Health Policy and Politics

Health Policy and Politics

Tobacco Legislation in the U .S

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Introduction

Among the major health issues affecting the American citizen and other world citizens , tobacco has taken the lead . Millions of people are dying from tobacco related illnesses irrespective of major campaigns to warn people of the dangers of cigarette smoking and most victims do not live to tell the story about their experiences . This is because tobacco related deaths are usually very life threatening and most victims die before they can recount

their ordeal to others . In the U .S .A alone , 15 of deaths within the approximately 8 ,000 Americans die from cigarette related illnesses every week . Apart from the tremendous social effects that cigarette smoking has had on society , the habit has also had high costs on human life notwithstanding the staggering monetary cots . Nevertheless , Americans are more worried about less threatening problems like food additives pesticides , West Nile Virus and unsafe drinking water while tobacco continues to kill millions among the population through cigarette related sicknesses . Cigarette smoking is said to have causes more deaths than those realized in any of America 's wars combined . Yet , Americans have remained quite indifferent to such and the public has not staged not staged any major protest against the habit in a like manner as they mobilized against such wars . Worse still , the American society has for a long time continued to be quite indifferent to the grave effects...