Tobacco Ethics

Tobacco has been a highly discussed and controversial topic for many years now. While it has been almost fifty years since the dangers of cigarette smoking were first discovered, it seems as though with each passing day that new information is being discovered or divulged as the case may be. Is this emergence of "new" information going to just lead to more "warning labels", or are manufacturers going to be held accountable for knowingly marketing, …

…ways once and for all. I believe the start is to begin at the governmental level with more regulation on the actual production of tobacco products, more labels and required disclosures of nicotine levels, as well as more stringent fines even down to the convenience stores that sell the products to underage patrons. We must unite and make a whole-hearted effort to curb the freedoms that the tobacco industry has had for far too long.