Persuasive Essay On Tobacco Policy

Is smoking a cigarette like aiming a smoking gun to your head? Absolutely, yes! The photo above, has a very powerful message to be shared with people all over the world. The creator of the picture above is, The American Cancer Society. This is an organization that is trying to heighten awareness of the dangers of smoking, the most threatening danger being, cancer. They also promote relays which help raise money for ads and research. The money raised helps to inform people of the dangers smoking and what the negative outcomes of such a habit. This society also helps with finding treatment options. They are helping people cope with the side effects of various cancers or to advise on health insurance. A certain population of people, particularly young people, see smoking as a cool or hip idea to fit in. The goal of this visual argument is to inform people who smoke cigarettes that they should just hold a gun to their heads. The American people should be against nonsmoking because of the feelings you get when smoking, the chemicals that are involved, and how the cigarette will kill like a loaded gun.

Hank, you know that you are my boss, a father figure in my life, a mentor, and one of my best friends. I couldn’t ask for anyone better than you and I cannot thank you enough for all the things you have done for me over the last two years. One think that I have noticed though is that you love your smokeless tobacco. Don’t get me wrong, where I come from almost everyone uses tobacco in some type of way, especially in the military, but you mean a lot to me Hank and I want you to be aware of the risk you’re really taking when you use the snus and chewing tobacco.

Smoking tobacco is probably one of the worst habits humankind has developed. Originating as a tradition of the Native Americans, practiced mostly on special occasions, smoking has gradually become a kind of mass addiction. Due to the efforts of tobacco companies seeking to increase their sales, people started smoking more and more often; the evolution of a more traditional pipe to a cigarette took some time, but eventually tobacco became more affordable and easier to use (you now simply need to light it up, instead of having to always carry a tobacco pouch, stuff a pipe, puff it, and so on). As a result, deaths and health issues connected to tobacco consumption became a worldwide

Tobacco has been used since before our nation was colonized. During the seventeenth century, many British settlers earned their living in America from

Originally created in 1865 cigarettes have always held a significant place in American history. Tobacco, used in the production of cigarettes, was a major product driving the early economy. In 1965, a hundred years later, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) began tracking the percentage of adults who smoke cigarettes. The findings were published and in 1965 nearly 50% of adults actively smoked cigarettes, the percentage dropped steadily over time until the most

World-wide efforts have increased to alarm people of the danger in consuming tobacco products, both first hand and second hand. In recent years, reports have proven a decline in smoking. However, there are still millions of people that smoke in the United State of America. As a result, the effect of smoking has become a major health risk. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death, disease, and disability in the US.

Their just kids being kids, right? That’s what everyone says when you make a mistake as a kid. You’re told that experimenting is okay and you shouldn’t worry it’s just a phase, but what happens when it’s no longer a phase? What happens when it becomes an addiction? That is what has happened to 23% of high schoolers with tobacco products (“Smoking & Tobacco Use”). We all hear about the dangers of drunk driving, or smoking marijuana, but what about the dangers of smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes lead to addiction, pneumonia, stroke, and death. Tobacco overall, is an addictive substance with horrible consequences that should be banned for its health effects and the influence it has over teens. So, what are the health effects of tobacco? First we should know the dangers in a tobacco. There are over 7,000 chemical and 250 of those are known to be harmful (“Harms of Cigarette Smoking and Health Benefits of Quitting”). Out of those 250 there at least 69 that cause cancer (“Health Effects of Tobacco”). The types of cancer you can get from cigarettes include: lung, throat, liver, pancreas, and at least 10 other types. It can also cause other problems such as, the impairment of immune function and heart disease (“Health Effects of Tobacco”). In the United States alone, just cigarettes cause more than 480,000 deaths per year (“Smoking & Tobacco Use”). Smoking causes more deaths than HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use,

Tobacco companies make a lot of profit on cigarettes, and they want shoppers to keep buying their product. They only concern about how much money they are going to make; they do not care about how it will affect other people’s health. An average pack of cigarette is about five dollars, but imagine smoking about two packs day that would be three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars a year. According to Werner, "supporters of FDA bill cited figures from the Center of Disease Control and Prevention that smokers coat the country $96 billion a year in direct health care costs, and an additional $97 billion a year in lost productivity". Smokers are not only spending their own money on cigarettes, but they are also spending tax payer’s money on

