Are Mobile Phones The New Tobacco?

I think most of us a familiar with the tobacco wars ofdiscrediting findings that say otherwise. Insiders have
recent times and how it is has manifested itself intocome out and said that long term use may be
aspects of our lives through issues like smoking atdangerous and warning information is now made
public venues, lawsuits from addicts suingavailable. Now a growing momentum of lawsuits are
manufacturers, corporate sponsorship of sportingbeing filed, so far all have been dismissed. There are
events like Formula 1 and advertising in general,even now support groups to help people who are
pregnant mothers, etc. I think most people wouldaddicted to their phone and people as young as 6 are
concede that if cigarettes and tobacco were inventedfound to be heavy users. It bears a lot of similarities to
today, they would never pass organisations like thetobacco. However phone companies are not making
Therapeutic Goods Administration who are responsibletheir product addictive like tobacco and given the global
for clearing products for safety before being releaseduse and endless studies on mobiles there is not a
to the Australian market. However could we nowconclusive study saying they are dangerous.
have a new tobacco brewing on our doorsteps.What does that mean you should do? Well like they
There is a growing wave of scientists who believesay with anything, do it in moderation. Apart from the
mobile phones will be the new tobacco. Thus termspossible health risks of heavy mobile phone use, it is
like passive mobile use and usage bans in public maybecoming another anti-social activity, annoying for
be a realistic possibility. Like tobacco companies in thefellow commuters in trains and patrons in movies and
past, mobile companies deny any link between theiris spawning a whole new butchered version of the
product and things like cancer. In fact phoneEnglish language.
manufacturers spend vast amounts of moneyTILL NEXT TIME......