Should it be illeagl to advertise alcohol?
| Voting Style: | Open | Point System: | 7 Point | ||
| Started: | 3/24/2014 | Category: | Health | ||
| Updated: | 7 years ago | Status: | Post Voting Period | ||
| Viewed: | 942 times | Debate No: | 49821 | ||
 Pro Con A ban on advertising alcohol would be harmful to our society in many ways. It would be harmful to our economy, to legitimate businesses and to the average north american for the following reasons :
Alcohol advertisement is not harmful, it is only present to help the consumer to choose a certain brand or product. It’s the base of corporate competition, and competition is what makes or capitalist society a functional one.
Alcohol companies is an important piece of our economy. In 2006 they spent $84 billion in salary, over 3.8 million employees. During that same year, the government has received $18 billion in taxes. If there is a ban on advertising alcohol, the companies producing it will have a disadvantage on the sales side compared to soft drink, bottled water and other drinks. This means that they will have trouble gaining new costumers, and keeping the current ones.
If they lose costumers, the sales go down. In order to remain profitable, these corporations will have to stop hiring and suppress existing jobs. Suppressing jobs will make the unemployment rate go up. A high unemployment rate would make our economy fragile, and prone to recessions. High unemployment rates are also linked to high crime rates.
There is a difference between tobacco products and alcohol. Tobacco has been proved to be harmful to our health whether you smoke or not (second hand smoke). It is linked with numerous cancers and health problems, even if used in moderation. Alcohol on the other has no harm to health if used in moderation. It can even be healthy, a glass of red wine a day is helpful to our health. The fact that in some jurisdiction advertising tobacco products is illegal, does not mean the same thing should be done to alcoholic beverages.
In conclusion, a ban on advertising would be harmful to our economy, our jobs, a whole industry and to our identity.
Note : Advertising tobacco products is not illegal everywhere. It’s spelt illegal, not illeagl.
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Doesn't that sound just a tad bit ridiculous when you think about the time our police waste on this crap? I'm not saying we should ban the commercials, but when you think about how politicians and the justice system handle this, they look like morons. If they actually thought about it for a second they would have already decided to take these commercials off the air. Oh wait, the alcohol companies bought them out though. You know what, just legalize the crap already. It's that way in every other country on the planet and they don't have a drinking epidemic.