Tobacco In The Progressive Era

Many people die from smoking tobacco. It is a terrible thing to do. Luckily, people have come up with reforms to help stop tobacco. Just like in the progressive era, people are trying to bring about a change. Some people are trying to protect everyone from the adverse effects of tobacco.

There have been many tobacco reforms throughout time. There have been the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act, the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act, the Amendment to Federal Aviation Act, the Synar Amendment to the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Reorganization Act, the 1996 regulations, the Tobacco Control Act, and most recently, the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act. These reforms have made it so that tobacco products’ packages require warning labels, radio and television tobacco commercials are banned, smoking during flights is banned, the sale of tobacco to minors is illegal, states must conduct random inspections of tobacco distributors and sellers, and many other things must be done to protect the public. Many reports about tobacco are now required also. The penultimate act, the Tobacco Control act passed in 2009, bans flavored cigarettes, requires better warnings and ingredient lists, gives the U.S. Food and Drug Association more control over

Upton Sinclair published the book called The Jungle about the terrible, unsanitary conditions of the meat factory. Upton Wrote about all of the things that were put into the gross meat. Some of the things that were put in were harmful to humans. Lots of people read The Jungle and learned about the terrible things that were happening. Eventually, the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act were passed in 1906. These laws were to protect people from getting