Why Are Tobacco Companies Legalize Smoking Ethical?

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This premise holds ground that it is not ethical for tobacco companies to sell a product that is known to be addictive and a danger to the health of its users. A survey done on thousands of internal documents of the tobacco industry released through whistleblowers and litigation reveal that there has been a systematic corporate deceit throughout the tobacco trade. The industry resents and continues to deny the preposterous effects of smoking such as lung cancer in the public glare. Their stand on the effects of tobacco contradict the scientific and medical findings of the carcinogenic nature of tobacco as known and researched since 1950s (Forsyth 462). Therefore, it becomes adept to declare that the industry’s position on smoking and its resultant