Censorship Essay-Lack Of Tobacco Rights

The use of tobacco dates back to a time when Indians grew tobacco plants and smoke pipes. The tobacco industry was the place to gain profit up until recently. In the recent years, many studies have been done on tobacco and its harmful effects such as: second hand smoke, child birth defects, lung cancer, jaw cancer, etc. In recent years the use of tobacco products has plummeted to an unprecedented low. It became illegal for tobacco commercials to be shown on tv and the age in which you could buy cigarettes went from anyone, to 18, to the most recent age restriction of 21. Many people have stopped smoking or chewing tobacco because of its harmful effects or they have switched to alternatives, like vaping. Although many people have stopped, there still are people who smoke and its becoming increasingly harder for them to get cigarettes or any other form of tobacco. Smokers and cigarette companies have made websites in order to fight for their tobacco rights and the website tobaccorights.com does just that. The website itself is new. At the bottom of the page it has “copyright 2017 citizens for tobacco rights”, which means it has been updated recently. Tobacco Rights has links to many online videos that tells you more about the website itself and about tobacco rights over the years. The website …show more content…
Also, the website is operated by a tobacco company. Which doesn’t always mean that the information they are giving you is for your benefit. They do have links in their issues page that tells you about the harmful effects of tobacco usage but it doesn’t have too much information. They provide historical information for reference usage but the website has “no obligation to update any information on the