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/^t/How about cigarettes advertising? Every year tobacco companies in the USA and Europe spend around $ 8 billion on advertising. Every year 1 million Europeans and Americans die as a result of smoking and the number is still rising. Cigarette companies claim the adverts do not encourage people to start smoking but aim at those who already do this in order to make them change brands. Although, for example, cigarette advertising was banned in Italy in 1962, smoking has increased there by 30%. On the other hand, in Japan they show this kind of advertisements even on children's television. What is the result? The Japanese are the heaviest smokers in the world.