco. Tobacco, in any shape and form, includes nicotine and can do severe damage to the human body. Therefore, companies in charge of the workers
Smoking is a choice and no one is forcing that upon people. The public has been well warned about the risks of smoking; therefore, the people smoking are fully aware that their lives are at risk. Tobacco companies should not be held responsible for smoking-related illnesses and deaths because once people put the tobacco in their mouths, they are putting there own life at risk themselves, and because as individuals we have a choice on whether or not to smoke cigarette. It 's true that tobacco companies aren 't accountable for why people smoke. Nonetheless, every tobacco product has a warning label on it therefore it 's not the companies responsibility from smoking-related illnesses and deaths.
1.1 Background Indonesia is one of the developing countries that have high levels of consumption and production of cigarette. Variation product and price cigarettes cause Indonesia has become one of the producers and consumers cigarette the largest in the world (Anies, 2006). According to the Director of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Frans Rupang, permitting the establishment of a cigarette production is relatively easy. Now we have at least 3,800 cigarette factories, including home-based classes. The amount was the largest in the world (http://bisniskeuangan.kompas.com accessed 25 April 2015).
In Kenya, it is estimated that one of every five teenagers smoke. It has also been established that that most people start smoking at the age between 12 and 14, in addition to the fact that 1,200 tobacco smokers die every from smoking (Eaton, 2003). This translates to about 1,4389,00 deaths every year. This is a great number of preventable deaths every year. Despite being of great economic importance, tobacco has brought about much more harm than good.
Smoking has been a long time habit round the world. However, in the past, smoking cigarette was very popular and known to be a cool recreational drug, and was widely accepted by the community across the world. Today smoking has been less widely accepted and more restricted because of the many health risks that are linked to smoking cigarette. These days, people are well educated and more knowledgeable about the health risks of smoking.
Introduction Big Tobacco, the leading tobacco companies in the industry strategically exploits the marginalized groups to maximize their bottom line. The marginalized community, which includes society, most socially and economically challenge such as youths, the homeless, the mentally challenged, those with substance-abuse problems, anxiety and depression are at a tremendous disadvantage and the habit of smoking brings significant financial and health burden to these individuals. Research has shown that 25 percent of the United States adult population has some form of mental illness or substance abuse disorder, 65.2 percent of adult smokers also use alcohol and 44.3 percent of all tobacco sold in the United States is consumed by this marginalized
Smoking has become a social habit nowadays. When people around are smoking, the person practically feel like he/she should be doing the same. And this is increasing day by day in our country. Smoking tribulates almost every organ of the body. It is the leading cause of more than 443,00 deaths each year.