Can You Really Quit Smoking...?
Smoking cigarettes is becoming more and more of a problem for everyone in the world. Cigarette smoking was a little more acceptable when the public was uninformed about the harmful chemicals used. Now that they have smoking warnings almost everywhere you look, it is easier to not pick up a death stick. Since the time cigarettes were first made until now, there have been many opportunities to learn the results of what cigarettes will do to you over time.It is clear that businesses have an obligation to inform their customers about their product's ingredients and dangers. Looking at the case of Rose Cipollone, we see that she was a heavy smoker. Her doctor's had to remove part of her right cancerous lung and informed her that she had to quit smoking. Unfortunately, she was addicted. Her doctor's removed the rest of her lung that year and she finally quit smoking. She then used the Liggett Group, the makers of the cigarettes she smoked. The lawsuit charged that the company knew of the link between cancer and smoking in the early 1940's. The company was found innocent of conspiring with other tobacco companies to hide the dangers of cigarette smoking but guilty on the grounds of falsely claiming its products were safe.
Stop trying to circumvent the national democratic system of trade just to please parties with special interests. Government should have never gotten into the business in general of subsidizing farmers, regardless of the product. Most of the nicotine in tobacco is lost in the process of smoking. According to the same source, ingesting a gram of caffeine is fatal. And it's true that pure nicotine (a colorless, odorous liquid) is poisonous. In my past, I have stopped smoking for weeks at a time, but to finally end a life that I am already known for is a little more difficult. Tobacco companies now have Surgeon General warnings on cigarette packs. Anti-smokers are quick to point out that pure nicotine is a poison, used as a pesticide. The manner in which the drug is taken 4. No one is saying get rid of the Surgeon General warnings, but enough is enough! If a person wants to smoke 3 packs of cigarettes a day, then that is their choice; tobacco companies should not be held responsible. It is not 1940 anymore, when people were ignorant about the dangers of smoking. Only a little finds its way into the smoker's bloodstream. When I started this disgusting habit, I did not know all the facts about cigarettes. Instead of pressuring the tobacco companies to exercise social responsibility let's propose to the US government that it exercise some "governmental responsibility".
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