Tobacco use is a large public health concern. It is extremely dangerous to use because of the long term affects including cancer, an increase in respiratory illness, and increases the risk of heart problems. Many question why the government hasn’t already banned tobacco since it is associated with so many negative diseases, but many others see the logic in the government staying out of the issue and letting citizens decide if they want to harm themselves. There comes a point, however, where the government needs to step in and realize that citizens will continue this bad habit if they are not forced to quit. Prohibition of tobacco will lead to lead to backlash from the tobacco companies, but setting this standard will show companies that the government is willing to make decisions that could affect their popularity for the next term. The government needs to realize that the severity of this

Tobacco use is a common pleasure among millions of Americans. Tobacco use is a great source of disagreement, and people either support it or disapprove of it. Smoking is a personal choice, and we need to accept that adults can decide to harm themselves (hypothetically) to some degree as long as there not harming another person. We also need to stop criticizing people about the decisions others choose to make, so long as you don’t choose to do it, it shouldn’t be a problem if someone decides differently. I believe at this point it would be impossible to ban tobacco use in the United States because tobacco is known to be one of the most important cash crops in American farming (J. Young, 2000).

The top cause of death in America according to the Public Health journal is smoking. Tobacco is clearly a prevalent public health issue in the United States. Tobacco has been the result of psychological, social, cultural, economic, and political factor which have influenced individual behavior to cause over 400,000 deaths each year (Schneider, 249). Cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, and respiratory disease are the most common and reoccurring effects of smoking. Epidemiology presented the first firm indication that smoking was one of the foundations of cancer and heart disease and has been unrelenting to provide information on the health effects of this ongoing bad habit in the public.

Cancer. A word that touches so many people worldwide. Many people know someone personally or someone close to them that have been affected by cancer. Because of this, most people would want to prevent or stop this disease if they could. So, why is there more than six million people dying each year from lung cancer alone? (Segel). Cigarette smoking is considered the major risk factor for many lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and lung cancer (Segel). This preventable death has caused many anti-smoking advertisements to surface. These campaigns show explicit photos about how cigarette smoking affects ones life. The advertisement I chose shows a young African American male buying a pack of cigarettes at a convenience store. In the advertisement, the clerk tells the male that he does not have enough for the purchase. Afterward, the male takes a pair of pliers to his face and rips out his teeth. Also in this same commercial, a young female teen pulls off half her face. The message being portrayed asks teens “What are cigarettes costing you?” Along with this, cigarettes are acting as a dominating factor in many young teens lives. Through its descriptions, pictures, and sayings, logos, ethos, and pathos are all used in this advertisement. The vivid images in this campaign not only use vanity to prevent teens from picking up a cigarette, but also inform young teens about the future dangers of smoking.

It was December 19th, 2017 when my life changed forever. When I took that first breath of nicotine-infused smoke into my lungs. I watched it swirl out of my mouth, dancing on the frosty December air. I loved it. So I took another drag from it, and another, and another, until all that was left were the glowing embers at the end of the cigarette. I dropped it, smashed it into the black and cracked asphalt, lit another cigarette, and repeated the whole process.

According to the existing statistics, the greatest proportion of the world’s population does not smoke tobacco. As noted in the United States of America, only one out of four adults smoke. Tobacco product use can be grouped as one of the social problems that has brought detrimental health concerns on the long time. It has also been established that that most people start smoking at the age between 12 and 14 years old (Eaton, 2003). Despite being of great economic importance, tobacco has brought about much more harm than good. In fact, those who smoke have their life span shortened

Today many companies- such as tobacco and alcohol industries will advertise to whoever they can get as much business as possible: this includes teens and those struggling with health issues. Although society recognizes that teen smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol, the alcohol and tobacco industries should not advertise such products to adolescents. By advertising to teens and people with mental issues, these companies are not stressing the danger and consequences people may face when consuming toxic substances. It is crucial to know reasons why these companies should not be allowed to poison youth and people that are not stable mentally with advertisements for dangerous substances.