The Socially Acceptable Deadly Addiction Smoking is bad, everyone knows that. “Today no one debates the conclusion that smoking is harmful to one’s health, not even smokers” (Sloan, Smith, and Taylor 1). If this is the case, then why is there still a vast population of smokers? There could be many different reasons. Cigarettes are addictive, legal, and easily available. Cigarettes can be found in almost every store and are provided with free advertising when celebrities publicize pictures with one in hand. Although the harmful effects of smoking are mostly well-known, “For some, cigarettes provide a ‘comfort,’ a ‘friend’ in times of stress, and a benefit that outweighs all consequences” (25). This is the addictive side of cigarettes that
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This smoking addiction needs to come to an end due to the fact that it causes the death rate of a person to be “…twice as great for those continuing cigarette smokers …show more content…
They need help and lots of it. Apart from family and friends, the media and even local stores, can help decrease the amount of people who smoke. If cigarettes were not sold in every store those who smoke may simply quit because they may have to drive far just to find a cigarette shop. “A study the company [CVS] is releasing Wednesday in the journal Health Affairs shows bans at pharmacies in Boston and San Francisco led to 13% fewer purchasers” (O’Donnell and Ungar). This smoking ban in pharmacies had a significant impact, especially since these pharmacies were not big chains. “Smokers didn’t just switch where they bought cigarettes…some just stopped buying them all together” (O’Donnell and Ungar). Not all smokers in Boston and San Francisco quit completely, but any small amount of them that did quit is great. Just recently, CVS has begun its ban on selling tobacco products and offers help for those over 18 who are willing to quit, making it “…the first large chain to stop tobacco sales”(O’Donnell and Ungar). The previous studies of pharmacy bans show that the choice of CVS to ban tobacco sales in their stores may have a great impact on decreasing smokers in the
This smoking addiction needs to come to an end due to the fact that it causes the death rate of a person to be “…twice as great for those continuing cigarette smokers …show more content…
They need help and lots of it. Apart from family and friends, the media and even local stores, can help decrease the amount of people who smoke. If cigarettes were not sold in every store those who smoke may simply quit because they may have to drive far just to find a cigarette shop. “A study the company [CVS] is releasing Wednesday in the journal Health Affairs shows bans at pharmacies in Boston and San Francisco led to 13% fewer purchasers” (O’Donnell and Ungar). This smoking ban in pharmacies had a significant impact, especially since these pharmacies were not big chains. “Smokers didn’t just switch where they bought cigarettes…some just stopped buying them all together” (O’Donnell and Ungar). Not all smokers in Boston and San Francisco quit completely, but any small amount of them that did quit is great. Just recently, CVS has begun its ban on selling tobacco products and offers help for those over 18 who are willing to quit, making it “…the first large chain to stop tobacco sales”(O’Donnell and Ungar). The previous studies of pharmacy bans show that the choice of CVS to ban tobacco sales in their stores may have a great impact on decreasing smokers in the