Ban On Tobacco Advertisements By The Government Of India

The smoking habit is the principal cause of illness, disability and death around the world. More than five million of people in the world die due to smoking habit every year. If we don’t take care of this in 2030 the amount will be ten million. Seven million of these deaths would be in poor countries.

Consumption of Tobacco is a worldwide phenomenon. Nearly every country is planning to raise more restrictions around the consumption of Tobacco. The awareness about its ill effects is rising through the corridors of Parliaments of many countries with the help of governmental and non-governmental organizations. There are some internationally recognized organizations like the “World Lung Foundations” that are striving hard to reduce the consumption of tobacco to a bare minimum. There are numerous reasons that support the argument that tobacco should be completely banned from the United Sates.

Objections to this new policy might be met with the fact that use of tobacco

Cigarettes come from a trend that turns into a habit; That is harmful to human health not only for direct smokers, but also more severely for passive smokers.

Smoking is injurious to health and a preventable cause of premature death. In the U.S.; it is estimated that one in each five adults smoke currently and about 480,000 people die prematurely from diseases caused by smoking or secondhand smoke exposure. (CDC tobacco use). The economic burden of tobacco use is also significant. About $100 billion per year is spent in medical expenses and another $100 billion per year in lost productivity. There is no safe level of smoking

In the article ‘Cigarette tax hike sparks panic buying’, Hall (2010) discusses the effects of tax increase on cigarettes. The government has decided to raise the tax on cigarettes by 25%, costing $2.16 more on a pack of 30 cigarettes. This government intervention is an attempt to stop people from smoking and reduce the health bill caused by those who smoke. The increase in tax is expected to save $5 billion more of the people’s tax dollars and the government decided that it will be put into a better use for its health and hospitals reparations. This contractionary fiscal policy is expected to reduce the total tobacco consumption by approximately six percent and drive down the number of smokers by 87,000.

According to CDC (2011) smoking is not only the leading cause of preventable deaths, smoking aggravates the seriousness of other pathologies, creating health complications that need additional medical care, and requiring additional expense on the part of individuals and the taxpayers that support State and Federal health systems. Chronic illnesses, especially those that can lead to morbidity, the hours that employee can work and be productive. Therefore, there are additional costs to individuals and to the greater society. These additional costs and reductions in productivity can be avoided if States reinvest in smoking cessation campaigns at levels equal to or higher than in the 21st century. According to CDC (2011) and Werner (2008) smoking not only costs money, it takes off ten to fourteen years from the normal life expectancy of the smoker and those that are exposed to second hand smoke regularly.

Nicotine use is a leading preventable cause of death in the world, directly and indirectly responsible for 440,000 deaths per year. The health problems that result in tobacco use tally an annual of $75 billion in direct medical costs (Slovic 36). That money spent on medical problems for smokers should be used to pay for more important things in our society such as schools, libraries, childcare, etc.

(Internal Summary/Transition: Smoking can not only ruin your health, but also cause economic destruction. We will examine the impact of smoking on the economy.)

The points made for banning the advertising of tobacco ads were that other countries had also already enacted similar legislation. The reason given in justifying the legislation was that they had

People may argue that because every pack of cigarettes contains a high tax, then it is benefiting the economy by giving the government more money. Although this may be true, our economy is also struggling because of smokers. Furthermore, medical bills have to be paid when a smoker gets lung cancer and has to get treatment. While smokers may be giving the government a larger amount of tax money every year, they also increase the medical bills and cause their job companies to lose money. According to an anti-smoking campaign, studies show that medical costs decreased in a six month period. In this article, “Anti-smoking Drive To Cut Health Costs”, Darren Gray mentions that in 1997 the estimated health-care savings were more than $24 million. He later analyzes that “The savings were attributed to a reduction in the incidence of lung cancer, heart disease and strokes - but could be even greater because the analysis did not include the effects of passive smoking”. This just proves that even though buying cigarettes gives the government more tax money, it also decreases the government’s money for people who have health insurance and need that money to pay for lung cancer treatments. If cigarettes were to become illegal, not as many people would continue to buy them, because they do not want to commit crimes; therefore, leading to less medical issues related to tobacco smoke.

A summary of the arguments in favor of the ban on tobacco advertising in India

A third argument used is the cost of healthcare. In India, it was estimated that revenue from the tobacco sales only attributed to around 0.14 percent, while the cost of healthcare was roughly 0.21 percent. Simply stated, the government was spending more on health care than it was gererating from the

The arguments in favor of the ban on tobacco advertising in India, include India’s Government of moral ethics and the obligation to protect its people. The health concern, for the consumers cleverly removed the additional threats (even if it’s subconscious) by banning the Ads in India. Internal notoriety also played up the venue of taking care of each countrymen. Because of the International publicity some Governments became (In many people’s eyes) more caring for their citizens, implying that someone is watching out for them and their best interests.

over 3 million deaths in 1990, the figure rising to 4.023 million deaths in 1998. It was estimated that tobacco related deaths