Persuasive Essay On Smoking

It is no secret that despite its high demand back in the day, cigarettes were and will continue to be destructive to the human body and its health. Still, many succumb to the danger that is smoking and become addicted and with the constant advertisements done forewarning the public of the consequences one would have to expect when smoking In this ad by NHS, a woman is featured with a large fish hook in her lip. She is being pulled by it in a painful manner that is shown throughout her facial expressions. With her eyebrows furrowed and tear-stained eyes, the audience is overwhelmed by the emotion that they are forced to feel by looking at it- They just don’t know what they feel so strongly about. From just the image, one cannot tell what the advertisement is trying to say but when they read the phrase on the advertisement, “The average smoker needs over five

One who would look at a regular ad would know that cigarettes are a disgusting habit but this ad use of pathos makes the audience remember that it is also a terrible addiction that is quite difficult to kick. The second advertisement, one where several cigarette butts are shown, uses Logos as the main attempt to reach its audience and to get them to understand that cigarettes are bad for one’s health. The first butt is seemingly untouched which gives the audience the idea that it has yet to be smoked but the second cigarette butt started being lit. Each cigarette is more smoked or lit and shorter than the last. Soon, there is nothing to burn and what’s left is a burnt end of the cigarette. The advertisement, although powerful on its own, was accompanied with a saying; “Every breath you take will shorten your life.” The Cigarettes represented the audience 's’ lives and if one decided to take the chance and smoke, they would burn out with each