In the 1930s, smoking cigarettes was considered attractive. The kind of well-to-do, good looking, who's who, flaunted their smoking habit. The first Surgeon General's report on smoking and health was published in 1964. In today's society, smoking is no longer so attractive... It's strange to watch old-time movies where stars of Hollywood posed as smokers in a setting like a hospital. , a restaurant or an airport. While the Marlboro Man rode a horse across the screen in commercials between segments of the film. It has now become outdated. Public establishments have now set rules prohibiting smoking in many establishments, and tobacco advertisements have long been banned on public television. Over the past 50 years, extensive research has shown the harmful effects of tobacco products, revealing adverse health risks to the general population, environmental destruction and major financial problems. The immediate goal of this discussion is to provide education about these risks and show the reasons why tobacco should be banned from production, and hopefully show how such a destructive thing was once considered glamorous. Scientists are continually working to conduct experiments in the field of health. healthcare industry, much on the risks of smoking. This work proved that tobacco could have some benefits. Ulcerative colitis, Kaposi's sarcoma, pre-eclampsia are some of the diseases whose symptoms smoking can alleviate, but modern medicine remains the ultimate defense. The harm caused falls far short of the benefit, as “smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States and can cause cancer in almost every major organ of the body. » (Health effects of smoking, CDC np 1). it's just not practical to use...... middle of paper ...... Hidden costs of smoking The overlooked financial costs of smoking. "Hidden Costs of Smoking. Np, nd Web. February 13, 2014Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR)." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, February 7, 2014. Web. February 14, 2014. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/mmwrs/index.htmClinical therapeutics [0149-2918] Zeng, Feng an:2011 vol:33 iss:2 pg:225 -234 http:/ / www.sciencedirect.com.db24.linccweb.org/science/article/pii/S0149291811001408 Winograd, David. “12 Things the Tobacco Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know.” The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, July 1, 2013. Web. February 13. 2014 .