Persuasive Essay On Effects Of Smoking

Cigarettes are everywhere. These tiny objects that are held between the cusps of ones fingers hold unknown danger. They hold addictive substances and can lead to both immediate and long-term damage. Cigarettes used to be romanticized and glamourized by the media, but modern day campaigns have begun to reveal the truth about their dangerous effects. Through graphic imagery and audio choices, The Real Cost Campaign reaches out to young adults in order to demonstrate these consequences and render an emotional response of fear as well vanity by revealing an ugly side effect of smoking; distortion of skin.

Tobacco ads have stood out to me from a young age, I was used to seeing cigarette ads in every magazine and street corner. When I was 11 I joined a tobacco advocacy group, I wanted to inform young people my age about the dangers of tobacco but mostly I joined because they paid me. I found these two ads and I remembered sitting in an empty classroom analyzing tobacco ads and discussing how they appeal to us. I found two ads, both from the most recent issue of a popular celebrity gossip magazine. The first major difference one notices is that of the ads is catered to a completely different audience. Blu E-cigarettes cater to the new age of tobacco consumers. While Newport menthol cigarettes are tried and tested, a classic. The major differences in this ad make it difficult to pick which one is most effective at getting more buyers of their product. Newport’s ad is

According to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), 36.5 million Americans currently smoke, that is about fifteen percent of the population which is equal to the combined population of America’s twenty-five largest cities. Although anti-smoking advertisements are shown throughout the United States, people do not take them seriously half the time. The advertisement in this analysis showcases a grayish background, with the colors focusing mainly on a cigarette box that has the cigarettes put into crayon labels and the box also opens like a crayon box. There is also a child’s writing with crayons saying, “Just like mommy.” From this, the image showcases the dangers of smoking and the causes it has on loved ones. This advertisement uses strong ethos, pathos, and logos to get ASH’s point across very clear.

Showing a man holding a loaded revolver with cigarettes with black background and in large white text the phrase “Smoking Kills,” the ad implies that smoking is responsible for killing millions of people. The use of black and white color contrast works very well, to go along with the strong image presented. To go along with the color contrast, the use of light text and on the shadowing pitch-black background make a good-bad type comparison within the image. The ad also provides the numerous side effects of smoking cigarettes in small but clearly readable text. “Cancer, heart problems, gum disease, emphysema, depression and fatigue,” these are only a few of the smoking-related illnesses clearly written out in this advertisement (1). This ad wants people to realize the smoking-related illness, and side effects from smoking and successfully does so with the use of text as image. Smoking-related illnesses costs of the ones listed in the ad and more, account for $300 billion a year in the United States. Costs have been going up at an alarming rate due to the continued addiction of old smokers and the use of tobacco products by new smokers. At the bottom of the ad under the “Smoking Kills” phrase, it asks the viewers a question “so why bother starting?”(2) This use of text as image gives the viewers something to think about in the future when faced with temptations to smoke. Providing an abundance of information and using a strong visual, the first advertisement portrays a clear message and presents the viewers a strong argument. This is an example of a good, effective

Is smoking a cigarette like aiming a smoking gun to your head? Absolutely, yes! The photo above, has a very powerful message to be shared with people all over the world. The creator of the picture above is, The American Cancer Society. This is an organization that is trying to heighten awareness of the dangers of smoking, the most threatening danger being, cancer. They also promote relays which help raise money for ads and research. The money raised helps to inform people of the dangers smoking and what the negative outcomes of such a habit. This society also helps with finding treatment options. They are helping people cope with the side effects of various cancers or to advise on health insurance. A certain population of people, particularly young people, see smoking as a cool or hip idea to fit in. The goal of this visual argument is to inform people who smoke cigarettes that they should just hold a gun to their heads. The American people should be against nonsmoking because of the feelings you get when smoking, the chemicals that are involved, and how the cigarette will kill like a loaded gun.

In February 2014, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched its first tobacco prevention campaign “The Real Cost.” The aim of this campaign is to inform young people about the harmful effects that come with using tobacco. The Real Cost campaign gears its advertisement toward a younger audience because the administration wants to reach people who have not yet tried or have been experimenting with tobacco in order to prevent regular usage. Because people of this generation have heard a plethora of times to not use tobacco, the administration has to come up with creative ways to promote a tobacco-free life. The FDA does so by presenting the effects of smoking in new ways through different modes of advertisement such as videos. One of the campaign’s first ads created was the “Bully” video in which a tiny man, who represents a cigarette, orders three young, regular-sized people to whatever he

While today’s generation encourages smokers to kick the nasty addiction of cigarettes, commercials and ads from the early 1900’s promoted that smoking tobacco was the best thing since sliced bread! By using attractions of sex appeal, social acceptance and even as a tool to health, the tobacco company produced thousands of advertisements hoping to persuade their audiences to increase their profits. Everywhere you looked, there were ads for smoking! Even all the movies had actors with a cigarette on hand in every scene, tempting those watching that smoking tobacco was a lifestyle worth living. Though the companies made their advertisements persuading the customers that buying their product was in their favor, all they truly care about was the money in their pockets.

At some point in life, almost every person has heard phrases that sound something like, “smoking kills” or “be smart, don’t start”. For most people, these words go in one ear and out the other, but they would still agree with the statements if they were asked to share their opinion. People react this way because the awareness about tobacco being deadly has spread.

