Tobacco advertising should be bannedAmerica must eliminate all tobacco advertising targeting teenagers because of the harmful effect it has on their well-being -be. The main reasons why tobacco advertising should not be aimed at teenagers mainly focus on how cigarette advertisements encourage teenagers to smoke regularly. If teenagers are encouraged to perform this dangerous act, deaths will continue to increase. According to the American Journal of Public Health, the acquisition of an addiction peaks throughout adolescence. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among men and women in the United States. Why do tobacco industries target adolescents the most? Tobacco industries target adolescents the most because they are in the early stages of the smoking experience. Nearly 9 out of 10 smokers started smoking at age 18, and 99% at age 26. 8.6 million people live with serious illness caused by smoking. Smokeless tobacco also contains twenty-eight carcinogens and is known to cause oral and pancreatic cancer. Smoking can also reduce the level of vitamins in a person's body. (Graves, Bonnie B. Tobacco use)What are carcinogens and how do they relate to tobacco products? A carcinogen is a substance capable of causing cancer in living tissues. There are more than seventy known carcinogens in mainstream smoke. Additionally, 250 dangerous chemicals are known to be in tobacco smoke and at least sixty-nine of them are carcinogenic. There are other toxic chemicals found in tobacco smoke that are suspected of causing cancer, for example: formaldehyde, benzo[a]pyrene and toluene. Smoking harms almost every organ in the human body. Can cause heart disease, stroke, aortic aneurysm... middle of paper ... purchasing tobacco products, Pechacek said. “Tobacco companies voluntarily stopped outdoor billboards, but took those advertising dollars and invested them in local convenience stores,” he said. The study also found that one of the "major predictors" of tobacco use is whether adolescents spend time with other smokers. In the week before the survey, half of nonsmokers were in a room with someone who smoked, and about 70 percent of middle school students and 57 percent of high school students who smoke live in a home with a smoker. ...” (Tobacco consumption Among adolescents, the rate is dangerously high.) Tobacco advertising aimed at adolescents must stop. Statistics, death rates, graphs and all other facts show the harmful effects of tobacco on adolescents. The economy and the younger generation will all benefit from an end to tobacco advertising among adolescents.