Unethical Marketing In Tobacco Companies

Even though smoking cigarettes contribute to nearly five million deaths worldwide individuals still keep on smoking. In Steven Pinker 's paper "The Moral Instinct" Pinker portrays moral sense like a sixth sense and depicts how individuals rationalize thoughts as being right or wrong for instance, cigarettes were glamorized and moralized as good and socially acceptable in the past however now with the discovery of the destructive impact cigarettes have on one 's health they are currently regarded as immoral.

Many advertisements target a specific group of consumers whether it be classified through gender, age group, or those that share similar interests. Companies try to create advertisements that leave a lasting impression of a certain product so that it can resonate in a consumer’s mind. Often, companies shape an advertisement based on the type of customers they want to attract. For example, McDonald 's, a fast food chain is likely to target children than adults. By attracting children, there is a likely chance that the children will will insist their parents or grandparents to bring them to the restaurant, which ultimately for the restaurant is about making thrice the profit. As a result, the company was overall successful in conveying their message

As serious of smoking side effects getting popular, lots of people were concerned about their health. On the other hand, the promotion of the tobacco companies getting incredibly flexible to younger targets to hold the users longer period to use their tobaccos. In 1990’s Camel was sold to and also targeted to children, which is hiding the unethical problem behind familiar promotions through various medium. After seven years, the attractive appearance of cig box to children criticized by people, so it disappeared due to changed expectation of societies. However, cigarette companies did not stop to selling them to young people because one of the strategies of business to enhance their income was targeting children. The younger starts to smoke

Tobacco, not only has it been one of the biggest markets in the american economy since colonial times,. It is one of the most persuasive products, jumping through metaphorical hoops and obstacles to increase the amount of consumers, even if their product causes cancer. One of the best tobacco advertiser is pall malls. It's not because they have the best cigarettes or have been around the longest, it's the way they have expertly used rhetoric to persuade their audiences into buying and using more cigarettes, taking hold of opportunities that present themselves, and adapting to overcome government advertising restrictions.

Advertisements today control much of how people go about their days. Without a well-presented advertisement, products would not sell. An advertisement can create controversy if presented in a way that offends a group which will result in no sell to the product offered. However, when advertisements are shown correctly, even with the most harmful products like cigarettes, proven to cause lung cancer, can sell. Moreover, each advertisement brings along a different opinion which usually provides the opportunity for a counter-argument from various groups that would demote a product to promote another or to give awareness for a dangerous product. The two advertisement that will be discussed provide different viewpoints from different interest parties.

“Tobacco is a filthy weed that from the devil does proceed; it drains your purse, it burns your clothes, and makes a chimney of your nose”. With this statement, Benjamin Waterhouse, a physician, co-founder and professor of Harvard Medical School, recognized how smoking tobacco directly affects the quality and quantity of life. In the past, when Columbus arrived in the Americas, he found the natives using tobacco in much the same manner as it is used today. Tobacco use became popular among European settlers in the 16th century and soon became the chief commodity exchanged by the colonists for European-manufactured articles. Almost 500 years later, tobacco remains a large part of many countries’ culture and today it is widely used, but since it gives a huge negative impact on the quality and quantity of life, tobacco use became a global

Advertisements can promote the usage of electronic cigarettes for minors by using celebrities to persuade addiction as well. Promotion was in shows like The View and The Late Show with David Letterman (celebrities are usually seen as role models for the youth, and sometimes even adults). This role modeling may tempt minors to try e-cigarettes. (Jaime Joyce, "Is the E-Cigarette Bubble About to Burst?").

Doesn't it hurt when you know that someone you love and admire is doing something that they shouldn't be doing at such a young age. That's is how I felt when I found out my friends were smoking. Kids my age or much older, for century's have smoked, before they had an excuse. People didn't know it was bad to smoke, but as scientist found out that cigarettes aren't as great as they thought. Tobacco companies were losing money at the speed of light, because people realized the negative effect to . Soon after that an invention was created, Electronic cigarettes also known as e-cigarettes. Electronic cigarettes are the advance version of cigarettes but "better" and "safer". Cigarettes contain a lot of unordinary substances such as nicotine a very addictive substance, house cleaning ingredients, nail polish remover, ingredient in hair dye and a lot more. There infinite things being put into cigarettes. E- cigarettes

How does advertisements relate to the underage consumption of alcohol? In “Effects of Alcohol Advertising Exposure on Drinking Among Youth”, Leslie Snyder writes about the danger of alcohol advertising and how it affects teens who are exposed to it. To get the claim across, Snyder uses ethics, emotion, and reason to argue against some alcohol advertisements’ methods.

Increasing the minimum age of tobacco products will lead to reductions in both smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption among smokers, especially among adolescents and young adults. Access will be decreased to minors and 18-20 year olds who already smoke have to be forced to quit. In all likelihood, the majority of this population would attempt to purchase tobacco products illegally through retailer or black market channel (SB-151 Tobacco Products, n.d.). These access issues align with the goals of this legislation by decreasing accessibility to this target population.

If individuals have a history of nicotine addiction in their family and were surrounded by people who were tobacco users, then these people are more likely to begin smoking and turn into a nicotine addict. Family is the primary level of socialization in a child’s life, so the family becomes key in a child’s early development. It has been extensive studied that if someone begins to smoke at a young age then they are more likely develop this addiction. It’s less prevalent for adults to start smoking tobacco and develop a nicotine addiction than compared to teenagers or young adults. (American Society of Addiction Medicine, 2013). Peer pressure is largely harped on by anti-smoking campaigns, and is an important aspect for many people who start to smoke. Socioeconomic status is significant attribute that can provide insight to the peer pressure a young person may feel. Many young people, are influenced by their peer groups and by the media’s perception of smoking. The marketing of smoking has played a significant role in branding and targeting young people to smoke, because when you make them an addict at a young age, you have them for a lifetime. Recently, there has been an increase in anti-smoking advertisements aired on television and the internet that try to combat cigarette smoking. The interaction of these social and genetic factors can increase the likelihood of addiction and give reason to why people become addicted to substances, such as nicotine. Addiction is a multifaceted disease and one aspect in particular can be attributed to

E-cigarettes are battery powered devices that look just like cigarettes however the difference is they do not contain tobacco but they may contain nicotine. They have a mechanism to heat up a solution that turns into vapour when inhaled and exhaled.

Crutches are a social aid to needy people. Although things such as drugs, smoking, and drinking help at the moment they do not help what ever you are using for.But Why do we need them? How does it work?

Another example, the electronic cigarette are popular with the young adults. Electronic cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product by middle and high school students. The young adults do not know what they doing they are still growing, but smoking electronic cigarettes can damage the growth of the youth. The electronic cigarette that the tobacco industry wants to get young adults to buy their products because they get half of their income from young adults. The way the tobacco industry have many of the young adults friendly flavors. They only want money and know by having flavors like strawberry, bubble gum and so many more that are advised to the young adults. In this article Electronic Cigarette and Traditional Cigarette Use among

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