Tobacco has been a highly discussed and controversial topic for many years now. While it has been almost fifty years since the dangers of cigarette smoking were first discovered, it seems as though with each passing day that new information is being discovered or divulged as the case may be. Is this emergence of "new" information going to just lead to more "warning labels", or are manufacturers going to be held accountable for knowingly marketing, distributing, and selling a proven dangerous product?.
Since 1965, when manufacturers were mandated to put warnings on cigarette packages, the tobacco companies, in my opinion, have not willingly agreed to inform the public of the potential dangers of their product. If anything, they have continued to suck in more susceptible customers by purposely manipulating the nicotine levels in the cigarettes they produce to increase the demand for their product. It has only been through the courts that tobacco companies have slowly begun to admit what they have potentially known for years. That is, as recently announced by Phillip Morris, that smoking is addictive and can cause serious health problems. Why then are they continuing to push their dangerous product?.
Although it can be said that the hazards of smoking are more publicized today than in earlier years, and if someone begins to smoke they are doing so at their own risk, I object to the way that tobacco industries market their product. In 1998, Liggett acknowledged that the tobacco industry targets people under the age of eighteen as potential users of their product. This is a blatant disregard to our national laws on the approved age for those legally able to buy tobacco and tobacco related products. While I understand the need or desire for tobacco companies to pull in new customers, so that they can flourish as a company, I find their tactics to be unethical. It has been found that the dangers of smoking are more prevalent if you begin doing so at a young age.
I will tell you what some types of tobacco are, why people often use tobacco, some brief history about tobacco, why people use tobacco, why people don't quit, how you can quit if you do smoke and a couple of other things. ... Some people think that tobacco is cool. ... Another way to use tobacco is to chew it. ... These have more tobacco than usual. ... In 1492 tobacco was discovered. ...
The history of tobacco use stems back to the Americas. ... Reynolds Tobacco Company was founded, producing chewing tobacco. ... Reynolds Tobacco Company was founded, producing chewing tobacco. ... Reynolds Tobacco Company was founded, producing chewing tobacco. ... Tobacco Institute, 10 Jan 1979, p2). ...
die in the United States die from tobacco related diseases. ... Despite all the gain in knowledge that has been made over the last couple of decades about the harmful effects of tobacco, there are still thousands of people who start using tobacco products everyday! Obviously, the most damaging effect of tobacco products is the health risk. ... Instead, they use chewing tobacco. ... Ads for cigarettes and chewing tobacco try to make smoking and chewing glamorous. ...
Tobacco Companies and thier ethics By: The Ethnicity of Tobacco Companies Tobacco Companies actively market a highly addictive and lethal product, and have done so for many years here in the United States and abroad. ... Tobacco companies display a lack of ethical concern in producing, marketing, and selling tobacco products. ... Politicians were rewarded financially by tobacco and stood to lose easy campaign money if they challenged tobacco. Tobacco companies also exerted influence against anti-tobacco politicians by contributing to their competitor's campaigns. ... The tobacco co...
Tobacco causes cancer. ... Tobacco has had a long history in America. ... A monumental win for "Big Tobacco." ... As strange as it may sound, many of America's tobacco farmers would also support the regulation of tobacco. ... Many tobacco companies have begun to purchase more tobacco ...
The tobacco we know Introduction The aim of this report is to catch a grip on why and how tobacco is such a big industry today. ... It has been the preferred "tobacco- since settlers in Jamestown, Virginia, began growing it. ... Already in 1641, the tobacco industry was monopolized. ... Tobacco cultivation utilizes more labor than most other crops. In the foreseeable future, farmers will continue to invest in tobacco production as long as consumer demand for tobacco products, and as long as they can be assured that their crops will sell quickly and profitably. ...
Skoal chewing tobacco say "Always there in a pinch." ... Tobacco companies try to get people started at an early age, it affects more than one person if tobacco smoke is around someone else. ... Eventually tobacco became famous for smoking. ... Just because the tobacco leaf had a lot of value during colonial days doesn't mean we have to stick by tobacco's side right now. ... In small efforts to take tobacco out of the nation's economy, tobacco is taxed, but not made illegal. ...
*The Future Tobacco Industry* Over the years the tobacco industry has been blamed for constant problems in our society. ... Despite all the warnings, society has neglected to acknowledge tobacco as a deadly substance and the tobacco industry doesn't seem to think of tobacco as deadly, they simply see it as a profitable toxicant. ... "Approximately 10% of Canadian tobacco consumer's switch brands every year. ... Tobacco advertising influences people from all ages and ethic groups. ... For example, several companies use slogans such as "smoking is the way to be independent, smoki...
Beating Big Tobacco As part of the 1998 multi-state tobacco settlement, the nations largest cigarette companies promised not to "take any action directly or indirectly to target youth in advertising, promotion, or marketing of tobacco products." ... Tobacco is no longer advertised on television or billboards. ... We need to step up the program and put it on a level with that of the tobacco companies. ... It is proven that the key to tobacco's success has been through marketing. The same thing that put big tobacco on top can bring them down. ...
