Write 6 pages thesis on the topic smokers in great britain and the usa. Governments have taken the initiative of ensuring that manufacturers printed warning messages on packets to warn consumers of th

Write 6 pages thesis on the topic smokers in great britain and the usa. Governments have taken the initiative of ensuring that manufacturers printed warning messages on packets to warn consumers of the dangers of cigarette smoking was likely to cause to their health. Lately, this has gone beyond having warnings on packets to politicians going a step further and turning smokers into social pariahs. Cigarettes are no longer displayed on supermarket shelves but have to be hidden behind. Smoking in public is now banned almost everywhere in the world and in a matter of time. smokers may find themselves being registered (Campbell, 2015).

Smokers are increasingly facing restrictions the ever before as various governments around the world sponsor cancer campaigns to create awareness to the public. Cigarette smoking remains legal but smokers are at risk of being perceived as social pariahs with decreasing civil rights. In the UK, the government has launched a 10-year strategy aimed at decreasing the number of people using cigarettes to less than 10%. Smoking in public places has succeeded since the government strategy's main aspect is heath and preventing individual choices from interfering with others (ASH, 2014). Initially, a ban on smoking was welcomed with a lot of resistance in the UK. Smokers lobby groups and cigarette manufacturers were not happy about these measures and believed that the governments would end up putting measures that discriminated against smokers. Ban of smoking in public places has worked in the UK in terms of not smoking bars, workplaces, parks and other public areas (ASH, 2014). The number of smokers has also significantly decreased over the past 10 years though it is not clear whether this is because of the ban. Most people have agreed with the ban bearing in mind that smokers would even smoke around children, something that can be classified as abuse.