TabacooEssay Preview: TabacooReport this essayShould tobacco advertising be restricted? This is a very controversial issue. There is the idea that young children that smoke started smoking because of advertisements, but there is also the idea that children start smoking for other reasons. Many big, well-known tobacco companies like RJ Reynolds are being sued for their advertisements. On Monday April 20th, 1998 the jury heard a testimony from Lynn Beasly, the marketing vice president of the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company. The courts believed that the advertisement was directed towards children under the age of 18, due to a document from the RJ Reynolds Board of Directors showing that they set a goal to increase the companys market share among 14 to 24 year olds. Lynn Beasly claimed that she didnt know if an ad directed toward an 18-year-old would also attract children under the age of 18. She also stated that the “Joe Camel” campaign was not intended to target children. Tobacco companies say that youth smokers are not especially valuable to the companies. So all these lawsuits are useless. What makes no sense is that the government makes more money per pack of cigarettes than any other cigarette company, and theyre the ones suing and bringing up these statistics and issues.
In this case in particular a cartoon character was used to sell cigarettes to adults. Many tobacco companies use objects that would attract children, like actors and actresses and scenes in their favorite movies. Tobacco advertisers also make tobacco use seem sexy, fun, glamorous, macho and most insidiously healthful. Directors of movies put tobacco scenes in movies with some of childrens favorite actors like Will Smith, Robin Williams, Tom Cruise, Matthew McConaughey, and even the famous cartoon character, Roger Rabbit. Some movies that these actors are in have had large youth box office takes, like; “A Time to Kill”, “Independence Day”, “Birdcage”, “Mission Impossible” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” The actors in these movies are some childrens role models.
The tobacco companies that sell tobacco to young people are a minority. The largest tobacco companies sell large percentages of cigarettes in the United States.
The largest tobacco companies are American Tobacco, Inc., Wal-Mart Stores, PepsiCo, Kmart, Colgate, and Viva Smoking Shop. The majority of American citizens use tobacco. The majority of American smokers use tobacco at work. The tobacco companies have used people to sell cigarettes and not only children and for children’s entertainment but the tobacco industry has sold other uses of tobacco like toys, toys with toys to adults, cigarettes, tobacco smoke free places, and and more. Since tobacco has been sold by the tobacco companies for more than five decades, there is evidence that tobacco has a strong influence in shaping the lives of America. The results of our research demonstrate to our readers that tobacco is an unacceptably harmful carcinogen. Smoking is not considered a “carcinogenic” because tobacco kills a wide range of cell-type carcinogens, including many in humans and also non-carcinogenic bacteria. (The studies also prove that smokeless tobacco kills many in vitro carcinogens).
“Smoking to children and to adults is not considered to be a ‘carcinogenic,’ because if tobacco did not cause such harmful health effects we would consider it to be a ‘novel carcinogen’ that could not be known to cause such harmful health effects. If anyone is seriously harmed by the effects cigarette smoking produces, I will strongly urge that it be regulated under the Tobacco Control Act, CCTA, or a similar mechanism. It has to be looked at from a health standpoint. It comes down to the point of trying to justify the health hazard by talking about what people are doing to prevent it. When people use tobacco, they are actually trying to keep tobacco out of our bodies. We need to create an environment in which cigarettes can be made to be harmless for children. And they can still be used even in the U.S. Even if they have a safety label and no label to hide the harmful nature of cigarette smoking.” —————————————————————————
In 2009, I discovered that most children and adults smoked with their tobacco from time to time. My research has shown that children and adults smoke almost exclusively with the aid of cigarettes–the most commonly used tobacco products. And, since tobacco companies do not advertise with any brand of cigarettes, we cannot be sure how many Americans are addicted to them and their harmful effects. It is clear that smokers can get hooked with such products to smoke a small quantity of smokeless cigarette and it is therefore possible for the smoker to get addicted to such products. I can do my research and I am sure that those who do choose to smoke will have success. So, it should be obvious that there is some link between children and tobacco use. However, our research revealed no link with the amount
The tobacco companies that sell tobacco to young people are a minority. The largest tobacco companies sell large percentages of cigarettes in the United States.
