Ethics Computer Marketing Tobacco Dilemma After Returning Term Paper

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Ethics

Computer

Marketing Tobacco Dilemma

After returning from Ohio on a road trip, some friends informed us that on the way back home while gassing up, they were asked by kids on two different occasions to buy them some cigarettes. Our friends told the kids no on each occasion. What does this isolated observation have to do with the tobacco industry? The tobacco industry has continued to market their products to children throughout the nation, and they have even gone after kids in other nations. "Since the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) in 1998, tobacco advertising and promotion has significantly increased in the retail environment." (New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services) The description of the kids, obviously minors, asking an adult to buy them cigarettes is illegal. What the tobacco industry has continued to do in regard to marketing cigarettes to kids is immoral, unethical and illegal.

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The tobacco industry was forced to publicly admit that their products are not only addicting and that they have been less than truthful about this fact, they also had to explain how they could for years deny the inherent dangers associated with smoking and more directly, of the effects of tar and nicotine. These admissions have clearly helped many Americans finally kick the habit. But the admission of guilt has not stopped the industry from peddling their wares? The tobacco industry may have made some efforts to reduce smoking in the United States. But, all they really did was to alter their marketing strategy.

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