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 huge role in how people view smoking because these advertisements catch the eyes of not only smokers but also others around them, giving someone a visual of what could happen if he or she were to smoke or continue to smoke and appealing 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 …show more content…
In the article “THESE ADS WORK, SO DON’T QUIT NO; As funding for anti-tobacco ads dropped, so did the number of smokers kicking the habit. Can a new round of ads reverse course?”, author Matthew Creamer explains his view on this topic. A study shows that about twenty-two percent of the decline in teen smoking between the years of 1999 and 2002 was the use of Legacy Foundation advertisements (Creamer). This study shows the earlier results of anti-smoking advertisements. Over time the number of teen smokers has continued to decrease over the years due to the advertisements. This explains how anti-smoking advertisements catch the eyes of young people; by educating the youth about the harms of smoking, these advertisements stop the next generation of smokers. Creamer also discusses how many researchers have found the same results on this