what r arguments in favor and opposition a total ban on cigrarette adds?Take a position and defend it.?

Question

Hundreds of studies have linked smoking with cardiovascular and lung disease.According to most health authorities,smoking is the leading cause of preventable,premature death in the United States.Antismoking and health groups have proposed that cigarette advertisingin all media be banned entirely.

Answer 1

Cigarettes are a defective product. The problem is, they're on fire. They are the biggest cause of home fires resulting in fatalities, in the United States. Any other product with such a dismal track record would be subject to a recall.

Answer 2

i live in south africa.

Here ciggarette advertisements have been banned since 1998.
smoking is not permitted in public places at all. Still ppl smoke and they will always.

I am a smoker aswell, and enjoy it. And obesity is now the worlds no 1 killer, not smoking.

Leave the smokers be, we wont bother you, if you dont bother us.

Rather stay fit and smoke, than stuff a bigMac and not excercise.