In my opinion, advertising campaigns for tobacco should be forbidded, but advertising campaigns for alcohol shouldn't be forbidded. First of all,smoking is bad for health. It is said that there are millions of people die of the illlness caused by smoking. Secondly, alcohol has many affections in our lives. Drinking too much is bad for health, but it also can be used in industry, medical care, and so on. So I think advertising campaigns for tobacco and alcohol should be distinguished.
China is different from other countries. Advertising campaigns for tobacco and alcohol are allowed in China, but there are many requests. There are special laws for tobacco advertisements and alcohol advertisements. The companies can't advertise for tobacco on broadcasts, movies,TV commercials, nespapers,magazines. The advertisements for tobacco in public areas are forbidden. There are some requests about the contents, too. The requests about advertisements for alcohol are very detailed. For example, the advertisements can't include the move of drinking and there can be not more than two advertisements for alcohol in a magazine.
Hey White!
ReplyDeleteInteresting post! I have never been to China, but I am very interested in how much control and legislation the government has over advertising of any kind really.
Thank you. Maybe the control and legislation over advertising will be changed with the development of the society.
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