- Target:
- Tobacco Companies
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- www.cdc.gov
Tobacco use has negative effects on America's health, environment, and economy.
1. According to the New York Times, smoking is directly responsible for about 90% of the deaths due to lung cancer (NY Times).
2. Additionally, tobacco is responsible for a staggering amount of pollution in the United States. The Keep America Beautiful Campaign reported that 65% of non-biodegradable cigarette butts are littered every year, and tobacco products comprise 38% of all U.S. roadway litter (kab.org).
3. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the United States wastes nearly $300billion each year on tobacco advertisements, tobacco-related health care costs and worker’s lost of productivity due to premature death or secondhand smoke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
We, the undersigned, call on the United States legislature to prohibit the production, sales, and use of tobacco in the United States of America in order to rescue our country's health, environment, and economy.
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The Prohibit Tobacco in the United States of America petition to Tobacco Companies was written by Tyler McNulty and is in the category Health at GoPetition.