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The first major step that must be done is to enforce tougher laws on tobacco use and sales. There needs to be more tougher penalties and fines for people who sell to minors or buy for minors. In another study done by the American Lung Association (Online, 1999) it says Thirty percent of teens that smoke say that they were able to obtain cigarettes from retail stores. Thirty-two percent of kids who smoke say they borrow cigarettes from people. Another twenty-three percent of kids get their cigarettes by having an old enough person buy it for them. Now the government needs to crack down on these stores and the people who buy these products for our youth. Even implementing a fine for Minors In Possession of Tobacco may be necessary because it will save a lot of lives in America and a lot of money for the American economy. Right now the government is pumping 97 billion dollars back into health care as a result of smoking. Making smoking highly illegal for minors may have a pos!

f the long-term effects of tobacco use, and they would realize that it's not all good.

But just recently according to the article (“smoke Screen” by Scholastic Inc. Oct. 1, 2001) the Supreme Court has just passed a law allowing tobacco advertisements wherever they want. The old rule used to be within a thousand feet of a school is off limits, but that law is said to interfere with the tobacco industries right to commercial free speech so now they are able to advertise within school proximity. Which is now taking a major step back for our country and its laws against youth smoking considering students who own or see a lot of cigarette promotional items are more than four times more likely to begin smoking, compared to those who are not exposed to these items. The Supreme Court's ruling is full of hot air. Cigarettes are deadly, and t

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