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Persuasive Essay On Camel's Ads

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Smoking is one of the leading causes of many lifestyle diseases. However, cigarette companies, such as Camel, still advertise them in hopes of gaining customers. Some of those customers are teenagers who end up getting addicted to smoking due to advertisements that seem appealing. Camel’s advertisement for the Camel Crush Bold is one of those appealing advertisements. Their ad is especially tempting to those of the younger generation. It contains striking colors and graphics, highlighting the crushable capsule located inside their cigarette that releases menthol. The menthol creates a flavor that is supposedly a bold, fresh taste. This would interest people in wanting to try a cigarette. I think it looks appealing based on the principles of the blue background, the enchanting design, and the statements being used. Nonetheless, there are “small print” words hidden in Camel’s advertisement. The words in “small print” state, “ SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, And May Complicate Pregnancy.” Camel along with many other cigarette companies list the effects of smoking in a smaller print off to the corner for their own gain. If the effects were in the middle of the page in large print, …show more content…

The long-term effects would be heart and lung disease, cancer, birth defects, and ultimately death. Because of the results of smoking, this ad should rather look like something from a horror movie. The effects should be in the middle of the page in a bold, red print while the background should be black. There should be images of those who have smoked and what they had to live with. It should also include what effect smokers had on those around them, and the copious amounts of money people have spent on cigarettes which could be used for better purposes. My Camel Crush advertisement should not be tempting to

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