Rhetoric In “Quit Smoking” Ads : There are two types of people in the world, people who smoke and people who do not. Accordingly to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), current smoking has declined from nearly 21 of every 100 adults (20.9%) in 2005 to nearly 18 of every 100 adults (17.8%) in 2013. However, there are many ads to promote companies, whose goal is to end smoking for good. But still remains many people around the world of different ages, still hooked on the addictive killer, cigarettes. So are the advertisements enough? I came across two ads that caught my eye. They both have the same goal, which is to end smoking, but both differ to appeal to audiences. The first ad I had came across was from the company, Chilean Corporation Against Cancer (CONAC). The ad pictures a child crying and screaming as if the smoke was suffocating him like how a plastic bag would. As well as using the phrase, “Smoking isn’t just suicide. It’s murder.” in the ad to send a message. The second ad I came across was from a smoking …show more content…
The first ad, I believe was targeting at secondhand smoking. I think secondhand smoking was the factor of this ad because of the text and picture they had used. First I’d like to start off on the picture. The picture is showing a young child being suffocated by smoke as if it was a plastic bag. We should all know that smoking around people, young children especially is very dangerous because they can cause lung cancer. That is also probably why the Chilean Corporation Against Cancer may have launched this particular ad. Also the phrase they included in the ad, “Smoking isn’t just suicide. It’s murder.” is trying to say that when you smoke, is not only a cause of killing yourself, but also killing others. The smoke is so dangerous and deadly it can be killing others if smokers continue to smoke around
The commercial had a deeper meaning throughout to depict the audience, purpose, content, creator’s reasons, and the structure of the video. The audience was aimed for teenagers, smokers, and parents. The purpose was to show how smoking was bad a bad effect on a person’s life. Throughout the commercial were phrases to influence people on how terrible to smoke. The creator of the video obviously wanted to show teenagers how that smoking will pull you away from your life. The structure of the commercial was well organized to leave a lasting effect on the reasons why smoking is bad for a
The purpose of the advertisement is to stop smoking.Here, the intended audience is parents, one who are
Advertisements are all over the place. Whether they are on TV, radio, or in a magazine, there is no way that you can escape them. They all have their target audience who they have specifically designed the ad for. And of course they are selling their product. This is a multi billion dollar industry and the advertiser’s study all the ways that they can attract the person’s attention. One way that is used the most and is in some ways very controversial is use of sex to sell products. For me to analyze this advertisement I used the rhetorical triangle, as well as ethos, pathos, and logos.
Tobacco companies should be prevented from using advertising tactics that target teenagers. There has always been controversy as to how tobacco companies should prevent using advertising tactics to target teenagers. As controversial as this is tobacco companies shouldn’t advertise teen smoking. Many teens may be lured to believe cigarette advertising because it has been part of the American Culture for years, magazine ads and the media target young people, and these companies receive a drastic increase financially; however, the advertising by these cigarette companies has disadvantages such as having to campaign against their own company, limiting their cigarette advertising and becoming a controversial dilemma as to encouraging teenagers to smoke. From billboards to newspaper advertisements, cigarette promotions started becoming part of the American Culture.
