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    is actually a delicate balance. One of the key contributors to the balance of the economy is tobacco. Tobacco has played a role in global economic ties since the discovery of the Americas. Instantly popularized across the world, it has become a staple crop for many countries. Recently, however, political leaders have been murmuring of making tobacco illegal due to its health effects. The legality of tobacco is essential because it has several health benefits, employs countless workers, and contributes

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    Introduction Tobacco or cigarette is a classical issue in the world. There is no exact evidence that states when did the smoking behaviour actually was started. However, according to cancercouncil.com.au (n.d.), tobacco plants have grown in the wild for nearly 8000 years, and people have started chewing and smoking tobacco since 2000 years ago. Today, based on (tobaccoatlas.org (n.d.)) almost 20 per cent of adult world population that consist of around 800 million males and 200 million females smoke

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    A cigarettes main ingredient is tobacco. Tobacco was found in Mayan Indian’s carvings showing tobacco use. The drawings were found somewhere between 600 to 900 A.D. Tobacco was smoked out of pipes or rolled up into leaves. “Two main types of tobacco are involved in early history. The tobacco used by North American natives that the English first smoked was a somewhat dreadful variety nicknamed “shoestring” by colonists. Tobacco is a very adaptable plant that can be grown anywhere and morphs into something

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    Nicotine And Tobacco

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    regularly exposed to other people's cigarette smoke (Tidy). Although many people want to have the right to do what they want, it may not be in everyones consideration. Cigarettes contain nicotine, a highly addictive substance found naturally in tobacco. It travels quickly to the brain when it is inhaled and can cause a feeling of temporary relaxation and/or stress relief. Nicotine can also elevate your mood and your heart rate. But this feeling is only temporary. After your body rids itself of the

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    Tobacco Industry

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    What non-health related arguments did the tobacco industry use to oppose the smoking restrictions? In 1985, many efforts started to raise commissary tobacco prices, the US Navy goal to become smoke-free by 2000, and to have healthy military forces, this led to the development of opposition. The tobacco industries used many arguments and strategies to prevent implementation of restricting smoking policy among militaries, restricting smoking is a kind of discrimination between smokers and non-smokers

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    Executive Summary The dangers of smoking tobacco exceeds far beyond the individual using the tobacco product. Secondhand Smoke (SHS) is a dangerous byproduct of smoking that affects anyone who comes into contact with the smoke. Educating the community about the dangers and unintended consequences of being around cigarettes is a focus of this paper, as well as looking into the effectiveness of current smoke-free policies. There are businesses and cities that are becoming smoke-free, and they are

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    Tobacco has been around since the 17th century and was the first crop grown for money in North America. In 1612, the settlers of the first American colony in Jamestown, Virginia grew tobacco as a cash crop. Tobacco helped pay for the American Revolution against England. By the 1800’s, many people had begun using tobacco in different ways. Some chewed it, others smoked it in a fancy pipe, and some even hand rolled a cigarette or cigar. Most people only smoked about 40 cigarettes a year. It wasn’t

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    British American Tobacco

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    OVERVIEW OF BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO GROUP & BAT BANGLADESH BAT is the world’s second largest quoted tobacco group by global market share, with brands sold in more than 180 markets. With over 300 brands in the portfolio, BAT makes the cigarette chosen by one in eight of the world’s one billion adult smokers. It holds robust market positions in each of the regions they operate and have leadership in more than 50 markets. BAT has sustained a significant global presence for over 100 years. The

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    To begin with, The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA), also known as the Tobacco Control Act, became law on June 22, 2009. The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the authorization to regulate tobacco products to prevent use by minors, as well as reduce the impact on public health ("Tobacco Control Act," n.d.). The law includes many crucial provisions, including a ban on cigarettes with certain characterizing, sales

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    Quit Tobacco

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    There are many effects in smoking tobacco of any kind. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has stated, “There is no such thing as a safe cigarette” (HHS, 2016). There are many factors in the affects of tobacco use. Take me for example, I use to smoke and I quit so many times I lost count. But I came to the realization that if I did not quit, I would be sick for the rest of my life. I made the final decision to quit because I had so many problems with sinus infections, allergies

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