Transcript Big Tobacco

Big Tobacco
Broma Clyde
Miami Dade County Public
School
Why do tobacco companies profitable
 Tobacco companies have been
profitable because throughout
history, tobacco companies
have had a trade surplus. That
is one big reason why they
have been important to the
economy of the U.S. In 1992
the tobacco industry reported
a $5.65 billion dollar trade
surplus. In the first half of
1992, tobacco exports were $2
billion more than imports.
The taxes that the tobacco
companies pay provide a lot
of money for the U.S..
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Tobacco companies have been stop
from targeting children and teens in the
U.S. because of the danger and many
health issues that comes with smoking.
The companies created ads and
commercials those mostly targeting
children. They use colors that would
attract more to kids. Although, they do
not use billboard, and television ads
but they find many ways to use bright
and colorful color to get kids attentions.
Now their main focusing is on young
kids in the developing country around
the world. Some these companies’
tactics continue targeting young
children as young as 7 years of age.
These poor countries do not have the
resources to stop these big companies
Big Tobacco Companies
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The tobacco industry’s have shifted
from rich countries to developed
nations to low- and middle-income
countries has been well documented.
much of it to increase sales in
developing countries. Like Indonesia,
Africa, and many more
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It has been estimated that there are
more than 1.3 billion smokers worldwide, with around 82 percent residing
in low and middle-income countries.
Tobacco Companies targeting kids
It has been estimated that there are
more than 1.3 billion smokers worldwide, with around 82 percent residing
in low and middle-income countries.
 Tobacco companies have created ads
and commercials that would mostly
targeting children. They use colors that
would attract more to kids. Although,
they do not use billboard, and
television ads but they find many ways
to use bright and colorful color to get
kids attentions. Now their main
focusing is on young kids in the
developing country around the world.
Some these companies’ tactics continue
targeting young children as young as 7
years of age. These poor countries do
not have the resources to stop these big
companies.
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Low income countries
List of Targeting
Countries
 Indonesia, Brazil,
China, India, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Russia, Hong
Kong, Saudi Arabia,
United Arab Emigrates,
Turkey, South Korea,
Singapore, China,
Russia, ect…
Big Money
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Cigarettes and other forms of tobacco—
including cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff,
and chewing tobacco may contain the
addictive drug nicotine. Nicotine is
readily absorbed into the bloodstream
when a tobacco product is chewed,
inhaled, or smoked. A typical smoker
will take 10 puffs on a cigarette over a
period of 5 minutes that the cigarette is
lit.
List of Tobacco Addictive Products
The Cause of Tobacco
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Although nicotine is addictive and can
be toxic if ingested in high doses, it
does not cause cancer—other chemicals
are responsible for most of the severe
health consequences of tobacco use.
Tobacco smoke is a complex mixture of
chemicals such as carbon monoxide,
tar, formaldehyde, cyanide, and
ammonia—many of which are known
carcinogens. Carbon monoxide
increases the chance of cardiovascular
diseases. Tar exposes the user to an
increased risk of lung cancer,
emphysema, and bronchial disorders.
Addictive Products
Tobacco
Nicotine
Carbon
Monoxide
Tar
Formalde
hyde
Cyanide
Deadly effect of Secondhand Smoking
The Danger in smoking
Big Tobacco Companies
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Secondhand smoke can cause all kind of
deadly diseases to children. Breathing
secondhand smoke for even a short time
increases risk for those diseases. Children
and infants are especially vulnerable to the
poisons in secondhand smoke. Almost 3
million children in the United States under
the age of six breathe secondhand smoke at
home at least four days per week.
• Secondhand smoke is a known cause of
sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS),
respiratory problems, ear infections, and
asthma attacks in infants and children.
• Secondhand smoke in the home.
Poor Countries big business
 Tobacco companies
export their products
(cigarettes, cigars,
chewing tobacco) to at
least 146 countries around
the world. They sell to
Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia,
United Arab Emigrates,
Turkey, South Korea,
Singapore, China, Russia,
and many more countries.
In 1992 Philip Morris sold
11 billion cigarettes to
Russia alone.
Popular Brands
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Cigarettes are the most heavily advertised
product in the U.S. The tobacco companies
spend 4 billion dollars a year or 11 million
dollars a day to try to get people to buy
cigarettes. Every day the tobacco industry is
fighting against the growing number of
reports about the health dangers of smoking.
Smoking is not as popular or socially
acceptable as it once was. Many people are
quitting smoking. Others are never starting
to smoke.
Through their advertisements in magazines
and newspapers, on billboards, and through
promotions, the cigarette companies are
trying hard to sell their products.
The Nicotine effect
 Nicotine is one of the more than
4,000 chemicals in cigarettes and
its smoke. It is the chemical that
makes tobacco addictive or habit
forming. Once we smoke, chew, or
sniff tobacco, nicotine goes into
our bloodstream, and our body
wants more. The nicotine in
tobacco makes it a drug. This
means that when we use tobacco, it
changes our body in some way.
Because nicotine is a stimulant, it
speeds up the nervous system, so
we feel like we have more energy.
It also makes the heart beat faster
and raises blood pressure.
Health issues
 About 53,000 people die from
second hand smoke every year.
When we breathe second hand
smoke, we are breathing the same
4,000 chemicals a cigarette smoker
breathes. 51 of those chemicals
cause cancer. That is why a U.S.
government agency called the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) has labelled cigarettes as a
Group A carcinogen. A carcinogen
is something that causes cancer.
The EPA put cigarettes in the same
group with arsenic, which is a
deadly poison, and asbestos, a
cancer causing material that used
to be put around pipes to insulate
them.
References
WWW.SMOKING.DRUGABUSE.GOV
WWW.TEENS.DRUGABUSE.GOV
WWW.CDC.GOV/TOBACCO
WWW.SMOKEFREE.GOV
HTTP://WWW.QUITSMOKINGSUPPORT.COM/
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