Thursday, November 20, 2008

Alcohol and tobacco ads

I think that the reason alcohol and tobacco advertising is such a hot topic because it shows the people watching that it helps you relax from a lot of stress, and it shows that it you will have fun. But the thing is, they dont show all the reality to it.You dont see the comercials showing the disadvantages of drinking and smoking, like harming your health, or getting addicted and messing up your life. The advertisments are usually funny, or they show that the people doing it are having fun and becoming more social. They usually make the advertisments catch the eyes of the people watching. Someone watching that wants more friends and to become more social is probably more likely to use alcohol and smoking to do that. It sends out the message that its cool to smoke and drink and that everyone is doing it, when thats not the case.I think that it sends out the wrong messages of what smoking and drinking can do.

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