Sunday, February 19, 2012

Joe Camel


Dr. Novello used cause and effect style reasoning to find a solution to the problem of children and teens smoking. She saw a correlation between an increase in teen smoking with the release of the Joe Camel ad campaign.  She reasoned that because these ads seemed to target a younger audience, this was one of the causes of the increase in teen smoking. To combat this she did two things. First she placed a ban on ads that target to kids, including the Joe Camel ads. Second, she started to educate children in school about the dangers of smoking. This way even teens already effected by the ads or from peer pressure would be able to make informed decisions about whether or not to smoke. 

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