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/^t/Secondly, cigarette commercials seem, surprisingly enough, rather objective. None of them says that smoking will make you healthier, more beautiful or rich. They just try to attract you but do not promise anything. Such an attitude is, with no doubt, much more fair than the one of cosmetic advertising, for example. There are plenty of shampoons advertised on TV which are supposed to make your hair look soft, shiny, silky, strong, healthy, great looking, thick, naturally beautiful and whatever else you want them to be. Only if you are naive enough to use them can you find out that the truth is not quite so. Your hair may become shiny, but you can get dandruff at the same time; you might succeed in getting rid of the dandruff, but then your hair is not so shiny any more and it may even come out. This can go on and on. The conclusion is: there is no reason why we should prohibit cigarette advertising, one of few kinds of advertising which do not provide false information.