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    The Government of India announced a bill to ban tobacco company advertising and sponsorships to discourage smoking among youth and launch an anti-tobacco program. This faced criticism as the government's ability to achieve these objectives was doubted. The move balanced ethical concerns about tobacco's health risks with commercial considerations as tobacco contributes significantly to tax revenues. While personal choice is not directly interfered with, the WHO estimates tobacco will cause millions of deaths, so the government action can be seen as responsible. Simply banning ads may not be enough and awareness education from schools along with regulated tobacco sales could better achieve the objectives.

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    The Government of India announced a bill to ban tobacco company advertising and sponsorships to discourage smoking among youth and launch an anti-tobacco program. This faced criticism as the government's ability to achieve these objectives was doubted. The move balanced ethical concerns about tobacco's health risks with commercial considerations as tobacco contributes significantly to tax revenues. While personal choice is not directly interfered with, the WHO estimates tobacco will cause millions of deaths, so the government action can be seen as responsible. Simply banning ads may not be enough and awareness education from schools along with regulated tobacco sales could better achieve the objectives.

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    Ban On Tobacco Ads by The Government of India

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    The Government of India announced a bill to ban tobacco company advertising and sponsorships to discourage smoking among youth and launch an anti-tobacco program. This faced criticism as the government's ability to achieve these objectives was doubted. The move balanced ethical concerns about tobacco's health risks with commercial considerations as tobacco contributes significantly to tax revenues. While personal choice is not directly interfered with, the WHO estimates tobacco will cause millions of deaths, so the government action can be seen as responsible. Simply banning ads may not be enough and awareness education from schools along with regulated tobacco sales could better achieve the objectives.

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    BAN ON TOBACCO ADS BY THE

    GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
    Introduction
     The Government of India shockingly announced that it plans to release a bill which will
    ban Tobacco Companies from advertising their products and sponsoring sports and
    cultural events.

     GOI’s objective was to suppress the temptation of smoking in adolescents and to launch
    an anti-Tobacco program.

     This announcement was severely criticised as the Government’s powers of achieving the
    objective were doubted.

     This stand which had been taken by the Government involved the tussle between the
    ethical and commercial considerations.

     Tobacco is one of the most dangerous consumer products and from the ethical view, the
    Government’s move to discourage the habit was a wise one.

     On the contrary, the tobacco industry had contributed `8000 crores in excise duty to the
    State Exchequer in the year 2000-01.
    Government’s Approach: Ethical or Commercial?

     Government should follow mixed method i.e. ethical as well as


    commercial.
     People are not really influenced by the ads or the movies, but
    they smoke in fashion and end up in coffin.
     Government has some responsibilities i.e. ethical and some
    commercial i.e. goals.
    Should the government interfere in matters of
    personal choice?
     Personal choice has not been interfered with
    by the government.
     This step taken by the government should be
    seen as a responsible one.
     The WHO has estimated that tobacco
    consumption will be responsible for 8.4
    million deaths in 2020 and 10 million in
    2030.
     Cigarettes can cause over 60 types of cancer.

     Like rights and duties come one on one,


    similarly option and choice come one on
    one.
    Is the objective achievable?

     Just banning ads will not make the objective achievable.

     Awareness seminars and classes by government strictly from


    school level.
     Like alcohol, tobacco should be sold in licensed shops with
    stringent rules.
    Presented by

     Nikhil Meherish - 253

     Yashvardhan Srivastava - 254

     Aishwarya Singh - 255

     Chinma Abraham - 257

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