Spoof Ad Analysis: Is Tobacco Additive?

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In the spoof ad i choose was about tobacco, and is it additive. the tone was to worn people that the tobacco industry is miss leading in informing people of dangers of tobacco. The text raises the question how many more deaths do we have to have for tobacco to be outlawed or heavily relegated. the ad showed 6 CEO's from major tobacco company's wanted tobacco user to have blind trust by them just saying tobacco isn't additive. They offer supporting documentation or arguments to why tobacco isn't additive.

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