The History Of Smoking Tobacco

Between 1964 and 2000 an estimated three million deaths were prevented due to the decrease in smoking tobacco (Warner, 1989). The number of prevented deaths increase as the numbers of users decrease. During this time period, it became evident that people who regularly smoked tobacco faced horrible side effects: including yellow teeth, increased risk of stroke and brain damage, and high likelihood of various cancers. So why were these three million people smoking in the first place? In 1865 the first commercial cigarette was presented to war-ridden soldiers at the end of the Civil War although cigarette smoking did not become widespread until 1881 when the first mass-producing cigarette machine was built. (ssssssss). During WWI, soldiers …show more content…
According to the CDC, the national tobacco control program (here on referred to as NTCP) provides funding and technical support to state health departments “to encourage coordinated, national effort reduce tobacco-related diseases and deaths.” In other words, any tobacco laws and policies in the US funded by the NTCP are intended to prevent young people from purchasing tobacco, regulate tobacco use in public places, or even control tobacco prices. On top of the NTCP and state level programs, employers, especially in the health care field, institutes a tobacco policy within the work environment. Many health care facilities do not allow tobacco use on the campus for the safety and well-being of the patient/resident and the user. Employers also benefit if their employees do not smoke; production is higher if employees do not have to take regular smoke breaks. Schools funded by the state usually provide and require students as young as 5th graders to participate in a program that teaches the dangers of drugs, tobacco, and alcohol. These programs are intended to install the saying “just say no” in their minds, and persuade them as a youth that they will not even try drugs, tobacco or …show more content…
Whether or not a person agrees with Obamacare, most would say that health care in the United
States is out of control, mainly concerning the cost of health care. Seeing that tobacco is a leading cause of death and that there are medical measures that can prevent death of a tobacco user, a lot of money is spent paying to treat illnesses of tobacco users. This is money can that could be spent either on something else in the health care system or money that doesn’t need to be spent on health care at all! If everyone were to quit using tobacco, America would spend less on