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Currently, the United States and other countries are faced with a large number of citizens smoking. It is estimated that 1.1 billion people smoke worldwide. This is a very high number. The biggest problem with this number is the percentage of teenagers smoking before the legal age of 18. 89% of people who currently smoke started before they were of legal age. Cigarette companies such as Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro, Parliament, Basic and Winston's create a large part of their revenue off of minors. Philip Morris himself Quoted "Today's teenager is tomorrow's potential regular customer." An employee of Lorillard, Inc., producer of Newport cigarettes commented on teenagers in the cigarette market, "The success of Newport has been fantastic during the last few years...The base of our business is the high school student. RJ Reynolds Tobacco, producers of Camel cigarettes also agree with the fact that much of their revenue comes from minors by stating, "The 14-18 year old group is an increasing segment of the smoking population. RJ Reynolds must soon establish a successful new brand in this market if our position in the industry is to be maintained over the long term." These major cigarette compa

As an effect of these ad campaigns, statistics show that over the next 10 years, cigarette sales will decline by 25%. 430 billion cigarettes were consumed in the United States in 1999. In 2000, Phillip Morris had a total revenue of $49 billion worldwide. The CEO of Phillip Morris makes 5 million dollars a year. If cigarette sales are decreased by 25%, the economy will definitely suffer.

Currently, cigarette sales are booming. As a cashier in a gas station, I have found just about every other person I ring up purchases a package of cigarettes. Most of who are college students. Cigarette sales pay my wages. Due to this so-called research, I believe smoking is currently a problem because of the health risks a person takes from smoking. A solution needs to be created to prevent people from even starting to smoke. On the other hand, I also believe that if these anti-smoking campaigns that are currently running on billboards, in magazines, newspapers, TV or the radio take effect, the economy will hurt from it.

The decision a person makes whether to smoke or not is very important to the future of our economy. As much as I hate smoke, I would hate to have the economy struggle more than it currently is due to anti-smoking campaigns. I make my own decisions.

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Approximate Word count = 859
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Politics

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