In a recent edition of Maxim magazine, I came across an advertisement for Salem brand cigarettes. This ad was published in the November 2003 edition of Maxim. Maxim is traditionally known as a magazine for teenage boys. Many boys in high school and college look forward to a new issue each month so that they can look at the beautiful women who pose in bikinis. The magazine publishes articles that would catch the mind of a teenage boy, like upcoming movies, music, and video games. In this months" issue articles about music star Ashanti, legendary writer-director Quentin Taratino, and Pelican Bay State Prison in California were all published. These articles and pictures would not usually appeal to most teenage girls and probably no older parents. .
The advertisement I chose is for Salem cigarettes, Salem Cigarettes are manufactured by The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company which also manufactures four of the top ten cigarette brands in The United States (R.J.R.T.). In this ad it is obviously Salem is trying to get more people to buy and smoke their cigarettes, so R.J.R.T. can grow even larger and kill more people with their cigarettes.
The advertisement is a full page eight and one half by eleven inch photo showing a beautiful ,dark complexion, woman who is probably in her late twenties or early thirties, wearing a short black dress with he leg showing at the bottom left-center of the page, which is more appealing to the teenage boys to look at this advertisement in this magazine. The woman has large, luscious lips, holding a cigarette in them. As she attempts to light the cigarette with a match, the match has a large flame with a long tail that extents to the bottom of the page. This looks like a fuse that has been lit for a while, on a piece of dynamite, in this case that piece of dynamite is the cigarette that is waiting to be ignited and explode in her face. This is a sign of death that is showing being blown up by a piece of dynamite, or cigarette in this case, in which they are showing you, if you continue to smoke cigarettes you will die from it.
Have you ever wondered why companies decide on what to use for advertising? ... What do companies used to speak to direct groups? How do they know what to use? ... The first ad was a Camel Cigarettes from the 1950s. ... One of the reasons why they have started to seek a broader audience is due to the information about our health. ...
The main function of the device is to deliver nicotine to the respiratory system without tobacco combustion; this explains why "E-Cigs" are marketed as a safer alternative than cigarettes because it excludes the tar and carbon monoxide inhalation (Health Canada, 2009). ... In Canada, 40% of the population ages 18-24 is aware of electronic cigarettes, and out of that sample, 25% of citizens have engaged in the use of them. ... Researchers and scientists alike have yet to come up with a conclusion on the health and safety issues regarding the use of electronic cigarettes. ... Such shar...
Newport cigarettes are considered to be one of the most popular choice of cigarettes. ... A slogan "After all, if smoking isn't a pleasure, why bother? ... Newport seemed to be using the same concept to sell to its consumers. ... Designers used the word pleasure to ensure the likes of others. ... Pleasure is also used for entertainment. ...
Tar is very poisonous and that is why they are used for killing bugs in the farm or in the bathrooms. ... Arsenic is used in killing bugs. Ammonia is used as cleansing soap. Butane is used as gas for fire. ... The effect of the cigarette is very dreadful. ...
Why would someone even pick up a cigarette without considering the effects it will have on him or her? ... A few of these chemicals are cadium, a highly poisonous metal that is also used to make batteries, formaldehyde which is used to preserve dead bodies, and lead which is a highly toxic metal. Some studies say that the nicotine in cigarettes is as addictive as cocaine and heroin, which leads to the theory of why it is so hard for addicts to stop. With all these deadly chemicals, why would someone even think of smoking cigarettes? ... Wood is the most commonly used. ...
They were simply letting the consumers know about their product and why a person might like it. ... Advertisers even used babies in their cigarette ads. ... Marlboro were one of the main companies that used babies. ... "21 Advertisers also used doctors and physicians in their ads to make people think that there was no harm in smoking a cigarette. ... We will never see cigarettes advertised the way they used to be. ...
The question that everybody wants to know the answer to is whether electronic cigarettes are really healthier to use and safer for your lungs than normal cigarettes. ... This is why in recent years people have developed the electronic cigarette. ... How is it that a company can tell you that electronic cigarettes are harmless when the FDA found traces of a chemical used in antifreeze? ... But 57% of people who tried the electronic cigarette keep using the e-cig and stopped using tobacco products, that part sound good. ... Nicotine is a very addictive substance and electronic cigarettes still c...
Cigarette smoking is one of the major killers in the world. ... Recent findings may explain why cigarettes are so addicting. ... Since 1993 however, cigar use in the U.S has increased to nearly 50%. ... These differences are due to the long aging and fermentation process used for cigar tobacco. ... Cancers: Tobacco use accounts for nearly one third of all cancer deaths. ...
