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This blog is about cigarette
smokers, mainly in Czech Republic and their response to a recent study there.
Phillip Morris concluded from a study about smokers, and the fact that they are
actually saving the government money from smoking. It shows that most smokers
die at a relatively young age, therefore the government does not have to worry
about the costs of the benefits they are entitled to when they become elderly.
When people heard about this, they immediately contacted these cigarette
companies in Czech Republic and tried to pull a law suit against them because
they are “killing” people.
After listening to a podcast about
this, I just wanted to reach out to the people who are saying these cigarette
companies are “killing” these people and profiting from it. First of all the
government is the one profiting the most because they do not have to spend
excess tax money on people who are dying young.
In addition, the person who decides to smoke, and continues to buy
cigarettes has the power to quit when they want to. Smoking is a prime example
of a secondary effect because it not only costs a lot of money; it has a wear
on your health. These people who decide to begin smoking should take an
economical perspective before they take that first puff knowing they may become
addicted. It is also startling that the government is somewhat in on people
smoking. They let these tobacco companies raise the taxes to make more money
off them resulting in their prices going up, but yet since there are the additives
people remain addicted and continue to buy. I do not find anything wrong with
this because for most governments tobacco tax is a great source of income and
if people choose to smoke it is a personal choice on their part.
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