The IBS Center for Research Management (ICMR) puts together a collection of management case studies from Asia. One such study involved a proposed bill that would ban tobacco advertising in India. The ICMR article, “Ban on Tobacco Ads by the Government of India” discussed the arguments for and against a ban, as well as raised some moral dilemmas. This essay will summarize these issues.
The Indian Government justified the ban on tobacco advertising by focusing on how tobacco impacts the following topics: citizen’s health, the Indian economy, young people, and the effectiveness of the ban. However, for each of these topics, the Tobacco industry made persuasive counter-arguments against the ban. For each topic, the point and counter-point
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The tobacco industry added 12% of the total excise revenue to India’s Exchequer. Experts believe a ban on advertising would have a negative effect to Exchequer y decreasing contributions. The ban creates an unfair disadvantage to the tobacco industry in the marketplace. The bill banning advertising made no suggestion that tobacco products should be illegal. Therefore, the industry should be able to advertise like all other industries. Indian tobacco companies are further disadvantaged because the advertisements of foreign tobacco companies will still reach the Indian public. The underlying point is that the proposed ban is an insult to the tobacco industry - considering that it is the third largest tobacco producer in the …show more content…
I believe the over-arching aim of the government should be to guide the making of a free and prosperous society. If this is accomplished with complete success, people would live up to their potential, be happy, and fulfil their dreams. In this utopia scenario, people would not use guns to kill other citizens and people would not drink soda in such excess that it correlates to an obesity problem. However, no such perfect society exists and sometimes dangerous products need to be outlawed. In my opinion, I support the status quo. When a product becomes increasingly deadly and dangerous to its people, elected representatives can vote on legislation to ban such products and those bans should be
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 tobacco industry seems like a beneficial addition to our economy. It has basically been a socially acceptable business in the past because it brings jobs to our people and tax money to the government to redistribute; but consider the cost of tobacco related treatment, mortality and disability- it exceeds the benefit to the producer by two hundred billion dollars US. (4) Tobacco is a very profitable industry determined to grow despite government loss or public health. Its history has demonstrated how money can blind morals like an addiction that is never satisfied. Past lawsuits were mostly unsuccessful because the juries blamed the smoker even though the definition of criminal negligence fits the industry’s acts perfectly. Some may argue for the industry in the name of free enterprise but since they have had such a clear understanding of the dangers of their product it changes the understanding of their business tactics and motives. The success of the industry has merely been a reflection of its immoral practices. These practices have been observed through its use of the media in regards to children, the tests that used underage smokers, the use of revenue to avoid the law, the use of nicotine manipulation and the suppression of research.
Cigarette advertisements reflect society’s love-hate relationship with tobacco products through the ages. During its heyday of popularity, cigarette advertisements were not governed in any way, allowing tobacco companies to use any means necessary to sell their products including advertising during popular children’s television shows. This practice came under scrutiny around 1964 when the Surgeon General released its first report on “smoking and health.” This report stated that smoking may be hazardous to your health. Soon to follow the release of this report was a ban on all cigarette advertisements on television and radio.
"Smoking Bans and the Tobacco Industry." Issues & Controversies. Facts On File News Services, 1 July 2013. Web. 4 Dec. 2013. .
Through out its long and devastating history, the cigarette and it’s advertising have had devastating sociological impacts and economic impacts. Tobacco companies attempted to appeal to various underprivileged or minority groups in society, have made money based off addiction and cancer, and have costed society loads of money. With the advertising bans and restrictions that came in both Canada in 1988 (Dunsmuir), and the United States in 1971 (Qi 215), the industry was heavily impacted, and smoking prevalence has since been at an all new low since it peaked. Cigarettes are once again being associated as something negative, just as they were when they first emerged (Gardner 13), and may one day be a thing of the
The Tobacco Industry received quite a message from the Government of India (GOI) in 2001. The GOI planned on stopping the advertisements of Tobacco from cultural and sporting events alike, with a bill that was on the horizon of being released. The goal was to equip the Government with the tools to launch an anti-Tobacco Program and discourage adolescents from consuming tobacco products. A heated discussion sparked soon after the proposition of this decision.
It wasn’t until the 1960’s when the potentially deadly effects of tobacco were discovered did the industry suffer a decline. This tobacco related evidencing side effects led to an immediate decline in support of the industry as a whole, specifically the producers and manufacturers. Laws around...
Section 6 of chapter 6 in this report focuses on facilities provided by government of India like education on tobacco cessation, counter advertising in newspapers, radio and television. Meanwhile tobacco companies approaching different ways to tackle public by advertising on T.V., posters, public transport, Mobile Smoking Lounge and by giving free samples which is explained in detail in section 5. This report provides important information about the experience of Indians during banning of
Advertising is the primary use of marketing by companies to promote their products. It is used to lure the public, or certain group of people towards the company or the company’s product, and make the consumer want to purchase, and keep purchasing. This was the case with cigarette companies in Canada and the United States until strict regulations started coming into effect, such as cigarettes being banned from advertising on television and radio in the U.S. in 1971 (Qi 215) and Canada’s “Tobacco Products Control Act” of 1988, which “provided the authority to ban all tobacco advertising; to impose restrictions on and gradually phase out promotional activities and sponsorship of events or persons by tobacco manufactures; and to require more explicit health warnings on tobacco product packages”
Qi, S. (2013). The impact of advertising regulation on industry: the cigarette advertising ban of 1971. RAND Journal Of Economics (Wiley-Blackwell), 44(2), 215-248. doi:10.1111/1756-2171.12018
Cigarette advertisements give the feeling that smokers are "bursting at the seams with joy" and that smoking is useful to you. Shockingly, nothing could be further from reality. The U.S. government has marked cigarettes as an unsafe medication that causes lung malignancy, coronary illness, and numerous different genuine sicknesses and conditions. Numerous individuals everywhere throughout the nation are discussing whether tobacco organizations ought to be permitted to publicize cigarettes or even to make cigarettes in today 's general public ("Analyzing Assorted Tobacco Advertisements").
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 ...
Summarize the arguments in opposition of the ban on tobacco advertising in India. The fact that the product is still out there and available may
Should tobacco and alcohol advertising be allowed on television? The ban on advertising tobacco is already in affect, however, alcohol is another harmful substance. Should liquor be allowed to be advertised, if tobacco can not advertise their product? The ban on advertising tobacco products on television and radio, was passed through legislation in 1970 by Richard Nixon. This argument like others out there has two sides, one side in favor these advertisements and the other against these advertisements. Since both of these substances are highly addictive and costly. Would we like to see these advertisements continued? Are these advertisements the hazard they are communicated to be? Through the research of these two important sides, this essay will explore which side has a stronger stance on the topic.
Opponents believe that adults have the right to make the decision to consume tobacco and are fully aware of the risks. The freedom to make our own choices is a fundamental component of a free society. When government creeps into our daily lives we are all at risk of losing our freedoms. Manufacturers of tobacco ascertain that if they are allowed to produce and sell tobacco then they should be able to advertise their product as well. After all, advertising is an effective means by which companies can help the consumer differentiate between their products. Opponents of the ban also cite a survey by the Indian Market Research Bureau. In this survey, none of the respondents listed advertising as the reason they started