Warning on anti-drinking adverts?

Question

Some anti-drinking advertising campaigns may backfire by inadvertently glamorising the habit.
Adverts which show drunken incidents - such as being thrown out of a nightclub, or passing out in a doorway - are often seen by young people as being typical of a "fun" night out, rather than as a cautionary tale.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7132749.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/10/nalcohol110.xml

Do you think that this type of campaign encourages rather than discourages ?

Answer 1

Yeah, because it looks glamorous passing out in a door way with your dress up around your waist. How can they say that these adverts glamorise drinking to the excess. They should make an advert where I live. The states you see passed out with puke all around them would be enough to put anyone off. And that's just the girls I'm talking about.

Answer 2

It doesn't help seeing tabloid pictures of drunk "celebs" being poured into taxis after a night out - including drunken royals. It doesn't surprise me that it's seen as a badge of honour.
I don't know what the answer is, binge drinking is such a big part of teenage/20s culture in this country.
Education is not happening at home, so maybe it should be tackled from an earlier age at school.

Answer 3

The more you tell somebody, teenagers for example, not to drink or smoke, the more likely they are to rebel and do it. Let them get bladdered and wake up with a bad head, the tax they pay on the booze will help fund the NHS.

Answer 4

Idiots don't NEED any encouragement.

Answer 5

Was that meant to be a question?

Answer 6

What is you question here?

Answer 7

this is a statement, not a question!