First of all, I would never consider cigarettes to be healthy. It is a huge marketing ploy by the tobacco industry to try and draw in new smokers daily. By adding schemes such as "flavored" cigarettes is pure desperation. On average the tobacco industry looses 5 million smokers a year. So in order to regain business they need to draw in new tobacco users, younger smokers. To draw in the young smokers they choose "fun tactics" such as "flavored cigarettes and they attempt to make smoking look cool. What is a huge factor that many need to take into consideration is the media's role on smoking also. Especially in the 80's and 90's smoking was always seen on movies. Who would not want to smoke if their favorite beautiful and good looking celebrity does it? Smoking is glamorous and makes one look cool. That is exactly what the tobacco industry wants new smokers to think but really it is far from it. The serious effects of smoking may not be considered and mostly uneducated consumers are the ones who actually choose to light up and have a smoke. I have never smoked nor do I fall victim to the ads portraying smoking or do I think it is sexy for celebrities to smoke either. Lung cancer, wrinkles and tar in my throat do not seem too appetizing to me, no thank you.
Do you think that smoking is attractive? What about flavored cigarettes? Yummy right?
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