This advertisement showing a doctor holding a cigarette states that doctors smoke and also that they prefer Camels over other brands. However, its message can be interpreted to say that smoking will make you healthier because a doctor is pictured as endorsing cigarettes. This makes me cringe. In order to become a doctor medical students have to take the Hippocratic Oath of which at least one part states "first do no harm". This advertisement is in direct violation of that oath. I believe it is ridiculous how the medical profession turned a blind eye to the known dangers of smoking cigarettes and then went on to endorse them. This made all doctors look unwholesome and I surmise it helped to make people distrust doctors and the medical community
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This law requires cigarette packages to have no flashy colors or logos and the brand would only be in regular font size right by a large health warning. The packaging will also include pictures of the effects of smoking such as a mouth ulcer. After the law came into effect Philip Morris sued Australia to try and overturn the law saying that the way the packages looked did not matter. Let us not forget how much money goes into advertisements in all realms not just tobacco and cigarettes. Without advertisements many of us would not know what to buy because no one has said this is the biggest thing this year. In 2015 Australia won the lawsuit against Philip Morris and retained the right to package cigarettes in their truth in advertisement boxes. These boxes do look horrific, but the pictures are authentic and from actual patients suffering from tobacco induced diseases. I could not find an update on cigarette sales after the packages hit the shelves to be able to gauge how well of an effect the new law has had. Personally, I certainly would not buy anything that was packaged like that, whereas if my doctor were advertising it I would have much the opposite reaction and think it must be okay to use. Cigarette advertisement has come a long way towards being more responsible in educating the public on its effects much like a nutrition label on food products. That is quite an
This law requires cigarette packages to have no flashy colors or logos and the brand would only be in regular font size right by a large health warning. The packaging will also include pictures of the effects of smoking such as a mouth ulcer. After the law came into effect Philip Morris sued Australia to try and overturn the law saying that the way the packages looked did not matter. Let us not forget how much money goes into advertisements in all realms not just tobacco and cigarettes. Without advertisements many of us would not know what to buy because no one has said this is the biggest thing this year. In 2015 Australia won the lawsuit against Philip Morris and retained the right to package cigarettes in their truth in advertisement boxes. These boxes do look horrific, but the pictures are authentic and from actual patients suffering from tobacco induced diseases. I could not find an update on cigarette sales after the packages hit the shelves to be able to gauge how well of an effect the new law has had. Personally, I certainly would not buy anything that was packaged like that, whereas if my doctor were advertising it I would have much the opposite reaction and think it must be okay to use. Cigarette advertisement has come a long way towards being more responsible in educating the public on its effects much like a nutrition label on food products. That is quite an