why cigarette companies should be banned from advertising????

Question

health,economic

Answer 1

They shouldn't be banned.

If you don't like cigs, don't smoke. Simple.

Isn't freedom wonderful?

Answer 2

Is it a question WHETHER they should be banned or WHY they should be banned? I don't think they should. Cigarette companies are selling a product that people want. They aren't illegal and with all of the education these days everyone knows they are bad for you. However, if you want a reason why they should be banned, I suppose you can always talk about impressionable children seeing advertising that glamorized cigarettes. Perhaps the allure from the ads would offset the anti-smoking education.

Answer 3

I don't necessarily support banning them from all advertising unless we also ban the product from sales, and that would be a very difficult law to enforce.

The best argument for banning their advertising is that this is a product that is used a lot even when it isn't promoted. Promoting it tends to lead people who shouldn't be smoking into the habit. It is a harmful habit.

It is also more addictive than some illegal drugs.

I'm a former smoker. I quit cold turkey 35 years ago. Smoked an occasional cigar until about 29 years ago. Then I had one I tasted for three days and decided it wasn't worth it.

Advertising probably played a part in starting me smoking--peer pressure was a more important factor, though.

Answer 4

All of them. After you see someone die of lung cancer, you would not want anyone to start smoking cigarettes. I did, my Dad, it was horrible. Sorry, thought you said "what" companies. But it is the same, cigarettes are horrible, they kill not only the ones smoking, but others that inhale your smoke, why do I know? My mother died of second hand smoke from breathing it from my dad for 45 yrs. She had COPD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, my husband has it too, he smoked for over 30 yrs. There is no cure. Maybe you can give reasons why they should not be banned, even children are smoking, and can't quit. Not much difference than weed, because the cigarette companies are putting more stuff in the cigarettes to make them more addictive. It is a habit you cannot break either. Just say no.

Answer 5

they shouldnt be banned. they have just as much right as any other company. if we start banning advertising, then mcdonalds, car companies, etc. all have dangerous products. Our country was founded with freedom.

Answer 6

They have been banned from certain advertising compared to thirty years ago. Do you see ads on television?

Answer 7

well it depends on what media u r talking abt
if it is magazines then it hardly make difference as it is read by mature persons
but medias like tv, newspaper, radio are watched by youngsters mostly and it can provoke a desire of trying something new as being shown in tv.
once it start , quite hard to come out of this habit

Answer 8

They're allowed to advertise in magazines but not on TV.

Answer 9

They shouldn't, this is America and nothing should be banned here. It just contradicts the Constitution regardless if you think it should be legal or not.

Answer 10

THEY SHOULD BE BANNED FROM T V BECAUSE THAT IS PERSUADING PEOPLE TO KILL THEM SELVES AND THEY DONT CARE AS LONG AS THEY GET THEIR MONEY SO THAT SHOULD BE PUT IN JAIL AND THE PEOPLE WHO BUY IT SHOULD GET HIT IN THE FACE FOR HELPING KILL THEIR SELF SO ITS THEIR OWN FAULT ALSO ALONG WITH THE COMPANY.