Taxes on tobacco products provide a major source of revenue for most governments, especially that of the United States. The amount was quoted to be 47.7 per cent higher than what it paid in 1999. The company, in 1999, was rewarded by the Ghana Export Promotion Council for its contribution to the non-traditional export sector through the export of processed tobacco and cigarettes. Tobacco contains small amounts of nicotine, a substance that acts as a stimulant on the heart and other organs. Nicotine also stimulates the nervous system, causing many people to become addicted to it.
Physicians believe the stimulating effects of nicotine helps to make smoking pleasurable.
However, a concentrated amount of nicotine is poisonous. The nicotine that people consume from cigarettes may contribute to the occurrence of heart attacks and stomach ulcers. Other substances in the smoke aerosol may cause lung cancer. Tobacco is said to contain about 4,000 dangerous chemicals that can cause diseases. Significantly, the intake of nicotine is very unfriendly to human health.