regards to a ban on advertising for tobacco smoking. On Feb 6, 2001, the Government of India announced they would impose a ban on advertising for tobacco smoking. Healthcare reports identified smoking tobacco was the leading cause of preventable deaths. Smoking tobacco caused cancer, lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema and chronic bronchitis. The increase in illness and death related to tobacco smoking prompted the Indian Government to propose a ban of all forms
Tobacco and its usage has always been a very controversial topic, not just in the United States of America, but all around the world. There are plenty of people in the United States that have this topic up for debate to this day, but in India, it is a different story. Their government wants to ban not the making and selling of tobacco, but the advertisements that help to sell it. As you could probably guess, there were those that took sides and sparked serious outrage over this ban. Those sides were
becoming curious about buying from businesses that employ in honest and moral advertising activities. (Carpenter & Erdogan, 2016). Heightened client sensitivity to unethical business practices is partially a result of the collective efforts of consumer activist teams and media that have delivered to public attention examples of the unfair business practices that are otherwise unnoticed. (Sundaram & Mitra, 2007). Tobacco advertising is one of the most debated topics on whether it can qualify as ethical or
2001 the Indian Government back in 2001 decided to enact a bill to ban smoking advertisements at sporting and cultural events in order to curtail adolescents from picking up the smoking habit. Opposition declared the government was overstepping their authority by infringing on citizen and business rights and the government felt it was excising its right to protect adolescents from acquiring a lethal habit. Those in favor of the ban felt the Indian Government was looking out for its citizen’s health