Debate: Advertising for tobacco products should be banned

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Should advertising for tobacco products be banned?

Background and Context of Debate:

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Do these advertisements have negative influence on teenagers and young people in general?

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Pro

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Con

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Morality: Is it moral to promote products that kill millions of people annually?

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Special case: Are anti-smoking campaigns a good idea?

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Con

• Anti-smoking adverts have opposite effect than intended. As M. Lindstrom in his book Buyology explains, these "negative" advertisements do not prevent or discourage people from smoking, quite upon the contrary - a large neuromarketing study has concluded that anti-smoking adverts stimulate an area in brain associated with craving. That means that he very warnings intended to reduce smoking might well be an effective marketing tool for tobacco companies!

See also

• Debate: Smoking
• Debate: Ending EU subsidies for the tobacco industry
• Debate: Junk food advertising ban
• Debate: Ban on advertising targeting children
• Debate: Should flavored tobacco be banned?

External links and resources:

• Department of Health, June 2007
• "Tobacco Product Advertising and Promotion Fact Sheet", September 2007
• Special Report: Big Tobacco Still Targeting Kids, September 2005

Books

• Martin Lindstrom: Buyology