Essays on Tobacco Products

Fear messages have been of importance within the nursing profession over the years and were even responsible for the reduction of the use of substance abuse in communities. Substances abuse is discouraged in many communities owing to their negative effects on the general health of an individual (DiBello, Neighbors, & Ammar, 2015). It is because of these adverse consequences that the nursing and health sector, in general, decided to come up with creative ideas to curb the menace. One of the commonly used strategies in this field is the formulation of fear messages to scare away the drug users from ...

Introduction

This is an individual business research report that focuses on the Philip Morris International Corporation (PMI). This paper will critically analyze the corporate elements of the company and evaluate the various strategies employed by Philip Morris (PMI). The critical analysis will culminate in the identification of gaps that would be utilized in drawing a set of recommendations for the company.

Corporate History and Background

PMI is an American company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It is known for producing and marketing cigarettes and tobacco around the world. PMI is a conglomerate of four major cigarette and tobacco companies including Sampoerna, PMFTC ...

Results:

Demographics and Smoking Rates: This study involves 80 PHCPs as participants out of which 51.1% aged between 25 and 35. The gender-based ration was (86.8%) female to male. Most of the participants (86.5%) were GP doctors. These ratios can be seen in Figure 1 and 2.

Smoking Rates and Practices:

Based on demographics and diagrammatic (figure 3) illustrations it was found that only 15% involved PHCPs were smokers out of which males ratio was higher (24%) in comparison to females which was only 11%. The observed variation p was significant (p=0.006). Only 5% participants had been ex-smokers while a major segment of 80% ...

Altria Company

Altria Company formerly known as Phillip Morris Company is one of the leading tobacco and cigarette producers and markets across the globe. With over 180 years of experience in the industry, the company has made significant efforts in manufacturing some of the world’s renown brands such as Marlboro, Copenhagen, Skoal and Black and Mild. The major ethical dilemma the company faces is the fact that there is a trade-off between business and health. With the fact that tobacco causes deaths of thousands of users across the globe, Altria has to engage in various tobacco control programs to ensure ...

Tax policy is the choice that the government makes on the amount of tax to charge on a product, to what amount as well as the people to pay it (Pechman 23). This discussion will focus on tax policy on tobacco products. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted in 2014, an estimate of forty million of United States adults smoke tobacco and its products (Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/adult_data/cig_smoking/). With this large number of tobacco smokers, the US government can implement a tax policy that would favor both them as well as the users. While implementing the tax ...

The habit of tobacco use has been proven to be a leading cause of premature deaths in the United States. Additionally, factors associated with exposures related to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) have been the leading causes of increasing mortality and morbidity levels in the country and at the global scale. To this effect, therefore, there is the need for having in place policy issues that will effectively address tobacco use amongst children and adolescents, reduce the smoking rates amongst adults and finally prevent non-smokers from being exposed to ETS (World Health Organization, 2013). As it has been established, most ...

The class information

Degree program Turabian Style Introduction Smoking is among bad habits which reflect young people’s addictive practice with regards to negative behavior. In this respect adolescents can become smokers of traditional or electronic cigarettes and cigars in addition to smokeless tobacco users. This trend indicates that adult smokers tend to start before they turn eighteen, and statistics proves that “14% of high school students smoke cigarettes, 13% smoke cigars, and 6% use [smokeless tobacco]” . Addiction to traditional and electronic cigarettes derives from availability of tobacco products for sale, peer group influences and most importantly advertising. Advertising impacts American young ...

Part A: A Brawl in Mickey’s Backyard

The primary stakeholders in the SunCal’s plans are the; Employee unions and Disney. The secondary stakeholders will include; the Backers, Affordable housing advocates, the city council the other individuals and groups drawn by the prospect of reducing long commutes and the Save Our Anaheim Resort District group. The unions of employees are representing the Disney employees to ensure that they get affordable rental houses near their place of work. The Affordable Housing advocates are representing the employees; they are the voice of the employees for affordable housing. The other groups and individuals support the idea because it is ...