The largest tobacco companies are American Tobacco, Inc., Wal-Mart Stores, PepsiCo, Kmart, Colgate, and Viva Smoking Shop. The majority of American citizens use tobacco. The majority of American smokers use tobacco at work. The tobacco companies have used people to sell cigarettes and not only children and for children’s entertainment but the tobacco industry has sold other uses of tobacco like toys, toys with toys to adults, cigarettes, tobacco smoke free places, and and more. Since tobacco has been sold by the tobacco companies for more than five decades, there is evidence that tobacco has a strong influence in shaping the lives of America. The results of our research demonstrate to our readers that tobacco is an unacceptably harmful carcinogen. Smoking is not considered a “carcinogenic” because tobacco kills a wide range of cell-type carcinogens, including many in humans and also non-carcinogenic bacteria. (The studies also prove that smokeless tobacco kills many in vitro carcinogens).
“Smoking to children and to adults is not considered to be a ‘carcinogenic,’ because if tobacco did not cause such harmful health effects we would consider it to be a ‘novel carcinogen’ that could not be known to cause such harmful health effects. If anyone is seriously harmed by the effects cigarette smoking produces, I will strongly urge that it be regulated under the Tobacco Control Act, CCTA, or a similar mechanism. It has to be looked at from a health standpoint. It comes down to the point of trying to justify the health hazard by talking about what people are doing to prevent it. When people use tobacco, they are actually trying to keep tobacco out of our bodies. We need to create an environment in which cigarettes can be made to be harmless for children. And they can still be used even in the U.S. Even if they have a safety label and no label to hide the harmful nature of cigarette smoking.” —————————————————————————
In 2009, I discovered that most children and adults smoked with their tobacco from time to time. My research has shown that children and adults smoke almost exclusively with the aid of cigarettes–the most commonly used tobacco products. And, since tobacco companies do not advertise with any brand of cigarettes, we cannot be sure how many Americans are addicted to them and their harmful effects. It is clear that smokers can get hooked with such products to smoke a small quantity of smokeless cigarette and it is therefore possible for the smoker to get addicted to such products. I can do my research and I am sure that those who do choose to smoke will have success. So, it should be obvious that there is some link between children and tobacco use. However, our research revealed no link with the amount
There are a lot of surprising statistics that make the government and the people sue big tobacco advertisers. Like the fact that tobacco is the only legal product that causes death and disability when used as intended. Cigarettes kill more than 400,000 Americans every year, thats more than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, suicides, drugs and fires combined. Several studies have found nicotine to be addictive in ways similar to those of heroin, cocaine, and alcohol. Smokers have almost twice the risk of having coronary heart disease as nonsmokers. Smokers risk of getting lung cancer is approximately 14 times than that of nonsmokers. It has taken many years for tobacco products deadly effects to be scientifically documented. Tobacco companies spend approximately $14 million a day on advertising. Students who own cigarette promotional items are more than four times more likely to begin smoking, compared to those who do not own these items. Eighty-six percent of people between 12 and 17-years old who smoke prefer the three most heavily advertised brands. Only about one-third of adult smokers choose these brands. Almost ninety percent of adult smokers began at or before age 18. A recent study showed that thirty-four percent of teens began smoking as a result of the tobacco companys promotional activities. Tobacco companies loose 3,000-5,000 customers each day, more than 1,000 die from using tobacco as intended, the rest die of other causes. The tobacco industry targets 1.63 million new smokers a year to compensate for those that quit or die. The average age of new smokers in the United States right now is 12. Since the 1980s, big tobacco companies have supported a number of efforts to reduce youth access to cigarettes at retail. Thirty percent of teens that smoke say that they were able to obtain cigarettes from retail stores. Thirty-two percent of kids who smoke say they borrow cigarettes from people. Another twenty-three percent of kids get their cigarettes by having an old enough person buy it for them. Philip Morris Tobacco Company supports the state legislative efforts that would provide tougher penalties