remove some youth-targeted marketing, yet the industry still finds a way to market their products to children.Research has been focused on the effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Meaning, the effect of tobacco smoke on non-smokers who must share the same environment with a smoker. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that exposure to ETS, which contains all the toxic agents inhaled by a smoker, causes 3,000 deaths and an estimated 40,000 deaths from heart disease per year in non-smokers. (EPA 1). Secondhand smoke can aggravate asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, and impaired blood circulation. Littering is also another cause for concern with cigarette smoking. Since millions of people smoke in the United States, there are a lot of cigarette butts thrown on the ground. CigaretteLitter.Org, a not-for-profit organization has found that, “an estimated 4.5 trillion non-biodegradable cigarette butts are littered worldwide every year.” The most littered item in America happens to be cigarettes. Cigarette filters are not biodegradable and can damage the environment along with cause fires when thrown in certain flammable areas. (Litter 1). Protecting people’s health should be of great cause for concern as well as keeping our country clean and livable. Cigarette smoking needs to be controlled in the United States. Many actions have been taken, but the battle will not end until smoking is banned. Public smoking is no longer tolerated in many areas. California has laws that prohibit smoking in restaurants and many other workplaces. There are 281 California communities that passed local laws prohibiting smoking. Many other states are passing similar laws to protect their communities. (Secondhand 2). An often-asked question is, “Why can’t the state or Federal government deal with this problem?” The answer to this question is, preemption. “Preemption is...
