In the United States smoking cigarettes has been one of the largest addictive substances in use for over one-hundred years with many Americans contracting lung disease and lung cancer through their use. The tobacco industry has been one of the most profitable industries in the United States which has ensured its vitality in the United States. The purchasing and smoking of cigarettes should be fully illegal because they are created to be addictive, they are advertised as not having the health problems creating favorable views of cigarettes, and smoking affects the health of those around smokers not just the smokers themselves. The first problem with cigarettes is that they are made to be addictive so people are left wanting more nicotine that is found in abundance in cigarettes. It’s proven that “Cigarette …show more content…
The tobacco industry has conspired to “lie about the health risks of smoking, to make their products more attractive to children, to increase the addictiveness of their products” (Callard, Thompson, Collishaw; Transforming the tobacco market: Why he supply of cigarettes should be transferred from for-profit corporations to non-profit enterprises with public health mandate”. Tobacco companies just like any company do not want negative publicity that would harm their business and their sales. Even if they have to lie these companies want to ensure their products are popular and seen as beneficial. The advertisements are directed toward children so that they form a more favorable view of cigarettes and tobacco corporations so they become the next generation of smokers. The more smokers that large tobacco industries can attract to become smokers the more people they can addict to the nicotine in cigarettes the more people that will keep funneling money into their