What if there were parasites worming their ways into the brains of our youth, poisoning their minds, and manipulating them into destroying their own bodies. This is the reality we live thanks to tobacco advertising. Although tobacco advertising was banned from television and radio in 1970, colorful ads designed to draw in new smokers are still widespread online, in magazines, and throughout the U.S.’s 114,533 gas stations nationwide. The continued prevalence of tobacco advertisement in numerous forms of media has a momentous detrimental effect on national health and uses immoral and illegal practices such as targeting ads at children.
By defining the effects of tobacco on society, by refuting those who claim tobacco advertisements do not target underage consumers, and by presenting evidence demonstrating the importance of stricter tobacco advertising laws, one will be persuaded that all tobacco advertisements should be made illegal in the U.S. …show more content…
Deaths caused by tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable deaths in America (CDC), with the Surgeon General concluding in 2014 “that unless youth smoking rates drop rapidly, 5.6 million youth currently aged 0 to 17 will die early from a cigarette smoking-related illness”(WHO). Not only does tobacco cause premature death, it is also known to damage the lungs, raise blood pressure, increase risk of a stroke, cause premature aging of the skin, and increase chances of developing Type 2 diabetes(Body). In addition to the horrid loss of life due to tobacco use, smoking costs the nation’s economy in excess of $289 billion a year in direct medical costs and lost productivity(CDC). Despite the numerous adverse effects smoking has on society, not all agree that tobacco advertising should be
By defining the effects of tobacco on society, by refuting those who claim tobacco advertisements do not target underage consumers, and by presenting evidence demonstrating the importance of stricter tobacco advertising laws, one will be persuaded that all tobacco advertisements should be made illegal in the U.S. …show more content…
Deaths caused by tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable deaths in America (CDC), with the Surgeon General concluding in 2014 “that unless youth smoking rates drop rapidly, 5.6 million youth currently aged 0 to 17 will die early from a cigarette smoking-related illness”(WHO). Not only does tobacco cause premature death, it is also known to damage the lungs, raise blood pressure, increase risk of a stroke, cause premature aging of the skin, and increase chances of developing Type 2 diabetes(Body). In addition to the horrid loss of life due to tobacco use, smoking costs the nation’s economy in excess of $289 billion a year in direct medical costs and lost productivity(CDC). Despite the numerous adverse effects smoking has on society, not all agree that tobacco advertising should be