Ban on tobacco
A few months ago the parliament passed a bill which banned smoking. But how does it work? I think the law was a ban on tobacco advertisement only. The law stopped advertisements on cigarettes but it has no power to ban smoking. The law against smoking is like Norway's ban on tobacco advertising . There has been a law in this respect in Norway since 1975 but even now they have a great percentage of smokers in their country. It shows advertisement plays a little role in causing someone to start or continue smoking. In our country some tobacco companies played a great role in our media and music. My question is why we banned advertising? If we really want to make a tobacco free zone in our country then we need to stop smoking strictly.
If the authorities have no problem to allow smoking here and there, then what is the problem with advertising? It's true that smoking is not a good thing for the environment and health. If the government wants to stop smoking then I want to urge it to stop smoking everywhere. Stop both advertisement and smoking. Don't ban advertisement only.
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