Germany is a well developed country but as its economical growth increased so did the smoking rate. Products like cigarettes are considered a demerit good ( a good which can have negative impact on the consumer and has a negative effect on a third party). The consumption of cigarettes leads to many health related problems. According to the U.S. department of health and human services that the consumption of cigarettes allows around 7,000 gases to enter your body, of these 250 are known to be harmful and 69 are known to cause cancer. This consumption of a demerit good has a negative on the third parties often threatening them to exposure of the same risk. Second hand smoking is a risk many people in Germany face and even experience this through
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Through the obligatory warning of cigarette companies the majority had a fair amount of understanding and knowledge of the negative effects that the consumption of cigarettes had on them and the third party. The second question that was researched was to non-smokers. The main reason for non-smokers to not smoke was the potential health risks that cigarettes cause. We could argue that the that there is still a lack of information because not everyone is aware of the cost of smoking however it is clear that most people are accepting the negative externalities of smoking and are aware of most of them. The smokers were then asked to how many packs of cigarettes they consume a …show more content…
Even though this is not part of the information failure it does show the attitude towards the issue of smoking. In 2011 Marlboro promoted the consumption of their cigarettes. The German government however “banned the promotional images in In October 2013, Germany ruling they were designed to encourage children as young as 14 to smoke.” These campaigns could also have added to the large increase of young smokers in Germany. Due to the commune use of elicited substance and smoking in the media it has started to become a norm for the younger generation to take up smoking. Anti-smoking campaigns such as the one seen below where put in place however no major effort was made to correct the information failure of the over consumption of
Through the obligatory warning of cigarette companies the majority had a fair amount of understanding and knowledge of the negative effects that the consumption of cigarettes had on them and the third party. The second question that was researched was to non-smokers. The main reason for non-smokers to not smoke was the potential health risks that cigarettes cause. We could argue that the that there is still a lack of information because not everyone is aware of the cost of smoking however it is clear that most people are accepting the negative externalities of smoking and are aware of most of them. The smokers were then asked to how many packs of cigarettes they consume a …show more content…
Even though this is not part of the information failure it does show the attitude towards the issue of smoking. In 2011 Marlboro promoted the consumption of their cigarettes. The German government however “banned the promotional images in In October 2013, Germany ruling they were designed to encourage children as young as 14 to smoke.” These campaigns could also have added to the large increase of young smokers in Germany. Due to the commune use of elicited substance and smoking in the media it has started to become a norm for the younger generation to take up smoking. Anti-smoking campaigns such as the one seen below where put in place however no major effort was made to correct the information failure of the over consumption of