Sale of Cigarettes
Should the production and sale of cigarettes be made illegal? The sale of cigarettes should be banned. Cigarettes are very harmful and cause many different diseases. Many people get addicted to smoking cigarettes because of the nicotine substance. Even though cigarettes have been around for centuries and are a part of the American tradition , cigarettes should be made illegal because there 's harmful chemicals in cigarettes that cause lung cancer and cigarette smoking kills thousands of people every year . Cigarettes have been around for centuries and are a part of the American tradition. There’s evidence that tobacco has been around since 1612 in the first American colonies. Tobacco was the first crop grown for money in …show more content…
Beginning to sell their toxic product world wide. In 1964 an American general wrote a report on all the dangers and effects of cigarettes. In the report he wrote it stated that the nicotine and tar substances in the cigarette can cause lung cancer. In 1965 the U.S. Congress passed the Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act. This act said that on every cigarette pack there had to be a written label stating “Cigarettes may be hazardous to your health." In addition to the act of 1965 the U.S. Congress also passed the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act. This act required cigarette companies to make a new warning label every three months, which gave them four different labels to rotate …show more content…
That 's more than the leading amount of car accidents, abuse of controlled substances, and deaths caused by illnesses combined. The approximate deaths caused are 198,000 which isn 't even near to the amount that cigarettes cause. Cigarettes are the world 's most dangerous substance that humans became accessible to. In the U.S. more than 1,300 people die every day from smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes have thousands of harmful chemicals in their smoke that cause people to die. The harmful chemicals that are in the smoke can cause lung cancer. When you inhale cigarette smoke you inhale cancer-causing substances. The name of the cancer causing substances is called carcinogens. Carcinogens cause almost immediate changes in the lung tissue. When you first begin smoking your body is able to repair the damage. As you continue to smoke normal cells that line your lungs are damaged more and
Should the production and sale of cigarettes be made illegal? The sale of cigarettes should be banned. Cigarettes are very harmful and cause many different diseases. Many people get addicted to smoking cigarettes because of the nicotine substance. Even though cigarettes have been around for centuries and are a part of the American tradition , cigarettes should be made illegal because there 's harmful chemicals in cigarettes that cause lung cancer and cigarette smoking kills thousands of people every year . Cigarettes have been around for centuries and are a part of the American tradition. There’s evidence that tobacco has been around since 1612 in the first American colonies. Tobacco was the first crop grown for money in …show more content…
Beginning to sell their toxic product world wide. In 1964 an American general wrote a report on all the dangers and effects of cigarettes. In the report he wrote it stated that the nicotine and tar substances in the cigarette can cause lung cancer. In 1965 the U.S. Congress passed the Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act. This act said that on every cigarette pack there had to be a written label stating “Cigarettes may be hazardous to your health." In addition to the act of 1965 the U.S. Congress also passed the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act. This act required cigarette companies to make a new warning label every three months, which gave them four different labels to rotate …show more content…
That 's more than the leading amount of car accidents, abuse of controlled substances, and deaths caused by illnesses combined. The approximate deaths caused are 198,000 which isn 't even near to the amount that cigarettes cause. Cigarettes are the world 's most dangerous substance that humans became accessible to. In the U.S. more than 1,300 people die every day from smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes have thousands of harmful chemicals in their smoke that cause people to die. The harmful chemicals that are in the smoke can cause lung cancer. When you inhale cigarette smoke you inhale cancer-causing substances. The name of the cancer causing substances is called carcinogens. Carcinogens cause almost immediate changes in the lung tissue. When you first begin smoking your body is able to repair the damage. As you continue to smoke normal cells that line your lungs are damaged more and