Rhetorical Analysis of Anti- Smoking Advertisement Did you know “Nearly 18 of every 100 U.S. adults aged 18 years or older (17.8%) currently smoke cigarettes. This means an estimated 42.1 million adults in the United States currently smoke cigarettes.” Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults in the United States. (2015, August 25). Retrieved October 14, 2015. It’s actually the number one leading cause …show more content…
Yours” This advertisement uses one rhetorical appeals of logos through its image. As we look we at this image we are able to make out is able make out sense of awareness and danger it can cause. This image was created to get a response from common day people who smoke and then people who don’t like to smoke, as we can see this photo contains to two type of people which are People that don’t smoke and people that do enjoy smoking. In the non-smoking category, this image will either …show more content…
People like this may believe that anti-smoking ads will some how reach smokers and some how convince them to quit and stop because of the negative effects it has on the body, but we can safely assume that this is not the case. To smokers, the image will be a constant reminder of the damage they are doing to their bodies and what it can do to their future life. But for the most part, they will likely be unresponsive to the image because they already know it’s bad for their health, but will continue to smoke because they are either addicted to the nicotine or they enjoy doing it because it makes them seem cool in society. Because smoking is seen as such a bad thing in society according to the general public ads about smoking and what it will cause will continue to be made and will show what the effect of smoking an cause for your health The first rhetorical appeal, logos, is used in this image. The major premise is that smoking is bad for your health. In America this is an overall rule of thumbs through out. Basically if a person was asked whether smoking is good or bad for you they would most