In conclusion, smoking tobacco is injurious to health. Secondly, tobacco costs the government millions of dollars. Tobacco manufacturing costs lots of money. The government doesn’t only pay for the production but also for the production employees. Approximately 1,419 workers work for tobacco manufacturing.
Rae Uddin (2011) however, lists the benefits. Stating that the use of medical marijuana improves the overall lives of sick patients. The author also conveys that the neurological pain level in HIV patients reduces by 30 percent with the use of marijuana. She agrees in her study, that it decreases appetite in patients. This is essential, due to patients that often loose appetite, not wanting to eat, are not getting the nutrients needed for the healing process.
Of the 7,000 chemicals in just one cigarette, 250 chemicals are toxic to one’s health...whether it be the smoker or the bystander breathing in the sidestream smoke. 69 chemicals of those 250 are known to cause cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute, “approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths occur each year among adult nonsmokers in the United States as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke”. This statistic derives from the fact that “sidestream smoke has higher concentrations of cancer-causing agents (carcinogens)…” (“Secondhand Smoke” par 1). In a general gist, secondhand smoke can put an individual at risk of cancer even if they have never smoked a day in their entire life.
Nicotine in cigarettes affects the nerves. Reynolds, using logos, refers to “Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service” to prove her argument. She said there are a number of chemical changes are caused by nicotine in the blood that affect brain function as the nerve-center of the human body. However, cigarette contains numerous harmful ingredients including nicotine, tar and carbon monoxide in it. When inhaled, each of these ingredients can result in hazardous effects on our respiratory system, especially the lungs which are the most important among the various organs of the respiratory system.
It is well know that cigarettes are unhealthy for the smoker reducing the oxygen in the body. If a pregnant woman gets less oxygen every time she smokes a cigarette so does her fetus reducing blood flow and nutrition to the placenta. Also the fetus metabolise the agents contained in the tobacco which can causing cancer. (Siegler, R. Deloache, J. Eisenberg, N. 2006) The main effects that can compromise the health of the infant are retarded growth and low birth weight. Statistic shows that those babies born to heavy smoker average weight half a pound less than baby of non-smokers.
Attention Getter: A shocking statistic: Did you know that smoking is the most preventable cause of disease and premature death in America? In 2012, about 577,190 Americans are expected to die of cancer,more than 1,500 people a day. Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the US, exceeded only by heart disease,accounting for nearly 1 of every 4 deaths. (American Cancer Society) B. Thesis Statement: Breaking the habit of smoking is the right way to go because smoking is not only harmful for you but it is also harmful to the people around you. II.
The Electronic Cigarette The product: Cigarettes can be extremely dangerous and harmful. Smoking them can increase your risks for cancers, and other horrific illnesses. Each cigarette smoked shortens your life drastically. Studies show that each cigarette will cost you seven minutes of your life, as stated by Quit Smoking (2006). Cigarettes contain 400 toxic substances; the most damaging is the tar, and then carbon monoxide as source two mentions.
Did Marlboro Man actually fall off his horse on ‘Marlboro Friday’? “Marlboro Friday” was widely considered as the day Philip Morris eroded its brand equity by reducing the prices of its premium brands by 20%. I think it was a masterstroke in face of radically changing market due to the regulatory environment and mounting health concerns criticism. Philip Morris was faced with two significant challenges, to stop the growth of non-profitable discount cigarette segment (Appendix A) and to manage the excess inventory that existed with its distributors. To further understand these challenges it is important to view the decision in light of economic value considerations (Appendix B) of the existing industry environment.
Cigarette Taxes – Dennis Peck As states continue to raise taxes on tobacco there is a negative and positive effect on the consumer and the economy. Higher cigarette taxes are supposed to reduce smoking and generate revenue to fund educational and cessation programs, but this is not always the case. Answers to the questions below will hopefully give a better understanding of what effect higher tobacco taxes have, who they affect and where the revenue from the sale of tobacco is spent. 1) Will cigarette taxes have the desired effect of reducing the demand for cigarettes? Among young and low income smokers it will have a positive effect.
Cigarettes and alcohol are inelastic products because they can be said to be ‘necessities’ for some people. Those people may be addicted to those demerit goods, so even if the price is highly raised those people will still purchase those goods. The governments impose indirect tax on to those goods because they are aware of the consequences of those demerit goods. When the tax is imposed, the price of those goods will rise, which means that the quantity demanded may fall (though it might not be a large fall). However, the government prefers to impose tax on inelastic products like cigarettes and alcohol because this will not lead to the consequence of unemployment, which is caused by the large fall in demand for production.