Should cigarette smoking become illegal like drugs?

One such landmark regulation was the signing of the Family Smoking and Tobacco Control Act by President Obama in June 2009 . The Act mandates the United States Food and Drug Administration (F .D .A ) to regulate manufacturing and marketing of tobacco and associated products (Center for Disease Control Prevention . Some of the requirements that tobacco companies have to meet include declaring nicotine and other tobacco content publicly on their products using standandardized nicotine content and putting large warnings on the cigarette packets . Similarly , as part of the implementation of the Act , the

Center for Tobacco Control (C .T .C ) was established in August 2009 as a branch of the FDA and was given the responsibility of setting performance standards , controlling warning labeling specifications on cigarette packets and formulation of advertising regulations (Center for Disease Control Prevention Recently , more stringent tobacco rules and regulations have been put in place with an aim of restricting access of kids and adolescents to cigarettes and other tobacco products . According to the March 2010 FDA regulations , it is now illegal for cigarettes of any form to be sold to persons under the age of 18 (Foulkes 12 . Use of tobacco brand names in sponsoring social or entertainment events has also been prohibited

In conclusion , adverse effects of tobacco to the general population can not be underscored . Smokers as well as non smokers are at an increased risk of contracting medical complications that could otherwise be easily prevented . Nicotine , the most abundant and most active compound in tobacco , is highly addictive and elicits euphoric effects in smokers These are some of the few factors that qualify tobacco to be classified as a drug , and most importantly an illegal one , since it has similar characteristics as those exhibited by hard drugs like marijuana , cocaine and heroin

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