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Tobacco companies should be prevented from using advertising tactics that target teenagers. There has always been controversy as to how tobacco companies should prevent using advertising tactics to target teenagers. As controversial as this is tobacco companies shouldn’t advertise teen smoking. Many teens may be lured to believe cigarette advertising because it has been part of the American Culture for years, magazine ads and the media target young people, and these companies receive a drastic increase financially; however, the advertising by these cigarette companies has disadvantages such as having to campaign against their own company, limiting their cigarette advertising and becoming a controversial dilemma as to encouraging teenagers

BBBY faces both external / internal potential problems while it tactics to implement its expansion plan.

An observation was made during It is not uncommon in the community to observe drivers smoking cigarettes while having children in the back seat of a vehicle. Children with disadvantaged circumstances [such socio-economic disadvantages and

The compliance check involved investigating whether store owners or employers would sale tobacco products to teens. At the stores that I visited, I chaperoned a teen that was pretending to purchase tobacco. I also communicated with store owners regarding the dangers of selling tobacco products. After this experience, I gained an awareness of how easily teens could purchase tobacco. I also learned that there should be more institutions fighting for the rights of teens regarding safety against dangerous substances. This experience further taught me that I should advocate more for vulnerable populations. In addition, that it is essential to change social institutions to be more humane and responsive.

The community that I will be describing is the city of Long Beach. In this city there are many people of age and ethnicity. This city is very diverse in having many people of different cultures and backgrounds. Downtown Long Beach is where people go to eat, have fun and hang out near the Pike. At the Pike is where you’ll find a lot of young people going to the movies or shopping. In this city it is filled with young adults and they are the majority of the community. A lot of the young adults have jobs and there are some that are going to school. Younger adults are more prone to trying new things which sometimes can lead into a health issue. In this city I will be discussing a main health problem that might be relatable to other cities. The health problem that will be discussed is the use of tobacco products in young adults. Some products are cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vapes, chewing tobacco, and hookah. These products are used daily by young adults in this community.

Over the last few decades, tobacco and nicotine prevention efforts have risen to an all time high. Prevention efforts focus on education to the public of the negative effects on one’s health when using tobacco and nicotine products, as well as with pleas to healthcare policymakers to increase restrictions on product manufacturing and sales. One policy effort growing in popularity in the United States is called Tobacco 21, which proposes to raise the legal age of purchase for consumers of tobacco and nicotine products to 21 years of age (Farber, Pakhale, & Neptune, 2016). Farber, Pakhale, and Neptune (2016) state that 90% of tobacco and nicotine users begin smoking before the age of 18, with 99% of users starting before the age of 26. Lower smoking cessation rates are associated with earlier ages of initiation and the tobacco industry is known to target youth in advertisement of these products lending to the early age of initiation. The tobacco industry themselves admit that increasing the age allowed for purchase to exclude youth would substantially effect their sales. Tobacco 21 laws also deter adolescents from gaining tobacco or nicotine products from friends 18 to 21 years of age, which is the most likely age group to supply younger teens. With this knowledge, placing tighter restrictions on consumers younger than 21 years of age, using the Tobacco 21 policy, may deter tobacco and nicotine initiation in hopes to prevent individual use at all in the future (Farber

If 90% of United States smokers could have another chance to redo it, they reported that they would not even have their first puff that initiated their tobacco addiction (Winickoff, Gottlieb, and Mello 2014). The Tobacco 21 bill is a fairly new legislation and already it has shown a decline in underage smokers as a result of its implementation. The results of the survey presented that the public opinion was largely accepting and supportive of the bill. The main argument against the bill is the harm that will come to retailers of tobacco products. Correspondingly, the argument is proven inaccurate and in favor of the bill. The past has shown the improved outcome of the country from the raise in the minimum alcohol age, and researchers regard

