Thank you for smoking, that's what big companies like Marlboro and Camel want us to know, and they continue to smoke. Tobacco has been around for thousands of years, but today's cigarettes contain many harmful and poisonous toxins. Yet it is simple: tobacco smoking kills, reduces economic productivity and reinforces poverty. But let's be honest, everyone is already aware of these problems, everyone wants to target cigarette companies; however, there is a bigger problem. What happens when cigarette companies target today's children? In countries such as Indonesia and others in the Middle East, there are no restrictions on the age at which tobacco can be smoked. In Indonesia, documentaries show children as young as five smoking cigarettes every day. There's no doubt that tobacco is harmful, but it's not going anywhere. But how do we try to stop children from smoking? It impedes development at such an early age and poses numerous health problems. The question is: who should be held accountable? And what should be done? Clearly it is not possible for tobacco to never be outlawed, but I believe there should be stricter restrictions on age limits around the world and restrictions on the materials used in the manufacturing of cigarettes. Who allows cigarette companies to continue poisoning people and causing cancer risks? Throughout my essay I will analyze the effects of cigarette use on world society and the elaborate corruption that keeps cigarette companies in business. While today's major tobacco manufacturers deny marketing it to youth. However, we still see them targeting children subliminally through magazine advertisements, store posters, and Internet advertisements. Furthermore, they continue to use moving product positioning strategies… in the middle of the paper… and carry out an antithesis campaign against tobacco advertising. With more advertisements showing teenagers the harms of tobacco use and through education, this use of “counteraddition” could go a long way in preventing more young people from picking up a bad habit. Furthermore, I think we should aim to limit more of what is actually put in cigarettes rather than in advertisements, as these toxins and poisons are responsible for over 430,000 average deaths each year due to smoking. Yet today is today, and as long as companies like Altria and Reynolds American have the money to play in Washington, they will get what they want. Now it's up to everyone else, for the sake of the health of our future, to help push for legislation that helps deter the goals of companies that essentially deliver cancer to hundreds of thousands of people every year..