Jonathan Medina (FGCU) Tobacco

Tobacco. We all know that smoking leads to cancer of the mouth, throat, lungs, and birth defects, taking the lives of many Americans everyday. Chew leads to nasty teeth, rotten gums, Tongue, and mouth cancer, but many Americans can’t get enough of it. Should something be done about it? Some argue that it’s no ones business what they put in their bodies, but in the case of cigarette’s this affects more than just themselves, pollution and secondhand smoke are everyone’s problem. Banning the production, and sale of tobacco products has come across the minds of many but even though tobacco companies are selling “cancer sticks” they have rights too. But the deaths, and heartache this causes must be addressed. I think taxes should be increased on these products. Currently a pack of cigarettes are about $5.08 and still going strong. Increasing the taxes on the products to where a pack could cost about $8-9 dollars or more would definitely drop the amount of people purchasing the product. Some may argue that this is unfair or wrong but so is slowly killing the planet and the people around them. I believe doing so will reduce cancer and birth defect rates significantly and make America a better, more healthy place. Imagine the amount of money currently being spent on treating people with these diseases being put to other more beneficial uses.

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