Sunday, October 31, 2010

Cigarette Ad Analysis











This ad is hard to read but states that more people die from smoking than from the 9/11 attack.







We have been studying how groing and selling tobacco enabled the colonists to make money. We focused on how the extra labor needed on tobacco plantations led to the slave trade. While o nte subject of tobacco, for health we learned about some ofthe effects on a person's body from smoking. We looked at a variety of magazine ads for cigarettes. Katie chose the two above and then analyzed them. What about them caught her eye, what is the message, who is the ad targeting? It was interesting which ads she chose and who they target (teenage girls). THen we talked about the real effects of using cigarettes. WE found some realistic/ truthful ads about cigareette use and then Katie made her own with the message "Don't smoke You'll choke!" She drew the people smoking while having dun, then getting sick, and dying.
She learned that every cigarettee a person smokes reduces their life span by 14 mintues. She used that statistic to figure out how much a heavy smoker will shorten his or her life.
I believe if you click onthe picture you can see it enlarged. I know some are difficult to read.


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