Some might quit. With the recent tax increase over 140,000 smokers will quit smoking (2008, Newport Television). However, others will rely on buying bootleg cigarettes or black market cigarettes. Some believe that there is no problem with buying cigarettes illegally (cigarettes that are not taxed). What the government does not realize is that smokers who have had the habit for numerous amounts of years will not quit smoking.
However in the long-run, this price raise is not enough to make people quit smoking so since cigarettes are a demerit good, it will have a negative effect on the environment and it will increase the number of health issues from second hand smoke, not to mention the high unemployment rate and less taxes for the government. Work Cited: BusinessDictionary.com. 2013. What is inelastic demand? definition and meaning.
8/21/2014 Diagnostic Assignment Is smoking really all that bad for adolescents? Some say that it does not affect the teenagers because they will stop before they are 20, however, that is not the case. Once you start smoking it is almost impossible to stop and you have already infested your lungs with the puffs of smoke. The moment the tobacco enters your lungs you are putting your health in danger. Lung cancer, bronchitis, and heart diseases are all effects of smoking tobacco.
These people have stomas and now have a huge hole in their throat. This commercial is targeting smokers and potential smokers as well. This is made clear by looking at their website where the CDC states, “The Tips from Former Smokers campaign features real people suffering as a result of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke. Their compelling stories send a powerful message: Quit smoking now. Or better yet — don’t start” (Tips From Former Smokers).
Every year our state has to spend a large sum of money on supervising marijuana because it is illegal. But once Proposition 19 is passed, those marijuana offenders and drug traffickers will be innocent. “The measure could result in savings to the state and local governments by reducing the number of marijuana offenders incarcerated in state prisons and county jails, as well as the number placed under county probation or state parole supervision”(Brown 14). This could save California millions of dollars annually.
Mr. President. You asked me if teenagers smoking weed was a problem in this nation. My answer would be yes most teenagers want to try everything before they grow old at least once. People say that it is okay to try it once, but that is completely the opposite because you could get addicted from the first smoke I think there are about 10% that get addicted after the first smoke. Weed is also almost advertised more than cigarettes these days without you knowing it.
Meaning that they aren’t on the waiting list due to an illness, but are on it because of a self-inflicted problem. This is unfair on the seriously ill people. What we really need to question is whether or not those people who are choosing to make decision, which negatively affect their health deserve the care and support seriously ill people require. The people we are talking about are the ones who consume a large amount of alcohol each and every night and who buy a packet of twenty cigarettes not to last them seven days but instead only one day. These people are wasting the time, effort and help which doctors put in to make their lives healthier.
You would think if I could fight a Heroin addiction, I can quit smoking. One thing that I know that would benefit other people if smokers quit, is second hand smoke. “Secondhand smoke is associated with disease and premature death in nonsmoking adults and children. Exposure to secondhand smoke irritates the airways and has immediate harmful effects on a person’s heart and blood vessels. It may increase the risk of heart disease by an estimate 25 to 30 percent…” If we could ban cigarettes all together, I bet the amount of cancer problems we have will dramatically lessen.
More or less it’s been good and bad. I ask why hasn’t marijuana been legalized across the country only because America has accepted much worse. There are substances sold daily that are far more damaging to the people of United States and its communities. Alcohol and tobacco is a substance that can cause long-term and short-term damage to the body. Alcohol alone can cause “high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, liver disease, digestive problems” as well as depression, anxiety, and more (Alcohol and Public Health, 2014).
Most kids our age that are just learning how to drive need to pay for gas prices on their own with out their parents help. Some kids even have to work two jobs to pay for gas. “I am just going to sell my car and walk everywhere I go” Kyle Clemenz said. “I literally feel bad for your generation Laura, because the gas prices keep going up and it’s hard to say where you will be in life with this problem. You might have to work two or three jobs to maintain the money for gas these days.