Persuasive Essay Anti Smoking

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Smoking has been one of the largest and most serious problems in the world. Countries try to combat this problem by showing anti-smoking advertisements to try to get people to quit smoking. The topic of the effectiveness of these advertisements has been debated by almost everyone that has a brain and can think clearly about it. Many people have completely different views on this topic because there are many reasons to support both sides of the argument. Anti-smoking advertisements are effective and play a major role in how people view smoking because these advertisements catch the eyes of not only smokers but also others around them, give someone a visual of what could happen if he or she were to smoke or continue to smoke and appeal to a person’s emotions . Though some think anti-smoking advertisements are effective, others are skeptical about how compelling certain ads are. In the article “Anti-smoking ads don’t work,” written by Kate Gross, she explains why the advertisements do not accomplish the plans intended for them. Instead of promoting anti-tobacco use, they do the exact opposite. In this article, Gross quotes Professor Melanie Wakefield, a Cancer Council Victoria researcher, “‘... the clearest evidence to date that tobacco-industry-sponsored smoking prevention ads don’t work, and they are acting as a marketing smokescreen to promote tobacco to youth’” (Gross). This shows how some people take anti-smoking advertisements out of context. Also in this article, there