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On television
Technically speaking, TV reaches more young people and Tobacco is worse for you than alcohol.
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It is illegal for under-aged teenagers to buy tobacco products.
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There are many ways the media influences teen tobacco use. One way is modeling. If a celebrity uses tobacco, teens may see it as 'cool' and want to do it. If they see celebrities eschewing tobacco use, they may think smoking is bad and not want to do it. Another way is exposure. Merely being exposed to images of people smoking may increase a teen's desire to smoke (even if it is not someone they admire). Any way the media can make smoking seem cool or not cool will affect teen tobacco use.
In the US, tobacco print ads are required to have a box listing some of the problems associated with tobacco use. Ads for tobacco products are not permitted on broadcast media. There are no comparable requirements for alcohol, although some types of alcoholic beverages may not be advertised on TV or Radio and there are other minimal requirements to tell people to "drink responsibly" and so forth.
Yes. Smoking ads make teens think that it's cool to smoke. Smoking kills thousands of people every year, it's not cool.
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If you think the ads are prompting teens to smoke more, write a letter to the editor expressing your disapproval of such unhealthful ads.