While baby boomers and a few generations before are hooked on cigarettes millennials and generation Z have a whole new addiction. While tobacco cigarettes used to be something that was ‘cool’ to do, the new age version of this is vaping. Over time our technology has increased and scientists came up with an alternate solution to cigarette smokers addictions. Scientists have found a way to infuse nicotine into flavored oil (AKA e-juice) and use an atomizer to heat that to its boiling point which creates a flavored vapor with nicotine in it. Although this is a much healthier alternative to smoking cigarettes, there are definitelty some health risks that this new product presents.Scientists created an alternative, and with a lack of research or attention to research in media, many teens have turned to vaping. Vaping and using e-cigarettes is harmful to your body in many ways. Vaping includes risk of other lung issues, exploding atomizers can risk lives, and faulty vapes are extremely dangerous. THey also include risks of addiction to nicotine, and extremely harmful chemicals you are taking into your body.

Smoking tobacco is known for being detrimental to a person's health. When you smoke a cigarette you are inhaling a toxic mix of chemicals including formaldehyde, ammonia, arsenic and cyanide. Along with the inhaling of carcinogenic chemicals smokers also deal with nicotine addiction. Nicotine is highly addictive and makes quitting very difficult for those who smoke. Many smokers continue to smoke knowing the harmful effects but, even worse, some people willingly smoke while they are pregnant. Women who smoke during pregnancy create a very unhealthy environment for themselves and their unborn child. Pregnant women who smoke should stop immediately to ensure the health of their child. Smoking while pregnant can lead to serious health effects such as premature birth, birth defects and death.

Did you know that 20% of adult’s smoke cigarettes in the United States and every year more than 480,000 people die from tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke, making it the leading cause of preventable death in this country? (CDC, 2017) How many of those people do you think have children? Second-hand smoke is just as dangerous as lighting up according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. It causes numerous health problems in infants and children, including more frequent and severe asthma attacks, respiratory infections, ear infections, and sudden infant death syndrome. (CDC, 2017) Anti-smoking advertisements began in 1998 as part of a 206-billion-dollar settlement. Major tobacco companies, including Philip Morris USA, R. J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, and Lorillard, were to pay for anti-smoking ads due to a lawsuit from 46 states. The states filed a lawsuit against the major tobacco companies for Medicaid and costs incurred while treating the sick and dying cigarette smokers. (Public Health Law Center, 2015) In 2012, the federal government took on an effort to attack the nation’s tobacco addiction with a series of advertisements highlighting the grisly toll of smoking. (Harris, 2017) You have probably noticed one of these ads. In one TV ad, a woman who has a hole in her neck and barely any hair on her head after suffering head and neck cancer. (Harris, 2017)

Millions of people die each year because of secondhand smoke and smoking. There is nothing good to say about cigarettes and drugs. It has become a really big problem and it needs to stop it. But here’s the question can we stop it? Cigarettes are just plain out horrible, they contain nicotine which is a very addictive stimulant that makes you want to keep smoking. Smoking can also lead to lung cancer and many more consequences, there is more than 650,000 people who die each year because of the consequences of smoking. Therefore smoking is bad for your health and should be banned.

As absurd as it sounds, there was a time that smoking was sociably acceptable in our society and there were many advertisements on television promoting the sale and use of cigarettes. The advertisements abruptly quit airing when the United States Surgeon General confirmed that smoking cigarettes causes harmful side effects to your health such as cancer. Now, consider that every health agency in the world wants to give out tips, but is anyone honestly listening to the tips or do they just toss them out like the butts of a smoked cigarette, which leads to this “Quit Now” campaign advertisement (“I Never”). The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started this campaign in 2012 and the advertisement has a picture of a woman on it, she is not smiling, she has a blank stare in her eyes and a hole in her throat. They use former smokers to talk about their diminishing health issues that range from losing their teeth to more serious complications like losing their limbs that are all direct results from smoking cigarettes. These real-life scenarios establish the basis for the reasons why everyone should kick the smoking habit and become a quitter. Now, let’s discuss the alluring colors that were chosen for this advertisement.

We all know smoking is bad for our health, but how bad is bad? Smoking can negatively transform people's lives. Did you know, tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of death and disease in the United States? Cigarette smoking kills more than 480,000 Americans each year, with more than 41,000 of those deaths from exposure to secondhand smoke. (citation) In 2008, Nicotinell took action and created an ad then had it published on Havas Worldwide to address the problem that smoking takes the lives of many addicts each year. Nicotinell is known for selling products to help relieve smokers nicotine craving while they are trying to quit. Particularly this ad is speaking to people who smoke in order to try and persuade them to stop. It can also be directed toward young adults to warn them of what may happen to them if they light a cigarette. The overall message Nicotinell is trying to indicate in this ad is smoking causes premature ageing hence the lady in the advertisement looks as if she’s in her seventies but in reality shes only forty-two along with the other details and symbols used in the ad. (Description?) This anti-smoking ad designed by Nicotinell uses fear and empathy to show how smoking is harmful and can cause people to age sooner.

This problem of creating a trendy stylish image of cigarettes are hurting many people by recruiting new young smokers from all around the world, winning over sales due to the false image and then addiction. Third world countries are hurt the most by this unethical way of advertising because they don’t have money for this extra expense that they now need due to addiction. Critics claim that sophisticated promotions in a unsophisticated societies entice people who cannot afford the necessities of life to spend money on luxury- and a dangerous one at that. Every cigarette manufacturer is in the image business, and tobacco companies say their promotional slant is both reasonable and common. They point out that in the Third World a lot of people cannot understand what is written in the ads anyway, so the ads zero in on the more understandable visual image. Due to actions such as this and the negative effect it has on people economically and physically, this is a good example of how the tobacco industry is unethical.