Ban on Tobacco Ads by the Government of India
In 2001 the government of India instigated a bill which banned tobacco companies from sponsoring sporting and cultural events as well as advertising their products. This induced some fierce debates with people arguing the ethical right the government has to meddle in such affairs, saying it infringes on the people’s rights of choice and building of commerce to improve the economy. The India government purported the objective of the ban was to discourage adolescents from consuming tobacco which was detrimental to the well being of the country. To murky the waters further still, the taxes on the tobacco industry contributed a substantial amount to the government’s public revenues.
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That in so doing, it would increase the quality of life, not diminish it. In the year 1990 tobacco had claimed millions of lives and that figure continued rising exponentially over the following years. They further supported all this through pointing out the damage smokers were causing to their health was in fact enhancing the State 's expenditures and any jobs lost through less sales in tobacco would be gained elsewhere as the money spent did not simply disappear from the economy, it would simply be spent …show more content…
For example, do people as a whole know what is in their best interest to make them happy? It would seem there are many who think tobacco is essential to that. Dan Gilbert (2004) author of "Stumbling on Happiness" says humans make very poor predictors of what will create their own happiness. One such example he uses is, given the choice, which one of these two futures would you prefer in order to ultimately bring about a greater amount of happiness in your life… Winning the lottery or becoming a paraplegic. Studies show that one year later people that have had either happen to them are equally happy. The same could be said of people who become alcoholics or drugs addicts. They seek for and crave things in their life they think bring about greater joy when they are the seeds that in time erode away their happiness and shorten their life span, and creates societal
In 2001 the government of India instigated a bill which banned tobacco companies from sponsoring sporting and cultural events as well as advertising their products. This induced some fierce debates with people arguing the ethical right the government has to meddle in such affairs, saying it infringes on the people’s rights of choice and building of commerce to improve the economy. The India government purported the objective of the ban was to discourage adolescents from consuming tobacco which was detrimental to the well being of the country. To murky the waters further still, the taxes on the tobacco industry contributed a substantial amount to the government’s public revenues.
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That in so doing, it would increase the quality of life, not diminish it. In the year 1990 tobacco had claimed millions of lives and that figure continued rising exponentially over the following years. They further supported all this through pointing out the damage smokers were causing to their health was in fact enhancing the State 's expenditures and any jobs lost through less sales in tobacco would be gained elsewhere as the money spent did not simply disappear from the economy, it would simply be spent …show more content…
For example, do people as a whole know what is in their best interest to make them happy? It would seem there are many who think tobacco is essential to that. Dan Gilbert (2004) author of "Stumbling on Happiness" says humans make very poor predictors of what will create their own happiness. One such example he uses is, given the choice, which one of these two futures would you prefer in order to ultimately bring about a greater amount of happiness in your life… Winning the lottery or becoming a paraplegic. Studies show that one year later people that have had either happen to them are equally happy. The same could be said of people who become alcoholics or drugs addicts. They seek for and crave things in their life they think bring about greater joy when they are the seeds that in time erode away their happiness and shorten their life span, and creates societal