The Influence Of Alcohol Advertising

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Alcohol advertising has a brutal impact on young Americans and adults and why advertisers should be banned from promoting this everyday killer. Exposure to alcohol advertising is shown on a regular basis not only to adults but to underage children that cannot buy alcohol or even drink alcohol. Many alcohol companies spend millions of dollars to promote alcohol not only though television but also radio and billboard advertisement. The alcohol companies tend to build a great revenue every year and spend a high amount on advertising in general. Alcohol companies and their advertisement have a great impact on teenagers because the marketers of alcohol see great potential and money making strategies coming from young adults because they can be easily …show more content…
Alcohol is also started within the homes of kids at an early age so that has some contribution to the alcoholism rates. The other reason alcohol should be banned because alcohol has caused hazing among college students because they tend to binge drink that is getting alcohol poisoning from the consumption of too much alcohol and not realizing how much they had consumed and could cause death. Colleges also have hazing techniques that make people think that if they want to join a sorority that they will have to consume so much alcohol at one time, so alcohol has contributed to this type of ritual. This has leads to alcohol dependencies that cause someone to become dependent on alcohol and what it has to offer. There is another thing that alcohol is responsible for and that is DWI and it is a big problem, if someone is at a football game or baseball game they are offered alcohol by the promoters of the event that is going on. Statistics have shown that among youths and high school students they have at least tried an alcoholic beverage before the age 13. DWI cases were up where people have driven at age 25 to almost 40%. There have been many homicides and suicides that are considered alcohol related, these issues have also been linked to alcohol advertisers because students spend 18,000 hours …show more content…
The neurological diseases that are associated with neurological disease are Wernicke-Korsakoff Encephalopathy disease in which there is a deficiency in Vitamin B1 and Thiamine which can cause mental confusion, poor muscle coordination, and can also cause paralysis of the nerves that control the eyes. Korsakoff psychosis is amnesia, forgetfulness, poor coordination and difficulty in walking. Alcoholic Neuropathy has to do with where the nerves are too damaged and there are more deficiencies with the Vitamins such as B12, B6, thiamine, folate, niacin, and vitamin E which help with proper nerve function within the body. Alcoholic Neuropathy symptoms are numbness in the arms and legs, muscle weakness, movement disorders, urinary problems, dizziness, impaired speech, nausea and vomiting. The next thing is alcohol withdrawal syndrome is when someone drinks an excessive amount of alcohol and suddenly stops drinking can have these symptoms which are anxiety, depression, shakes, sweating, nightmares, headaches, nausea and vomiting, but if the withdrawal symptoms become more serious the person will have delirium tremens, hallucinations, mood changes or

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