Social Factors And Social Impact Of The Imperial Tobacco Company Of India Limited

Tobacco has been around in the world for over 2.5 million years. It was not until a few hundred years ago when the tobacco industry decided to put these crops into use and conjure up tobacco products for the community. A popular tobacco product in society is cigarettes, as they are cheap and simple to use. As long as one is over eighteen, acquiring cigarettes is a straightforward process for a reasonable price, albeit the sin tax. It was not until recently when cigarettes became widely controversial due to the plant containing nicotine, an addictive drug to the body. Aside from containing nicotine and other hazardous chemicals to the body, cigarettes also cause a whole host of health implications

The tobacco industry involves companies that sell and produce tobacco products all around the world. Tobacco products include cigarette, cigar, pipe, and chewing tobacco. Tobacco smoking is “the single largest cause of preventable death and disease in our community.” (Tobacco. 2006) With a society becoming more prosperous, education is improving and a concern for quality of life is resulting in a strong anti-smoking sentiment on all levels of society. Therefore the present and future marketing activities of the tobacco industry are heavily impacted by forces within its micro and macro environments.

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Smoking. A controversial, mindless activity to do in our health-conscious society today. We judge the loner and their values as we walk past them, sitting outside the restaurant to have a ‘quick fag’ whilst their friends continue to enjoy one another’s company inside the safety walls of the ‘smoke-free zone’. It’s known as an addiction. Or is it a disease? A deadly addiction, perhaps? A loss of self-respect, one’s values, responsibility. A disgusting and immature habit, only conducted by those who we think lesser of. Why can’t they control themselves? What is seriously so great about the taste, the smell, the feel, of the silent and patient killer that is tobacco?

Many drugs are used, misused, and abused in American society today. Some of these carry stigma in the general population, forcing users into an underground drug subculture. Others are accepted and almost promoted under certain circumstances. Tobacco is one of those drugs. Tobacco will be discussed in the context of cigarette smoking. This is not to undermine the existence or danger of other forms of tobacco, but instead to have an exhaustive discussion of cigarette smoking and its societal impact. Cigarettes are a means of inhaling tobacco, where it enters the lungs and is absorbed through the blood vessels, traveling to the heart, from which it is finally pumped to the brain (Hogan, Gabrielsen, Luna, and Grothaus 2003:76). Cigarettes are detrimental to society because they not only affect the user who chooses to smoke; they impact people around them through second-hand and residual smoke. The damage done by cigarettes is not impossible to address. Successful prevention measures are already in place, but this paper intends to suggest other more direct measures, especially related to statutory regulations.

cigarettes  used  to  symbolize  wealth  and status in society. Today, smoking seems to be more of a

In the twenty first century, everyone knows the dangers of smoking, yet so many people still do it. It is well known that it is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the United States, yet people still willingly put their lives at risk for their deadly habit. In the early twentieth century, smoking was not deviant; it was normal. In contrast to symbol of death and disease it is today, from the 1900s to the 1960s, the cigarette was a cultural icon of sophistication, glamour, and sexiness. When health hazards of smoking were published, people failed to believe that it could have anything to do with lung cancer and disease, which is why it is still so puzzling why people continue to smoke today. The symbolic interaction theory with the perspectives of Charles Horton Cooley, George Herbert Mead, and Erving Goffman explains why it was okay at one point in society to smoke, and is now considered deviant.

This advertisement shows how easy it is for young adults and children to “normalize” the use of tobacco and symbolizes society’s “norms” of the young population. Many people start this horrible habit because of stress, personal issues and even second hand smoke in most cases. This means children who grow up around a family member or loved one who smokes are three times more likely to start smoking

Tobacco is one of the world's dangerous drug which is haunting human lives to death. Over a billion adults are addicted to this drug and wasting their money, time and health. Nowadays there has been an ongoing debate/discussion among many people about the role of government in restricting the usage of Tobacco and thereby safeguarding the health of the public. In my personal opinion, both government and the Individual together needs to work to overcome this problem.

Australia is the world leader in tobacco control, as they became the first country that implemented plain package policy. Since December 2012, all tobacco products which are traded and brought to Australia must be in plain packaging in order to implement the National Tobacco Strategy (NTS) 2012 – 2018. (National Tobacco Strategy, 2012, p.27) The range of policies including health signs on packaging, mass media campaigns, bans on tobacco promotion, price increases, and controls on smoking and access to tobacco were implemented (ibid, p.1). As a result, 2014-2015 data shows that 14.5 percent aged 18 years and above were daily smokers (2.6 million adults), dropped from 16 percent in 2011-12. This reduction is a continuation of the trend over the past two decades. In 2001, 22.4 percent of adults smoked daily, while 23.8% of adults smoked daily in 1995 (Australian Bureau of Statistic, 2015).

People tend to act and behave in a way that is expected of them. The elite class wears designer brands, even if they like drugstore products, because a person of their income class and social status is expected to wear the elite things only. Such behavior and cognition is also observed in smoking and its behavior of quitting. When young adults are growing, they are highly concerned about their self-image and the perception people have of them. Those individuals who are expected to not smoke, because of their values, standards and motives, are likely to stay away from smoking while those from whom their friends and family expect to smoke; they show a higher behavior of smoking. This expectancy of smoking behavior is a major determinant of why and how people initiate their smoking cycle.

of price from the government. This has caused many farmers to exit the tobacco program

Thank you for responding to my post, the issue with why people still purchase cigarette even with the health risk that compliment smoking comes from the ingredient in cigarette (nicotine). However, people also smoke due to peer pressure and the marketing strategy employed by the tobacco companies in wooing its customers. For instance, "in advertising copy, benefits–which often have a psychological component–generally outsell features". Most tobacco companies know this hence they try to appeal to that segment of the demographic that need some form of psychological boost. Furthermore, the continued patronage of cigarette is due to people's need for self-esteem, "like they’re part of an exclusive group. That’s why advertising copy

The article states that the ban of tobacco is already going on globally and countries like Finland, Norway and France have all imposed bans on tobacco companies. The Indian government decided to interfere with the business of these companies because the well-being of its citizens is at risk. The government pointed out that 3 million that consumed tobacco were killed between 1990 and 1998 the death toll has increased to 4.023 million. The Indian government also stated that by the year 2020 the death toll of tobacco consumers might rise to 8.4 million deaths and by the year 2030 the death will rise to 10 million. These tobacco industries were aiming at increasing their profits by luring

First, let’s examine the history of tobacco beginning with the origination of the first cigarette, the evolution of the tobacco industry, followed by the socialization of smoking