When it comes to cancer many people see it as something is not preventable. But when it comes to cancers linked to cigarette smoking that couldn’t be more untrue. Tobacco has been proven to cause lung cancers and yet they are still available to buy. Tobacco companies care more about making money then saving people’s lives.
1. Dr. George Johnson on Science
Johnson, George. "Does Smoking Cause Cancer?" Txtwriter Inc. Homepage. St. Louis Post Dispatch, 15 Mar. 1997. Web. 24 Oct. 2011. <http://txtwriter.com/onscience/articles/smokingcancer2.html>.
This On Science article talks about the statistics of cigarettes and lung cancer. This is something that has been proven over and over again and yet the government still allows cigarettes to be sold. The article also talks about the history of cigarettes and lung cancer and how cigarettes specifically cause lung cancer.
2. National Cancer Institute
National Cancer Institute provides reasons why smoking is bad for your health and the benefits and ways to quit smoking. It also provides info about organizations that people can call or go to in order help them quit smoking. It talks about the ways lung cancer effects the body.
Collins, Frances S. "Harms of Smoking and
Health Benefits of Quitting - National Cancer Institute."
Comprehensive Cancer Information - National Cancer Institute. Cancer.gov. Web. 24 Oct. 2011. <http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/cessation>.
3. FDA: Food and Drug Administration
The FDA talks about the other cancers that cigarettes cause besides lung cancer. It also talks about how addictive cigarettes are and how hard it is for people to quit. The risks of smoking cigarettes while pregnant increases risk or having a baby with health issues or a having a still birth
"WARNING: Cigarettes Cause Cancer." U S Food and Drug Administration Home Page. Web. 24 Oct. 2011. <http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/Labeling/CigaretteWarningLabels/ucm259207.htm>.
4. Tobacco Should be Made Illegal
Edwards, Jimmy. "Tobacco Should Be Made Illegal." Stop Smoking Steps. 24 Nov. 2007. Web. 24 Oct. 2011. <http://www.stopsmokingsteps.com/2007/11/24/tobacco-should-be-made-illegal/>.
It has been a great debate for years about why cigarettes aren’t illegal if they cause cancer. Stopsmokingsteps.com talks about how cigarettes kill about 430,000 people every year but are still available to buy at your local supermarket. Tobacco manufactures don’t care about people’s health all they want to do is make a profit.
5. AlterNet
AlterNet talks about how cigarettes are more harmful to your health than marijuana and yet cigarettes aren’t illegal. If cigarettes kill thousands of people a year and marijuana doesn’t, why is it illegal?
Cnn. "Should We Ban Tobacco? | Drugs | AlterNet." Home | AlterNet. Roxanne Cooper. Web. 24 Oct. 2011. <http://www.alternet.org/drugs/141723/should_we_ban_tobacco/>.
6. The Rutherford Institute
Rutherford Institution talks about smoking being banned all over the world. It’s the #1 leading preventable cause of death and disease.
Whitehead, John W. "The Rutherford Institute: Death in a Cigarette: Tobacco Smoking Should Be Outlawed." The Rutherford Institute : Dedicated to the Defense of Civil Liberties and Human Rights. United States Internal Revenue Service, 1982. Web. 24 Oct. 2011. <http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=282>.
7. History & Economics of Tobacco
It talks about how the government makes money off of people buying cigarettes. Which is the main reason why many people don’t want cigarettes to be illegal.
Rosenblatt, Rogar. "Economics of Tobacco." Health & Literacy Special Collection. New York Times, 20 Mar. 1994. Web. 24 Oct. 2011. <http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/tobacco/Unit1/3economics_of.html>.
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