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Second Hand Smoke Billion Dollars
1,298 words... makes a lot of money and jobs for our economy. But there are also bad aspects for keeping tobacco around. Tobacco is a health hazard and nicotine which is found in tobacco is an addictive drug. There are about 419, 000 tobacco-related deaths a year and out of that 9, 000 deaths are caused by second-hand smoke. Tobacco cost the society 50 billion to 88 billion dollars a year due to smoking-related healthcare. So, there are some benefits to a healthier society if tobacco was stripped from are ...
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Telling The Truth Immanuel Kant
5,428 words... ngs. Three of the executives written testimonies discuss the proposed settlement the companies negotiated with the states' attorneys general. The details of this settlement are provided in the section that follows; however the principle issue in this posture is that it is strikingly different than the one used in the 1994 testimonies. Mr. Bible was the first chief executive called in the case, during the sixth week of testimony in the Warren E. Burger Federal Building. The following excerpts...
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Health And Human Services Department Of Health And Human
926 wordsTobacco was introduced into the American colonies in the early 1600 s. The tobacco plant soon became the leading crop and trading commodity in America. Tobacco was widely accepted up until the 1960 s when research found that there was health effects directly associated with tobacco use. However, since the 1970 s tobacco use has increased dramatically. An increasing amount of tobacco users has caused an increasing number of deaths in America because it has been proven to cause cancer. In the 1990...
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Second Hand Smoke U S Government
1,982 wordsThe Tobacco Issue: Where the Responsibility Lies Political-Legal Issues: The legal and political issues surrounding the tobacco industry include whether or not tobacco companies should be held liable for tobacco-related deaths of smokers and those related to second-hand smoke, as well as whether or not elected officials should be accepting money from the tobacco industry in order to win elections. When deciding where the responsibility lies in the case of tobacco, the facts can be turned to favo...
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Consumption Of Alcohol Tobacco Industry
2,001 words... oppress. The government's suit is simply an act of extortion, hoping the cigarette companies will settle the case out of court as they did with the states' cases earlier. When the tobacco industry settled the cases with the states, despite a string of victories in the courts, the precedent was set that the industry would rather settle than fight. The government has targeted this industry in the hopes that the industry will again cave in from the outside pressure of public opinion. (Barr, 7)....
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Compensatory Damages Ethical Implications
1,955 words... nies have, which makes entry into the market extremely difficult. The level of sales needed to justify the enormous legal cost associated with this controversial market also makes market entry difficult for new companies. Although tobacco companies' profit margin is about double that of any other packaged good, the substantial costs of packaged goods on a national scale, along with the money it takes to acquire facilities for production and distribution, are major barriers to entry in the to...
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Second Hand Smoke Billion Dollars
2,595 wordsKicking the Habit: The Economic Effect on the Nation For about 400 years tobacco companies have been at the top of the American enterprise. But lately in the last 50 years we have been learning about the health hazards linked to tobacco. In 1964, the Surgeon General announced that smoking can be a health hazard. After that discovery, nicotine (which is in tobacco) was found to be a very addictive drug. It was also found that currently there are about 9, 000 deaths annually due to second-hand smo...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Central Nervous System
6,798 wordsTobacco is Drugs TOBACCO Tobacco is a plant grown for its leaves that are smoked, chewed, or sniffed for a variety of effects. It is considered an addictive substance because it contains the chemical nicotine. The tobacco plant is believed to have originated in the Western Hemisphere. The cultivated species most often grown for North American and European tobacco products is Nicotine Tabacum. The leaves of the plant are prepared for smoking, chewing, or sniffing. In addition nicotine tobacco con...
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Tobacco Ads Vending Machines
2,760 wordsRunning Head: UNDERAGE SMOKING Underage Smoking: And Ways to Prevent It Jonathan McWhorter Gautier High School Outline Thesis Statement: Many people start smoking at a very young age, therefore the government should continue to develop laws to stop this... I. Introduction: Throughout childhood &# 038; teenage years, people have always had the urge to undertake dangerous habits in order to appear older. Smoking is a hazardous habit that many teens have turned to in attempts to look mature. II. La...
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Immanuel Kant Philip Morris
10,056 wordsHere is the tobacco case study for the marketing ethics discussion: LYING AND TOBACCO Senior Executives Caught in the Ethical Cross Hairs: Shareholder Loyalty or Social Responsibility? Case Development: Shelton S. Bridges, IV &# 038; Stephen M. Mounts You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. The Ninth Commandment Exodus 20: 16 INTRODUCTION For at least 3, 400 years? and probably much longer? scholars, philosophers, theologians, and others have pondered the question of truth. What ...
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Long Term Effects Age Of 18
2,035 wordsShould Tobacco Advertising Be Restricted Should 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 20 th, 1998 the jury heard a testimony from Lynn Beasly, the marketing vice president of the RJ Reynol...
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