What Are Tobacco Companies Responsible For People's Bad Choices

Tobacco Companies Are Not Responsible For People's Bad Choices People cannot rightfully blame tobacco companies for their own bad decisions because of warnings on cigarette packs, it hurts the tobacco companies, and also the consumers in many ways. Tobacco companies have made it very simple for individuals who smoke to know smoking is bad for them, and that it can really harm them. Everywhere people look now, they see anti-smoking ads and facts about the negative health effects of smoking. Every pack is labeled with different diseases and defects they can receive from smoking, and it is very well known that smoking can lead to many different life changing diseases. From the time they pick up the first one, until they actually get any type of smoking related diseases, they are overwhelmed with all the
Tobacco companies plainly say that if people smoke, there may be a chance they can contract certain diseases and cancers(SHORT). A fact that few people know is that only 10% of lifelong tobacco users get cancer from smoking tobacco, but this does not mean they will not get any disease from using tobacco(LONG). Some people believe that cigars and chewing tobacco are safe alternatives to smoking cigarettes, but these types of tobacco are just as dangerous for them. Tobacco companies even have the warnings on these types of tobacco that they are not safe alternatives. It is not right for smokers to make the choice of potentially getting a disease by using a product that always has a label that warns them about diseases they might receive, and then turn around and try to hold the company making the company and product liable for them getting the disease. (LONG)“Smoking is a risky activity, not necessarily a deadly one. And adults in a free society have the right to engage in risky activities if they so choose” (Torr