The words located at the bottom of the advertisement states, “smoking causes premature aging”, these words visibly display the Nicotinell stance against smoking. This only confirms the audience’s fear that smoking can actually be harmful to an individual’s health. The designers strategically put the words in small print at the bottom of the ad to keep the focus on what is going on in the picture; the organization did not want to take away from the visual’s shining moment. The organization gave the audience some credit that they were fully capable of putting the visual puzzle pieces together. The only added the written word as a precautionary measure to clear up any misunderstandings that may have been
Rhetoric is easily seen when comparing and contrasting these two forms of advertisement, as was proven. Between the Doritos commercial and the smoking billboard, examples of pathos, logos, and ethos were not hard to find. Both advertisements, though, were different in their ways of expressing rhetoric. Therefore, analyzing them individually was not the challenge, but choosing which manipulated rhetoric the best was hard. In general, it is important to recognize and interpret the pathos, logos, and ethos in all things and
Truth is of the many national anti-smoking campaigns aimed at curbing youth smoking in the United States. The Truth campaign was “established as part of the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement between major U.S. tobacco companies and 46 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and five territories”(Truthinitialive.org). In the ad it is evident that a person is lying dead on a bed. The pale, white feet lying on a bed covered by thin white sheet, with a tag hanging from the toe suggest it is the tag that identifies the body. Truth’s rhetorical strategies include explicit claim of fact, emotional fallacies know as scare tactics, and slippery slopes. They are used to provide knowledge to the audience against the use of tobacco product. In 2014 Truth
Since realizing smoking is associated with many health problems such as cancer, many advertisements are designed purposely to the end cigarette smoking. An estimated 40 million adults in the United States currently smoke cigarettes. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States (CDC, 2016). Nowadays we are more conscious about how terrible smoking is for our health. Smoking cigarettes can be one of the most destructive things you can do to your body and yet millions of people around the world continue to do so. Anti-smoking ads fight the cancerous substance and hope to transform the minds of many or even the lives of many. It has become frequent in many advertisements to see the damage that smoking causes to someone and to others due to secondhand contact. Several anti-smoking advertisements are successful because they use the potential of death to scare people. The anti-smoking advertisement above is a prime example of this because it uses our fear of death to shame smokers to give up smoking. The advertisement employs the three rhetorical appeals of logos, ethos, and pathos in its image and hinted meanings. With this, the image is able to communicate a dramatic impression of danger and advocates awareness of the deadliness of smoking.
Without explicitly stating it, anti-smoking ads are based on the logical argument that smoking is bad for your health and quitting is in your best interest. Ever since it was discovered that smoking is linked to cancer and other illnesses, society’s view of smoking has changed. Now, smoking has a negative connotation. Smoking has switched from “smoking is cool and mature” to the equivalent of writing your suicide note. The reasonable argument is smoking is hazardous for your health and can lead to illnesses, such as cancer, which in turn leads to
Smoking Kills. This is no longer a myth, it’s a fact. According to the British Medical Journal, every time a person smoke a cigarette, he or she will lose about eleven minutes of life here on earth and subject yourself to cancer. In the advertisement below, you can easily tell from just looking at the picture that this ad is against smoking. The ad portrays the message that smoking is deadly, and is able to be comprehended by people of all ages in the hopes that the viewers do not get into a fatal habit such as abusing cigarettes. Essentially, smoking cigarettes is a long term form of suicide. A man is holding a lit cigarette in his hand with his middle and pointer finger, and his thumb held up. As shown in the
Based on the voice of the narrator, we can conclude that the commercial was produced in Australia. The anti-smoking campaign heating up pretty well (at least in the United States) within the last seven or so years, so it’s likely the audience has been reached at it’s maximum, much like similar campaigns. This commercial is a bit unique as it targets primarily the smoker who is also a parent. Many of its sorts typically are aimed at teenagers, those tryin...
The first image I have chosen to discuss is a smoking advert from the 1950’s. It features John Wayne smoking a Camel cigarette. It is a commercial advert, because it is trying to sell a product. Conversely, the advert that I will be comparing with is an advocacy advert, because it is trying to persuade you not to smoke. It is giving you advice about an activity which is considered controversial. It is an advert from ‘Alghanim Medical services 2000’. It uses a very formal font and adds formal authenticity.
One way that the tobacco industry can be more ethical is changing their advertising strategy. I believe that today’s advertising strategy is very misleading about cigarettes. Examples of this unethical advertising is in Argentina, here 20 percent of television advertising is spent on smoking commercials, as well as in countries in and around Africa there are billboards that depict a man in a business suit stepping out of a black Mercedes as a chauffeur holds the door. This displays that cigarettes make people classy and sophisticated, making cigarettes look not only harmless but stylish. Another good example of unethical depiction on cigarettes is in Nigeria; here they promote a cigarette for graduates, with a picture of a university and a student in a cap and gown. As if this wasn’t a misleading visual they add a slogan that says, "A very important cigarette for very important people." These ads and slogan are ...
The target audience of this advertisement is everyone who smokes. The advertisement aims to explain the health and financial consequences of smoking. There is a wide range of ages of those who smoke and this advertisement aims to deter them from smoking. It also targets those who don’t smoke by making them aware of the effects of smoking as
Big brands like Marlboro spend 70% of their profits on advertisements in 3rd world countries to try and get the people who do not know the consequences of smoking.In total tobacco companies spend over ten billion dollars on advertisement world wide. (who.int) The advertisement that is going on is on the covers are are cartoon animals and images that show if you smoke you will be