Because of the alluring advertising to high school teens from TV and friends, over “23 percent of high school students have used a form of tobacco in the past month, selecting from flavored cigars, electronic cigarettes, and other products” (“Teen Smoking”). Because Vaping Companies, such as JUUL and PHIX, are advertised to teens saying the device is smart and satisfying, high school students underestimate the long term effects of e-cigarettes and tobacco. The number of students who use an e-cigarette every month has exponentially increased because the companies do not address the health effects, but rather, the companies only goal is to increase revenue for themselves. In 2015, vaping companies, gas stations, and grocery stores made an estimated total of “3.3 billion dollars” on vaping devices (“U.S. Vapor Market”). This number, which has continued to increase, is largely formed by teen E-Cigarette users. Although this income number would increase if these machines were legalized for minors, companies would most likely use this money for more advertising, attracting even more high school

According to the Miles and Snow strategy typology, there are four basic organizational or strategic types; prospector, defender, analyzer, and reactor (Parnell, 2014). The prospectors tend to be creators of change in the industry. Defenders do not search for new opportunities outside their normal narrow product-market domain. Analyzers are flexible and are mixture of both prospectors and defenders. Reactors are not consistent, and do not respond to environmental pressures well (McDaniel & Kolari, 1987). Dollar Tree would be categorized under the defender strategy. They have a narrow product-market domain, and do not search for new opportunities. Dollar Tree did not introduce any new products or services first as Dollar General opened its first

Trader Joe 's is a privately owned grocery store that sells a variety of natural and healthy food and beverage options. Their headquarters is located in Monrovia, California and they have about 350 stores in roughly 25 states. It was started by Joe Coulombe as a Los Angeles convenience store chain in 1958, and then the company was bought in 1979 by German billionaires Karl and Theo Albrecht, who founded the ALDI food chain. Trader Joe’s competes within their niche market of organic and health food grocery stores with stores like Wild Oats and Whole Foods, as well as big grocery stores such as Hannaford, Roche Bros, and Market Basket. To keep costs down, its stores have no service departments and average about 10,000-15,000 sq. ft.

We believe that the success of H-Mart comes from the locations of their stores.H-Mart is one of the biggest supermarkets, which leads most of the asian consumers to them. H-Mart is a supermarket that is located in Canada, United States of America, and London. H-Mart is focused on bringing in the asian consumers, but they also attract many other people with different ethnicities. H-Mart Richmond is also inside a large mall with many asian stores and restaurants. This may influence the people who are already inside the mall to shop at H-Mart for groceries. In addition to H-Mart being located inside a mall, they are also right beside a SkyTrain station, which makes it easily accessible to people from areas other than Richmond. It’s also very accessible

In technological factor and sociocultural factor, as grocery delivery should become a new trend, Whole Foods also respond to this by applying online grocery shopping even though they are a little slow responder compared to their competitors. Whole Foods appears to have the ideal customer base which can benefit from such a service as its shoppers tend to be high-income, urban, and willing to spend a few extra dollars to save time. This could benefit Whole Foods if they can figure the aggressive and effective way to develop this. The most successful new promotion may be its digital coupons, a program that was launched on January 28th. Daily downloads of the Whole Foods app jumped up to 5 times in the period after the coupons were introduced.

Several potential challenges exist to the validity and reliability of the research questions, data and analysis. After looking at the survey and the data collected, some concerns are apparent to the validity of the information. This survey conducted used two methods. The first method was an online survey. The second survey method was a face-to-face questionnaire. The face-to-face survey was conducted in struggling retail locations and vicinity. Shopping Malls and heavy populated areas were the locations chosen for this survey.

Imagine yourself behind the counter or in the drive- through window at McDonalds. You are programmed how to act and what to say. You have been working there for three years and earn a salary of $5.50 an hour. You have never exceeded 29 hours while working there. These circumstances are true for over 40 percent of six million people employed in restaurants today. The reason for these circumstances are due to the change in our society by which the consumer wants the biggest, fastest, and best product they can get for their money. This change in society can be attributed to a process known as McDonaldization. Although McDonaldization can be applied to many other parts of our society, this paper will focus on its impacts on the inequalities

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