Smokers for choosing to smoke in the first place, tobacco companies for making it so appealing and addicting, and the government for not protecting the public or allowing tobacco companies to have such a hold on the economy, the rest of us for not doing anything to combat the problem. I think instead of placing guilt, we need to start taking action. Everyone should be held accountable, becuase everyone is impacted by the smoking industry in some way. Obviously, this cannot happen in our democracy, but we need to think about outcomes. He has for obvious reasons been targeted as a model of immorality through out his career, yet he enjoys his job and is proud of the work he does.
Tobacco is still legal in America.
They are selling a product that every American today knows is hazardous to thier health, and it is thier own choice whether they light up. Moreover, his company has many programs to give back to the community and other charitable plans. I am not fully defending tobacco companies. I do think it is undeniable that in the past tobacco companies acted unethically by not publishing true statistics about tobacco's carcinogens, much in the same way that companies who produce clothes out of sweat shops act unethically. I think that the government should continue to ban smoking in all public places as a protection method for non-smokers, but I do think that the choices one makes in thier own privacy are independent actions, and condone them or not, if it is legal it is a legitimate choice.