Tobacco Regulation by govt.

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dimpy.handa

Dimpy Handa
Restricting the sale of tobacco is especially important, because the nicotine in it is harmful and addictive. Most people who smoke are unable to quit, even though 70% of smokers say that they want to. Smoking is responsible for over 400 000 American deaths each year, including a third of all cancer deaths. On average, smokers die 13 years earlier than non-smokers. Giving the FDA authority over tobacco would allow it to review the health risks associated with tobacco products for the first time. At the moment, the FDA can regulate a box of macaroni and cheese in order to protect public health, but not cigarettes.

Is govt. able to place effective restrictions on the manufacturing of tobacco products?
 
I think govt is able to place effective restrictions on manufacturing of tobacco by banning Gutka an smoking at public places.
 
Govt is doing its best to reduce the tobacco use.Govt cannot stop the product altogether bcos there is a significant amount of revenues coming from it.Govt is making efforts to reduce the smoking population.Govt is increasing the tax on Tobacco products every year.Pictorial warnings are in place.Smoking is banned in public places.Tobacco products should not sold be near schools/colleges.Still,people are smoking.What do you want the Govt to do now?Ppl have to be concerned about their health.

-Deepak.
 
Morally speaking ...the logic given seems ok.

but if you analyze commercially and also scientifically...nicotene in tobacco is not atall harmful by itself....its the other ingredients in the cigarrate that are more harmful.

moreover tobacco cultivation , packaging and production is such a big industry and gives such a lot of employment and revenues, its not feasible to tone it down.
what is required is to ban the arsenic...n other additives in the cigarate
 
The European Union and World Health Organization (WHO) have both specified that the advertising of tobacco should not be allowed. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which came into effect on 27 February 2005, requires that all of the 168 countries that agreed to the treaty ban tobacco advertising unless their constitution forbade it.

Some countries also impose legal requirements on the packaging of tobacco products. For example, in the countries of the European Union, Turkey, Australia and South Africa, cigarette packs must be prominently labeled with the health risks associated with smoking.[18] Canada, Australia, Thailand, Iceland and Brazil have also imposed labels upon cigarette packs warning smokers of the effects, and they include graphic images of the potential health effects of smoking
 
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