Cigarette advertising on television attracts young people to smoke the first cigarette

Scientists argue that promotes cigarette advertising on television and in movies adolescents are encouraged to start smoking, according to Reuters. Experts from the U.S. National Cancer Institute, that the owners of the tobacco industry spent more than $ 13 billion cigarette advertisement, which appeared on television in 2005. Although the tobacco industry claim that advertising to not being with their brand and enticing smokers, and the involvement of young people as a new customer their goal. According to Dr. Ronald Davis of the American Medical Association, for the first time the government acknowledged that tobacco advertising is a powerful engine that attract new smokers, among which is mainly the younger generation. Also shows that smoking in movies is the reason why young people smoke their first cigarette, according to the expert. Conducted more than 1,000 studies on the impact of mass media on the use of tobacco products. A huge amount of time, the scientists have argued about the relationship between advertising and addiction to cigarettes. Each year more than 400 thousand deaths in the U.S. are the result of smoking. More than 42% of American adults - smokers and more than 4,000 young people smoke their first cigarette each day. Scientists who carried out the new research, it is hoped that the government respond to properly prevent the results and are or reduce all tobacco advertising. But this multi-million dollar business from the budget get huge profits, so that the fight against the tobacco industry giants will not be easy, experts say.