Nowadays, despite warnings about smoking and drinking we can easily perceive advertisements about cigarettes and alcohol. Both of these substances are harmful for human health and create tortuous effects, after abusing them. All of us know that smoking results to addiction to nicotine, ulterior lung cancer, and it is very hard to quit smoking. Cigarettes comprise a step to drugs, according to researches.
Moreover, alcohol incurs alcoholism, an afflictive phenomena nowadays that smites a big percentage of people, universally. Drinking is also a primary reason why car-accidents happen. In addition, I think it is illegal to advertise and present to the public substances that are hazardous for people; however they introduce them as they are innocent+. In my opinion, I agree with the view that advertisements should be banned for the following reasons. Firstly, in most of the advertisements we can see an attempt to pass a message to people; that cigarettes and alcohol can give you an image, a cool+ style that everyone likes. For example there is an advertisement of alcohol that shows, by drinking a specific drink, women will like you more.
Regardless of the pettiness they provide, some of these stuff transmit into individuals minds and unconsciously generate a desire for this drink. Secondly, a presentation of an advertisement, wittingly or unwittingly, applies not only to adults but also to young children, who are very susceptible and ductile. These children are very young to decide if it is good or bad for them. Consequently, we have many young children drinking and smoking from a very young age. Last, but not least, I do not deny the rights of people to smoke and drink, however non-smokers and non-drinkers have also rights; they are no obliged to tolerate these advertisements, that do not concern them. So I believe that we should consider these people too and their rights.
The Essay on Alcohol, Smoking and Drugs
Before anyone ever takes a hit, or a drink, or a smoke, there is a decision made in the mind – a healthy decision or an unhealthy one. Sometimes as ourselves making a healthy choice is hard because we are tired, stressed, angry, pressured, or influenced by another person – e.g why we end up eating chocolate instead of fruit as eating things like chocolate stimulates our minds. As ...
Hence, as a user of cigarettes and alcohol, I believe that advertisements with these kind of subjects should be rejected; we should always concern and respect others. We should try to fit in others shoes and see how these stuff+ affects them, including young children.
