Tobacco has remained to be the most used drug all over the world. People who consume tobacco have no idea of what goes into their body or what health problems they might have in the future. The most common health problem is cancer. Tobacco is an American plant which is a member of the nightshade family. Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana . It has remained an important
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Assignment on Taxes on Tobacco Course title: Public Finance (HE-206) Submitted to: Nahid Akhter Jahan Associate professor Institute of Health Economics University of Dhaka Submitted by: Md. ZahidHasan 2nd year‚2nd semester Class roll: 22 University of Dhaka Date of submission: 8th October‚ 2012 : Table of contents: 1. Introduction……………………………………………………….05 2. What is tobacco……………………………………………………05 3. Types of tobacco products………………………………………
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Tobacco tax: good for health‚ good for government finances Tobacco use kills over 5 million people each year and is the largest single preventable cause of premature death.1 Tobacco is very costly to society through high costs to treat tobacco-induced disease or through loss of productivity as a result of the premature deaths. But governments have a tool to combat the costs of tobacco use — tobacco taxation. Higher tobacco prices decrease consumption and encourage people to quit Increasing
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how major players in the industry have used strategic resources to mitigate the threats to their businesses. Reynolds American Incorporated (RAI) is one such leader in the tobacco industry‚ manufacturing tobacco-related products such as cigarettes‚ smokeless tobacco‚ and cigars since 1875. RAI‚ along with others in the tobacco industry‚ face many challenges most of which are environmental threats to the industry. The major environmental factors that challenge the RAI are federal regulations and ongoing
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Tobacco is a plant that can be used once it is dried or fermented. Its uses are mainly for smoking or for chewing. It contains nicotine‚ which makes it very addictive. Tobacco is also a nervous system stimulant and affects numerous things in the human body such as the heart rate or blood pressure. Tobacco in history was known to have aided people’s medical problems and was also a release for many people. That is also something that people believe it is used for today; as a release for its users
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Have you ever wondered what kind of effects tobacco has on the average high school student athlete? Tobacco can not only affect the player’s athletic performance but can also lead to many harmful side-effects later on in their life. A recent study shows that in over a decade numbers of high school athletes that use smokeless tobacco has grown from 5-6% to 10-11% ( CDC‚ 2015). When used so early in a person’s life‚ tobacco can cause smaller lungs‚ DNA damage that can later lead to cancer‚ and cardiovascular
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such progress‚ tobacco use remains widespread. About one in four American adults mokes‚ and each more than 400‚000 Americans die from effects of cigarette smoking. Nonsmokers subjected to the smoke of others also suffer: Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke causes more than 50‚000 annual deaths among nonsmokers. Smoking by pregnant women is responsible for about 10% of all infant deaths in this country. Smokeless tobacco and cigars are regaining popularity. The use of smokeless tobacco tripled since
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Cigarettes Should be Made Illegal Tobacco has been in America for nearly 8000 years. It started being cultivated and used for pleasure around 2000 years ago. (Cancer Council) People have been using it for a very long time. That means that the past 2000 years‚ it has been causing hundreds-of-thousands of deaths. Tobacco is widely known for its cancer-causing ways. The assumption could be made that people would stray away from it. The reality is that people constantly use tobacco products. In 2006‚ consumers
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Dangers of Cigarettes According to John Chukurah‚ “The main health risks in tobacco pertain to diseases of the cardiovascular system‚ in particular myocardial infarction (heart attack)‚ cardiovascular disease‚ diseases of the respiratory tract such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)‚ asthma‚ emphysema‚ and cancer” (42). Smoking may lead to many unpleasant outcomes such as heart disease‚ throat cancer‚ and lung cancer. Cancer is one of the common hazards of smoking. Cancer tends to
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The tobacco industry has contributed to the growth of Malaysian economy where the industry ranked 5th out of 92 sectors with the total economic output being RM11.7 billion or 3% of GDP . Moreover‚ tobacco plantation in Malaysia grew from a mere of 8 hectares in 1959 to 12‚148 hectares in 2004; whereby East Malaysia has approximately 1‚200 hectares. Therefore‚ the industry indirectly contributes significantly to the country’s economy where more than 190‚000 employment in 2003; as per study conducted
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