Smoking is it as glamorus as we thought?

Personally I think smoking does a big part of its advertising to appeal to the youth. For instance look at camel cigarettes. They have a cartoon camel know as “Joe” as there spokes person . Kids see him as a cartoon character which they assume is good. I know when I was young I saw Joe camel as cool but never thought of smoking.

Another brand that plays a role in women are Virginia Slims. Just the name of the cigarettes alone implies things. Things such as you may become slimmer if you smoke these or you may look like one of the models that promotes them. Whic

h we all know is not going to happen, but these companies try to play on that because they may catch the attention of a troubled teen.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. July 10 announced that it would eliminate the Joe Camel character from advertisements for its Camel brand cigarettes. The move followed repeated accusations from antismoking advocates and government regulators that the company used Joe Camel, a cartoon character, to attract young smokers. Facts on file World News Digest reports.

Now I haven’t had much experience with smoking, never even tried it, but many people I have talked to say that they thought they looked cool smoking. That is why they started. Now personally when i see a person packing there cigarettes it really looks like one of those monkeys in the anti-smoking commercials you see. I remember some one at school h

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