Suffocating ads
The general trend for tobacco companies in common opinion recently has not been in their favor. Years ago their advertisements were ripped from magazines, television and billboards in many states. The future for marketing this product doesn’t look good. A controversial topic at the least, I can’t help but feel frustrated for this continually bashed industry. Although not a smoker, I can only imagine the feat of trying to market a product so many people try to ban from everyday life. It has to be a tough job knowing that first your product was ban from inside bars, and then in many public places. The article below explains a move towards battling tobacco companies once again-
It mentions that the advertisements across the country are totaling $54 million dollars. The Center of Disease Control is addressing the bill for this one, and is ultimately comprised of taxpayer dollars. Although it’s not the worst use of taxpayer money by any means in my opinion, I believe it’s common knowledge smoking is bad for you and shouldn’t be wasting the money that could be placed elsewhere. This is sort of a double-whammy on the tobacco companies, their product is unable to be displayed as the company would like, and some of the money they pay to the government is funding an anti-campaign against them. It’s not that the tobacco companies are right in distributing an addictive product, but the assumption it is bad for your health is clearly marked by laws, labels and common knowledge. I feel that there is enough going against any tobacco company, and marketing their product would be nearly impossible these days.
Cancer is such a growing problem in the world today that I think tobacco needs to be addressed with as much publicity as possible. Cigarettes are so addicting that I doubt any smoker is really affected by all the anti tobacco commercials. They are starting to get much more influential with their new ads with people with trecs** and missing limbs, however you see the ad for 30 seconds, think about it and then forget. Tobacco company's also have so much money from their industry that I really can't feel bad at all for all the regulations, laws and anti campaigns against cigarettes.
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