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... We all have learned that lung cancer, 90 percent of which led by smoking tobacco, is the largest cause of cancer deaths in the United States (est. ...
The history of tobacco is well known to almost everyone. A century before Columbus sailed to America; Native Americans discovered the dried leaves of the tobacco plant can produce mild, flavorful smoke. Two members of Columbus¡¯ crew, Rodrigo de Jerez and Luis de Torres, saw this tobacco and introduced this Pandora¡¯s Box to Europe. Soon it became popular in Spain, and tobacco growing and trading became very profitable in British American colonies. Inventions from the Industrial Revolution were made for the mass production of tobacco in 1881, producing 120,000 cigarettes a day per each machine. Prices fell, and since then tobacco companies competed much more actively. ...
From this point, the production and advertising of tobacco were limited by laws, and today we can see a conspicuous warning on the pack such as ¡°Smoking can kill you¡± or ¡°Tobacco is addictive. ...
Tobacco advertising has brought one more serious problem to our society.
Approximate Word count = 846
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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