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GERD: Introduction

“Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a syndrome wherein the stomach’s contents of those in the small intestine constantly move up into the esophagus. The rearwards motion of the contents is called a “reflux.” This condition results in the person being subjected to episodes of heartburn, a stinging sensation felt under the sternum part of the chest, is the initial symptom of heartburn; this is traditionally felt after the person has a heavy meal, or lies down or lifts a heavy object immediately after eating. If a person is consistently experiencing bouts of reflux and extreme heartburn, then ...

Overview

Currently, the smoking area in WSU is filled with a lot of smoke as a result of too much smoking. It, in turn, induces passive smoking to nonsmokers in the institution. Just like active smoking, passive smoking is also associated with lots of adverse health implications since it causes infections such as lung cancer, lower respiratory tract diseases, and asthma amongst others. These illnesses can lead to losing of lives as well as financial losses (Yi Nam et al., 2016). It is essential to devise a way that can be applied to countering smoking associated health concerns in WSU. ...

Introduction

Consumption of addictive psychoactive substances can be traced back to the earliest records of the human history. In ancient past, these psychoactive substances were consumed in various occasions: some priest consumed the substances during religious ceremonies; some substances such as opium were used for medicinal purposes; were consumed by the general population as they were socially accepted. People later devised various potent compounds which were easier to administer. As a result of high administration, addiction and abuse of these substances began. As early as in the 17th century, the concern of overuse of these substances and the loss of ...

For many people who smoke electronic cigarettes, the main purpose is to combat nicotine addiction – this way people are trying to quit smoking modern tobacco products. Exploring the topic how effective the electronic cigarette is in combat against tobacco smoking, I pursue the only goal to prove that today the electronic cigarette is the life-saving panacea, which does not require the rejection of the smoking ritual but at the same time it does not cause the dangerous harm to the body of a smoker. Many people mistakenly believe that electronic cigarettes are dangerous to health – this statement is not ...

Business Law

Without the Supremacy Clause, there would always be overlapping and conflicting federal and state law. The Supremacy Clause ensures that federal law always preempts state law if there is a conflict. In the absence of a Supremacy Clause, there would be a floodgate of litigation regarding choice of law questions and which law applies to a particular case. In this case, Wyeth did act ethically because if a large drug-manufacturing company immediately admitted to liability every time a plaintiff sued, alleging negligence, the company would surely go bankrupt. In the face of a civil suit, the company is entitled ...

The American Civil War led to the reduction of government revenue and large debts amassed from the financing of war operations. One strategy that the government implemented was using taxes to raise the funds from the public. This approach led to certain products being taxed, for this reason, one of them being tobacco. However, with time, these taxes were effectively recalled with the exception of cigarette taxes, which have remained to the present time. Tobacco has been identified as one of the oldest crops in the U.S and has also been cited as one of the most successful enterprises, ...

While tobacco use among adolescents has reduced dramatically over the past four decades, its prevalence remains worryingly high. Nearly 90% of all smokers tried out cigarettes in adolescence and 99% first started by the age of 26. An estimated 3,800 youths aged 18 years or younger try out their first cigarette, and a further 2,100 young adults become daily smokers. In 2015, one in three high school seniors reported having smoked a cigarette, while 1 in 15 12th graders (or 7%) reported smoking regularly and on a daily basis. This translates to nearly 450,000 12- to ...

Smoking is a widely prevalent hazardous habit that can predispose the smoker and the nearby passive smokers to a number of chronic diseases like cancer and cardiopulmonary disorders. One third of the world population are smokers. There are more than 1 billion male smokers and 250 million female smokers. Smoking rates are higher in industrialized countries, when compared to developing countries. Nevertheless, the phase of increase in smoking rate is higher in developing countries, while decreasing rates were observed in developed countries. According to World Health Report, smoking accounts for 3 million deaths annually ("Smoking Statistics", 2016). According to ...