Should Tobacco Be Considered An Illegal Drug?

The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. I propose that we abolish the use of tobacco and treat it as an illegal drug. Companies invest in billions of advertisements to make this drug appealing for everyday use, they are marketing new and trendy ways to make smoking tobacco appeal to a younger crowd. There have been different methods to reduce the use tobacco like increased taxation, bans on advertising, and expansion of smoke-free spaces. Prohibiting the sale of cigarettes would result in the savings of healthcare costs and increased labour productivity. Tobacco is a lethal drug that has contributed to the death of millions, I believe the use of tobacco should be considered an illegal drug.

Tobacco is

a product that is addictive by design. A major health concern to our civilization, this is a product that affects the human brain causing it to be dependent on the drug. Addiction is defined as “the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma”. Smoking is not a recreational drug, there are a numerous amount of people who smoke that do not like the fact they smoke and wish they could quit. Even if the people wanted to quit, it's hard because they are already addicted. By the age of 18, most adolescents in the United States have already tried smoking. Tobacco companies are reaching out to young teens, and not to mention the nonsmokers as well. Cigarettes are very different from alcohol or even marijuana. Only about 10–15% of people who drink liquor ever become alcoholics, versus addiction rates of 80% or 90% for people who smoke.

The amount of deaths in America costs a large amount compared to any revenue we

think we are getting from the purchase of cigarettes. If health concerns does not stop people from smoking the cost should because this year the tax on tobacco has gone up dramatically. So now the cost is weakening our pockets. The only ones that win in the tobacco field are the Tobacco Company, because they make all the money. If profits fall, all they have to do is advertise a little harder and profits will roll in. But the Tobacco Company does employ a lot of people and is a huge part of the economy. the financial burden on public and private treasuries, principally from the costs of treating illnesses due to smoking.

The tobacco plant, has probably been responsible for more deaths than any other herb. Uses of tobacco products are extremely deadly and is estimated to have caused around three million deaths a year in the early 1990's and is rising. Pretty soon the smokers will get younger and young, we must save the children, or who will. Cigarettes don't only kill the smoker, they also harm the people around them due to secondhand smoking. Secondhand smoke exposure can also lead to lung cancer and heart disease (NIDA, 2017). Cigarettes kill about 6 million people every year, a number that will grow before it shrinks.

Tobacco has been around for many years, and it should be stopped. The cigarette is considered one of the deadliest objects in the history of human civilization. It is a financial burden on cash-strapped societies, an important source of political and scientific corruption, and a cause of both global warming and global warming denial. Dozens of tobacco manufacturers make it a tendency of promising to stop the production of cigarettes, should they ever be proven harmful. The most important reason to ban the sale of cigarettes, however, is the addictive drug that . It is not difficult to end the sale of cigarettes, most communities even small towns could do this virtually overnight. We actually have more power than we realize to put an end to the world's leading cause of death and disease.