Should Cigarettes And Other Tobacco Products Be Outlawed

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Should Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products be Outlawed?

In the history of the human civilization, cigarettes and other tobacco products have

proven to be the deadliest artifact, killing about six million people every year (Proctor 27).

Tobacco products are addictive and kill more than half of the users in the long run. Previously,

attempts to minimize the use of cigarettes and other tobacco products have been made through

increasing the tax, and promotion of cessation. Since all these attempts have failed, it is

important to outlaw tobacco products. Cigarettes and other tobacco products should be outlawed

to eradicate corruption, minimize environmental pollution and enhance human liberty.

Banning cigarettes and other tobacco products will end one of the primary sources of

corruption in the human civilization. Studies indicate that in the 19

century, about 100 million

people died due to tobacco-related illnesses. It is also projected that in the 21

century, tobacco-

related products will kill more than one billion people (Proctor 27). However, due to its powerful

corrupting force, the industry has managed to suppress media, environmental and authoritative

institutions to minimize criticism and censor the information about tobacco’s adverse effects.

The tobacco industry also funds research that fails to show the deadliest side of cigarettes and

other tobacco products (Godlee et al. 1090). The tobacco lobby has successfully petitioned

government worldwide to skirt or avoid attempts delegitimize its products. Therefore, banning

tobacco and its products will be a major step towards ending corruption.

Cigarettes and other tobacco products should be outlawed to eradicate one of the

historical forces behind environmental obfuscation and global warming. The production of

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tobacco requires scarce environmental resources in growing, processing, flavoring, packaging,

and advertising (Proctor 28). Tobacco plants require extensive deforestation to create room for

the plantation and obtain charcoal and other fossil fuels for flue curing. These fossil fuels and

cigarettes butts emit non-trivial greenhouse gases are principally the cause of global warming

(Healton et al. 1). The tobacco industry overlooks the sustainability of the environment by

disposing of harmful pesticides, and greenhouse gases to the environment. Banning cigarettes

and other tobacco products will, therefore, save the environment.

Abolishing cigarettes and other tobacco products will enhance human liberty. The

restriction of the use of cigarettes and other tobacco products create curiosity among the

youngsters. With time, they realize the deadly impacts of tobacco. However, they cannot quit

using these products because the addition already enslaves them. The attempts to cease the use of

tobacco products proofs futile due to the addiction properties of nicotine. It is estimated that

about 90% of people who smoke tobacco become addicts (Proctor 28). To some extent, smokers

do not like the fact that they smoke. However, breaking the nicotine addiction becomes an uphill

task, and most of them have to do it to gratify their urge. Hence, banning cigarettes and other

tobacco products will enlarge people’s liberty and help them fulfill their promise of quitting

smoking.

Banning cigarettes and other tobacco products can help in the eradication of corruption,

reduction of environmental pollution, and promotion of human liberty. It will further promote the

presentation of authentic research that is not biased. Besides, emission of harmful chemicals on

the environment will be controlled to encourage people to preserve the environment. Eventually,

by banning cigarettes and other tobacco products, people will live a happy life free from the

enslavement of the addiction and other tobacco-related illnesses.

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Works Cited

Godlee, Fiona et al. "Journal policy on research funded by the tobacco industry." Thorax, vol 68,

no. 12, 2013, pp. 1090-1091. BMJ, doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204531.

Healton, Cheryl et al. "Butt really? The environmental impact of cigarettes." Tobacco Control,

vol 20, no. Supplement 1, 2011, pp. i1-i1. BMJ, doi:10.1136/tc.2011.043729.

Proctor, Robert N. "Why ban the sale of cigarettes? The case for abolition." Tobacco control, vol

22, no. Suppl 1, 2013, pp. i27-i30. BMJ, doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050811.

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