I don't really care of people choosing to paint their lung in black, so long as they give no harm to other people. But this is not the case, almost impossible for non-smokers to freely breath clean air in every day life. Smokers are every where, they are in your office, in the street, in the mall, in the restaurant and even in the bus. I, myself, "smoke indirectly". It is not necessary to show all the statistics related to smoking on health, social issue or economy here, we can just google or wiki it. Numbers will come up as quick as the time you need to light up your cigarette.WHO says we need to break the tobacco marketing net as the theme for World No Tobacco Day 2008: "Tobacco-Free Youth". The tobacco industry spends billions of dollars worldwide on advertising, promotion, and sponsorship. They catch us young and their marketing tactics are serious threat to us. The tobacco industry stands behind almost every important and big events, from music concerts, sport games to social activity sponsorships. They spend billion dollars to get much more amount of dollar reward, including from their young customers.
It is not surprising if the result of study of Academy of Tobacco Studies does not find the link between smoking cigarettes and lung cancer. The group who did the study is funded by cigarette companies, perhaps that's the 'why'. Nick Naylor's job requires him to inform the public of these results, as well as defend the rights of smokers. You can read and see the whole in the novel and movie. Whether or not this reflects the actual story in the industry, we (I) never know but it is a fiercely satirical look at today's "spin culture."As a non-smoker, it is difficult to imagine how it is possible that too many smart people are falling in love with nicotine and why it is so difficult to say good-bye even if their spouses and/or children tell them not doing so. I found now that there is an answer: blame it to dopamine, it creates the effect. Dopamine plays a critical role in nicotine (and other) addiction. Smokers are victims, the poor guys that have no strength to stop the addiction. I thought that will-power can motivate them to quit smoking, such as "no matter what, I will not harm myself and others through smoking!." That's not easy ... So dear smokers, just continue what you are doing. It is dopamine who controls your choice. Just remember when you blow the nicotine to your and other lungs, the bosses in the cigarret industry will be smiling at you and saying: "Thank you for smoking..." That's all they want to keep saying... to stay in the list of the top rank richest persons. For the youth who started to enjoy smoking... no worry, dopamine will work nicely in your brain for the rest of your life. Just like virus, whether you like it or not, it is good in surviving...
Think twice before you light up another cigarette.
