Tobacco; Borne of Smoking's Corruption

Tobacco, from its beginning, has sowed corruption to those whom have commercially harvested it. From its first major importation to European societies, tobacco became widely popular as it was continuously shipped East and the prices began to depress; thusly, the fade of tobacco transcended age, gender, class, and geography. But, as the Chesapeake colony (the English colony which had begun the exportation of tobacco from their newly acquired farmlands) began to grow a larger population, the farmer 'elite' began to overpower the other free farmers (as in, those not indebted and repaying it off through way of servitude) in the sense that gains became harder to acquire as the 'cash crop' of the New World suffered through the decrease of their product. In such a manner, planters devised legal ways to extend periods of servitude of their indentured servants as the number of poor men from England began to lessen as their time went on; moreover, the farmer elite had more opportunity to grow more crops on their lands and, thus, sell more tobacco, as well as gain support from the monarchs because of their wealth and the number of servants they could afford. This resulted in a rebellion of the poorer free farmers (whom wished for more land whilst believing the elite were supporting the Native Americans' rights to land instead of their own by endorsing a treaty to keep their lands apart) and an eventual change of governance appointed by the King himself. These colonists fought for equal shares of wealth, social status, and government holdings; essentially, they fought to destroy the social heirarchy created and imposed by the servant labor system. Contemporary times, however, differ from that of the seventeenth century. Instead of those who, essentially, command all the tobacco commercialism fighting for dominance and equality amongst themselves, the Tobacco Companies of today fight against activists who want to put a stop to all smoking and strive for public aid. The once high held opinion of tobacco use began to rapidly decline as the years progressed and studies revealed the additives companies began including in cigarettes (none of the plausible 599 are listed on the packaging) leading to cancereous diseases and, ultimately, death. Tobacco companies, then attempted to breach negative public opinions about smoking by appearing morally correct whilst still endorcing their own personal gains. Such as the companies that encourage people to quit smoking, yet, as a 2006 court soon found, they instead "manipulated nicotine levels to keep smokers addicted." And, in 1969, the CEO who was quoted agreeing to "avoid advertising directed to young people," yet their product appeared in the 1979 Muppets Movie; moreover, in 1999, tobacco advertisements were being placed at child's eye level. Actively this shows the tobacco industry's gluttony. For the groups come off as morally correct, instigating what should be done and what is defined as 'right,' only to defy their own words in advertising purposes. Albeit the tobacco industry isn't as thriving as it once was, the sheer indulgence in advertising has caused a major loss in gains that these tobacco owners might have had; thus, resulting in a selfish desire for more wealth, even when there is enough and aplenty for they themselves by spending away their own gains to acquire more. As such, through the measures of overinstigating themselves through pompous shows of wealth and often overpowering their neighbors (as the activists and the poorer freeman) and misleading the consumer, the tobacco companies avarice becomes clear.