it is a presentation which discuss about the ethical issue of investing in tobacco company

1. Is it ethical to invest
in Tobacco Company
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Amira Aljaidi 140100095
Fatima Aljaidi 140100090
Omama AlQaiwani 140100010

3. • There are about 4000 chemicals in tobacco, and out of the 100
identified poisons, 63 are known to cause cancer Nicotine is an
addictive drug that takes only 6 seconds to reach your brain.
Facts

4. • Every 8 seconds, someone in the world dies from a tobacco
related illness More than 3 million people under the age of 18
smoke about a ½ billion cigarettes each year, over half of
those people consider themselves dependent on cigarettes.

5. • Kids who smoke or consume any form of tobacco experience changes
in the lungs, and reduced lung growth. They risk not achieving normal
lung function as an adult

6. The Top 5 Largest
International Tobacco
Companies
• Sources: Eriksen M, Mackay J, Ross H. The Tobacco Atlas. Fourth
Ed. Atlanta, GA: American Cancer Society; New York, NY: World
Lung Foundation; 2012. The Tobacco Atlas. Fourth Ed.

7. Investment Facts
• Nearly 20% of the world's population smokes cigarettes, including about
800 million men and 200 million women.
• The government-owned China National Tobacco Corporation is the
world's largest producer of tobacco, and China grows 43% of the tobacco
on earth
• In brazil, tobacco farmer earn the equivalent of what a tobacco company
director earns in one day would take around 6 years. To earn the
Director's equivalent annual salary he would have to work for 2,140 years.
• About 13 billion cigars, including 12.4 billion large cigars and cigarillos and
0.6 billion little cigars, were sold in the United States in 2014.

8. Investment Facts
• Estimates of revenues from the global tobacco industry vary widely but are
likely approaching half a trillion dollars annually. Although tobacco is
ultimately a financial burden on the governments and health-care systems of
countries, it is also a source of government revenue, through tobacco taxes
and additional profit for those countries with state-owned tobacco
companies.
• Each year the tobacco industry in China contributes over 7% of the central
government's total revenue. If Big Tobacco were a country, it would have a
gross domestic product (GDP) similar to that of Poland and Sweden.

9. Disadvantages
• Smoking causes lung cancer.
• Bad breath.
• Nicotine affects appetite, and causing hyperglycemia.
• Blindness is also another effect of smoking.
• Tobacco is linked up with certain disease such as diabetes,
vision problems, ulcers and back pain.
• Waste of money (expensive).

11. Advantages
• Financial contribution to the economy, for example taxation.
• Smoking lowers risk of knee-replacement surgery
• Temporary stress relief.
• Farmers reap profits by growing tobacco and selling it.
• Tobacco industry provides jobs for many. It is important for economic
development and growth.
• Prevent obesity.

12. Utilitarian approach
• Investors
• Individual
• Family
• Workers
• Children and infants
• Economy
• Environment
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13. Social responsibility in tobacco
investment

14. Social responsibility in tobacco
investment
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15. Conclusion