Persuasive Essay On Advertising Alcohol

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Who would want their child to start drinking at a young age? Advertising for alcohol should be banned from television because of adolescents health. Experts have proof that adolescent who watch more television with alcohol in it, tend to be drinking at a young age and when they are older become alcoholics. Advertising alcohol will cause adolescent to damage their whole body. For example, alcohol can damage the brain by interfering with the brain’s communication pathways. Drinking alcohol can cause one to act differently than how they normally would. In my personal experience I have a family who drinks and becomes violent and others pass out or become vulnerable. These reactions are dangerous to consumers and those around them. Therefore, advertising alcohol on television or any type of media will both hurt and frighten their love ones.
In addition to, underage youth sees more alcohol advertisements than adults combined. Finally, purchasing alcohol by underage drinkers throughout 1993 to 1999. Throughout the years alcohol advertisements have increased the adolescent to drink and that causes more the underage youth to hurt themselves and others. Also they can damage their body if they keep on drinking more and more.
Advertising is not something easy and cheap to do; it takes time and money.The money used to promote these ads seen on television, billboards, and stores are paid and authorized by the government. In this case the advertising used for alcohol promotions cost more than $1.6 billion dollars. For example "In North American, more than $1.6 billion US is

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