The article is written by Shalom Jacobovitz which is the chief executive officer of the American college of cardiology. At the beginning of the article Jacobovitz (2014) makes a strong assertion: “Tobacco use is the common denominator in 40% of all cardiovascular disease cases (1) and accounts for 480,000 deaths each year as the leading cause of preventable death in the United States” (p. 2701). Smokers will have a ten years shorter life expectancy compared to nonsmokers. Tobacco use has led to about 480,000 deaths a year and emerged to be the leading cause of deaths in United States. In an effort to reduce the number of smokers, the Federal Trade Commission has required a warning about cigarettes us to be placed on packet of cigarettes. The
