Arguments for Illegalizing Tobacco Production and Selling: An Essay

This essay presents a compelling argument for the illegalization of tobacco production and sales, highlighting the severe health consequences associated with tobacco use. It begins by defining tobacco and its global presence, then delves into the adverse effects of cigarette smoking, including lung damage, heart disease, pregnancy complications, and the increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The essay references reports from the CDC and the WHO to support its claims, emphasizing the detrimental impact of tobacco on public health. The essay concludes by advocating for a ban on tobacco production and sales as a crucial step toward improving global health and reducing mortality rates. The assignment draws upon several research papers and reports to support its arguments, effectively illustrating the need for stricter regulations and a potential ban on tobacco products.

Production and Selling of Tobacco Must Be Made Illegal
Tobacco refers to any product prepared from the leaves of tobacco plants that are cured.
There are several species of Tabaco, however, the main species used for commercial use is the N
tabacum and N Rustica that is used around the world. The plant is used industrially to make
cigarettes that are smoked widely across the world (Shifflett, Watson, McNally, & Bezabeh,
2018).
Tobacco is grown in north and south America, Europe Africa and china. It requires warm
and dry conditions with a duration of 3 to 4 months that involves transplanting and harvest, it is
best harvested on dry conditions, in case of excess water the plants will become thin and flaky.
The industry has created some means to earn ern a living starting from farmers who grow and
sell it, tobacco manufacturers, to the workers who work in these industries all the up to the
retailers of tobacco products. however, despite all these, tobacco production and selling have had
adverse effects on health making it an epidemic that has brought in international bodies like
World Health Organization (WHO) to address some serious health issues arising from tobacco
usage (Vidhubala, Pisinger, Basumallik, & Prabhakar, 2016). This in return has led to campaigns
against the production and selling of tobacco with the demand of making it illegal, the following
are some of the reasons for the illegalization of production and selling of tobacco (England,
Bunnell, Pechacek, Tong, & McAfee, 2015).
Cigarettes which are products of tobacco have many adverse effects on the body which
can lead to life-threatening situations which are listed below:
 Lung damage
 you smoke cigarette you not only breath in nicotine but also other additional chemicals,
cigarette smoking increases your chance of getting lung cancer,9 out of 10 lung cancer

cases are associated with smoking, this is according to a report by the CDC, also, you are
at a risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases like emphysema and
chronic bronchitis.
 Heart diseases
 are at risk of getting atherosclerosis from the chemical and tar in cigarette smoke, this
condition builds an obstacle in blood vessels and this limits blood flow to the rest of the
body causing dangerous blockages.
 Risk of pregnancy complications
Can cause complications to develop a fetus in many ways, these include:
1. Reducing the weight of the baby at birth
2. Increased risk of ectopic pregnancy
3. Increased risk of sudden infant death
 Susceptibility to type 2 diabetes
If you smoke often, you are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes with a 30 to 40 percent chance
compared to people who don’t smoke, this is according to the report from the CDC (Skul’skaya
& Shirokova, 2017).
Tobacco productions and selling have contributed to health deterioration in the world
causing some of the serious chronic diseases that result in death, stopping its production and
selling by illegalizing canaled to health improvement across the world making it a little safer
from diseases.

References
England, L. J., Bunnell, R. E., Pechacek, T. F., Tong, V. T., & McAfee, T. A. (2015).
Nicotine and the Developing Human. American Journal of Preventive Medicine,
49(2), 286-293.
Shifflett, J. R., Watson, L., McNally, D. J., & Bezabeh, D. Z. (2018). Simultaneous
Determination of Tobacco Alkaloids, Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines, and Solanesol
in Consumer Products Using UPLC–ESI-MS/MS. Chromatographia, 81(3), 517-523.
Skul’skaya, L. V., & Shirokova, T. K. (2017). Problems of the quality of alcohol and tobacco
products. Studies on Russian Economic Development, 28(1), 60-66.
Vidhubala, E., Pisinger, C., Basumallik, B., & Prabhakar, D. (2016). The ban on smokeless
tobacco products is systematically violated in Chennai, India. Indian Journal of
Cancer, 53(2), 325.