Tobacco Advertising

Argues why tobacco advertising bans volate First Amendment rights.

In the past decade, many laws have been passed regulating the advertising of tobacco products, particularly cigarettes. In this paper, I will address not the actual banning of tobacco ads, but rather the constitutionality of this practice. I will argue that it is neither effective, nor constitutional, because it has not stopped smoking and it has severely curtailed the First Amendment rights of tobacco companies.