... cigarettes allow more and more people to get addicted to smoking, especially our youth. In addition, tobacco advertising billboards have a mild reminder "smoking cause's lung cancer" written below them. The government receive tax from the tobacco companies, and advertise for them knowing full well the long-term effects of smoking, and yet are hypocritical in their approach of advertising. This yet again is a "drugs problem in society". The second problem society has is Alcohol. Alcohol is the most commonly consumed drug and considerably serious, consumed by all nearly all of 12 year old and above in the USA alone. In addition to this Alcohol lowers consumer's inhibitions, which can set them up for dangerous or embarrassing behaviour. 10,000 deaths are reported each year relating to Alcohol. On the contrary adolescents who use Alcohol are more likely to become sexually active, which places them at a greater risk of HIV infection ...

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