Even though worldwide health safety measures have been instituted approximately 46 million US people continue smoking, many of these smokers declare that they just cannot stop. Why is it so tough to eliminate this habit?
Charles Evans Jr. attempts to answer this question in his new documentary “Addiction Incorporated”, demonstrating how the industry of tobacco has misled US consumers for decades. The documentary tells the tale of Victor DeNoble, a renowned scientist whose surprising development on an addicting component in tobacco helped the US Government add rules and regulations for the tobacco industry in the 1990's.
Experiments and research studies performed by DeNoble in a hidden research laboratory used human subjects to confirm just how addictive cigarette smoking was, at a time when consumers were not aware of the dangers. The results of his surprising conclusions were quickly used by the US Government to address the dangers of tobacco use, but the research results also cost Victor DeNoble his job.
In response to the documentary a representative for the Philip-Morris-USA company stated that the firm understands the consensus of the health care experts and researcher that cigarettes smoke is addictive, and that tobacco use can cause various harms in human as well as in animals.
Philip Morris was the only significant tobacco company to support FDA control over cigarettes, and considers that this control can offer significant benefits to tobacco companies and adult consumers according to the organization representative. According to DeNoble the fight has just started though, and he is pushing for even more government control.
Someday they could produce a cigarette using tobacco that only makes a small amount of smoke. This would decrease the addiction risk if youths were exposed. Tobacco companies are not going to willingly accept this though, and instead will fight every step of the way. DeNoble added that I want consumers to continue pushing for even more restrictions. 500,000 individuals die each year from tobacco use in the United States alone. I want consumers to realize that we need to take actions.
