Dr. Antonia Novello was the 1st woman and 1st
Hispanic surgeon General of the United States appointed by President George
H.W. Bush. While in office Dr. Novello’s
main focus was to prevent children and young teens from smoking, drinking, drug
abuse, and AIDS. Once sworn into office,
one of the first topics she wanted to bring to issue was teens and smoking, and
how “five million of today’s children will die of smoking related illnesses in
their later years”. A lot of the smoking
propaganda used to aim towards younger adults and Dr. Novello wants to inform
kids at a young age about cigarettes.
One of the results Dr. Novello noticed was that in correlation to the
more propaganda about cigarettes towards teens, the more teen smokers there
are. I think is a good idea to inform
young kids about cigarettes since a lot of smokers start since they are
uneducated about the side effects and merely focus on how it makes them look.
I see Dr.Novello as a role model in my life. She was the first woman and hispanic surgeon general in the United States. I myself coming from a hispanic background am very proud to have her at such a high executive chair member of the United States. I wish that the media would listen to her advice and censor ads for smoking and buying cigarettes. Dr.Novello being sworn into office by our former president George W. Bush made history for our nation. Too bad she could not use force and her authority figure and stop these major cigarette companies from convincing and brainwashing teens into smoking.
ReplyDelete