Tobacco and Its Harmful Effects

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The “Smoking” Killer
Smoking has become a big health epidemic in today’s society. Smoking has grown to be a “norm” among all races, genders, and ages of Americans. Smoking is very harmful to the body because of the vast chemicals that are involved in the tobacco. Various life-threaten disease, such as Cancer come from smoking. The government has implemented a wide range of ways to stop people from smoking these senseless chemicals to live a smoke-free life.
Literature Review
Tobacco crops are the most important grown crops by American farmers. (Tobacco, 2013) These crops are the most valuable to American society because they are sold as cigarettes, chewing tobacco and snuff (sniffed through the nose). Tobacco started in the middle sixteen hundred and late seventeen hundred by the means of raw materials sold to other countries from “English American mainland colonies and the United States.” (Tobacco, 2013) “In the early nineteenth century the “chaw” became popular.” (Tobacco, 2013) This was a pitiful sight for people who were not from America because of the spit. Subsequently, the United States started developing and sending abroad more tobacco in the 1960s than any country. (Tobacco, 2013) They produced more in the 1960s because of the Civil War. The Civil War advanced the use of tobacco by using new methods, such as cigars and cigarettes. (Tobacco, 2013) “Per capita consumption of chewing tobacco declined after 1890.” (Tobacco, 2013) In the 1920s, cigarettes were the fad and advertisers took advantage of it. (Tobacco, 2013) “Government, science and technology transformed tobacco culture into agribusiness by legislation, invention, and mechanization.” (Tobacco, 2013) People saw smoking as a business rather than focusing on th...

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (5 June 2013). Fast Facts. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/facts_sheets/fast_facts/index.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (29 May 2009). Federal Tax Increase. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/tobacoo/basic_information/tobacco_industry/tax_increase/index.htm
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