New Tobacco law passed
The next cigarette packet will come with a warning from now onwards. The non-smoking community now has reasons to cheers in the form of America ’s anti smoking law. Widely termed as America ’s toughest smoking law, US president Barrack Obama has introduced this bill which, he believes will save millions of lives, today and tomorrow. Tobacco companies will now have to refrain using terms like "light”, "low", "mild”, candy, fruit- and spice-flavored etc, which are used as a pretext to spurt cigarette sales. What is worrisome is that these advertisements are put up in athletic and entertainment events, where women and children frequent more. The congressional Budget office estimates that the regulation is likely to pull down underage smoking by 11% over the next 10 years. Recent survey reveals that one out of five Americans smoke and around 4, 40,000 people die due to smoking related illnesses. Despite stiff resistance by the industry and tobacco's ...