For every customer who dies from using their products, tobacco companies look for a replacement. Don't be a replacement. Be An Original!
Source: Be An Original and Quit Now! Rhode Island
Friday, December 28, 2012
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Land of Tobacco: China's Deadly Addiction
While I may be concerned about the toll the tobacco industry and their minions take on the number of Americans who smoke, I'm still very grateful about being born an American as opposed to being born in China. For the most part, we value our citizens. Chinese male children (and secondhand smokers) seem doomed to a life of nicotine addiction and all of the health consequences associated with it.
China is the world's largest producer and consumer of cigarettes. According to PBS Newshour, there are more than a trillion cigarettes produced; more than 300 million smokers, 740 million second-hand smokers, and, by 2020, some two million annual deaths related to smoking.
At >300 million smokers, there are more smokers in China than the entire population of Americans. Smoking is the leading cause of death in China, and by 2050, the number of deaths from tobacco-related causes is expected to triple - to some THREE MILLION people each year!
And what can be done to reverse this continuous Chinese genocide?
Except for public education and good parenting, not much if you ask me. Like I posted before, the Chinese Government is behind their own leading cause of death.
The Chinese tobacco market is dominated by the China National Tobacco Corporation (CNTC), which is a government-owned monopoly, and generates significant income for the Chinese Government.
If the Government truly valued their citizens, they would have privatized this business long ago. They can't effectively both market their products while trying to prevent tobacco use. It's a serious conflict of interest that anyone with half-a-brain could figure out is NOT going to happen.
Of course, China may tell WHO that they will be instituting programs aimed at significantly reducing tobacco use in their country. But like everywhere else in the world, while politicians talk a good game, it's always their actions that eventually belie their true intentions.
Source: PRI's The World: Cancer's New Battleground - The Developing World
China is the world's largest producer and consumer of cigarettes. According to PBS Newshour, there are more than a trillion cigarettes produced; more than 300 million smokers, 740 million second-hand smokers, and, by 2020, some two million annual deaths related to smoking.
At >300 million smokers, there are more smokers in China than the entire population of Americans. Smoking is the leading cause of death in China, and by 2050, the number of deaths from tobacco-related causes is expected to triple - to some THREE MILLION people each year!
And what can be done to reverse this continuous Chinese genocide?
Except for public education and good parenting, not much if you ask me. Like I posted before, the Chinese Government is behind their own leading cause of death.
The Chinese tobacco market is dominated by the China National Tobacco Corporation (CNTC), which is a government-owned monopoly, and generates significant income for the Chinese Government.
If the Government truly valued their citizens, they would have privatized this business long ago. They can't effectively both market their products while trying to prevent tobacco use. It's a serious conflict of interest that anyone with half-a-brain could figure out is NOT going to happen.
Of course, China may tell WHO that they will be instituting programs aimed at significantly reducing tobacco use in their country. But like everywhere else in the world, while politicians talk a good game, it's always their actions that eventually belie their true intentions.
Source: PRI's The World: Cancer's New Battleground - The Developing World
Monday, December 17, 2012
Nothing Good Ever Comes From A Nicotine Addiction
It's often been said that a smoker's best friend is his cigarette. However, for those militant smokers who refuse to attempt to quit smoking even after being diagnosed with a cancerous tumor, you have to wonder if it's not just the cigarette that an addicted smoker considers his best friend.
Benigni from Elli Vuorinen on Vimeo.
Benigni from Elli Vuorinen on Vimeo.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Business Has Never Been Healthier
It was two years ago when I first reported noticing that restaurant and bar smoking bans where I lived accomplished exactly the opposite of what angry critics to those bans had predicted would happen if smoking bans were enacted.
Instead of bars and restaurants losing business due to smoking bans, people started flocking to bars and restaurants after they became smoke-free. Becoming smoke-free is a boon to businesses.
But don't just take my word for it. It's already been shown that smoke-free ordinances did not have a negative economic impact on the hospitality industry in Wisconsin, and now Kentucky businesses are reporting the same positive results.
Just more proof that preventative smoke-free policies do work, and should be instituted nationwide.
Source: Smoke Free Kentucky
Instead of bars and restaurants losing business due to smoking bans, people started flocking to bars and restaurants after they became smoke-free. Becoming smoke-free is a boon to businesses.
But don't just take my word for it. It's already been shown that smoke-free ordinances did not have a negative economic impact on the hospitality industry in Wisconsin, and now Kentucky businesses are reporting the same positive results.
Just more proof that preventative smoke-free policies do work, and should be instituted nationwide.
Source: Smoke Free Kentucky
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Indonesia: The Tobacco Industry's BFF
Why should Big Tobacco worry about the decreasing rates of American smokers? There are plenty of other foolish humans to exploit worldwide. According to this news report, 66% of Indonesians smoke cigarettes, and many of them began smoking in early childhood.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Smoking: It Affects Your Brain
Here's more evidence to shoot down the myth that smoking helps smokers concentrate and makes a smoker more alert. In fact, the speed and accuracy of a smoker’s ability to think rationally becomes weaker, and smoking has also been shown to lower smokers’ IQ. But, don't just take my word for it.
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