Over time, advertisements on smoking and alcoholism have been carefully crafted to entice consumers. For instance, the three videos, Vintage Lucky Strike Cigarette Commercial, Channing Tatum in Mountain Dew Best Commercial Ever, and Thank You for Smoking, are advertising the consumption of alcohol and cigarettes attractively. These substances pose tremendous challenges to an individual’s health, family, and attitude towards people.
Alcohol and smoking have changed the way people act, and this reflects the behaviors of all characters in the three videos. According to Vintage Lucky Strike Cigarette Commercial, smoking raises irritability and anxiety as evident among the characters. Moreover, the habit is costly to maintain as an addicted individual should purchase cigarettes daily. Thank You for Smoking also shows that nicotine, in cigarettes affects recognition as to some extent, the characters take a while before recognizing people. Channing Tatum in Mountain Dew Best Commercial Ever portrays the driver and his friends risking their lives by excessive consumption of alcohol. Their acts, for example, when Tatum forgets a soda he bought, reveal that the substance impairs memory. Indeed, alcohol and cigarette consumption pose behavioral, biological, and psychological impacts, which necessitate cessation.
The clips on smoking also reveal that the behavior is harmful to a child’s development. In Thank You for Smoking, a father’s addiction to cigarettes has caused negative psychological impacts on his child, and one of the children says, “do not ruin my childhood.” Some children perceive that cigarettes can kill following their parents’ behaviors. As such, long-term consumption of this substance leads to loss of body weight, which is evident from all the characters who appear to have unhealthy body weights. Therefore, alcohol and cigarette consumption are life-threatening, apart from causing rejection from family members.
Conclusively, alcohol and cigarette consumption is accompanied by tremendous challenges. They drain users financially because they should maintain the habit daily due to addiction. The substances also have immense implications on the behavior and cognition of an individual. Additionally, users tend to lose weight and become irritable with time. Smokers and alcoholics also face rejection from their family members, apart from being forgetful. Indeed, none of these substances are good for human consumption and the user pays enormous prices, which include the challenges mentioned earlier. There is a choice to quit alcohol and cigarette consumption to live a healthy life and raise a safe generation.
Works Cited
“Channing Tatum in Mountain Dew Best Commercial Ever.”YouTube, uploaded by Katyan Anuj, 2009. Web.
“Thank You for Smoking.”YouTube, uploaded by Foxhomeent, 2011. Web.
“Vintage Lucky Strike Cigarette Commercial.”YouTube, uploaded by Seansvoivce, 2010. Web.