Friday, February 17, 2012
Joe Camel and Smoking
Dr.
Novello used cause and effect inductive reasoning in this argument because she
related the cause of young people smoking with the ads. The tobacco companies
used a character that would attract children and teens to start smoking so they
would have more customers. Dr. Novello noticed this and decided to do
something. Dr. Novello saw a positive correlation with the number of young
smokers and how often Joe Camel was shown. This is part of the cause and effect
argument because correlation of the two events are looked at. After looking at
the statistics of children and teens smoking before and after the introduction
of Joe Camel, a character in Camel cigarettes she noticed more and more young
people started smoking. This is a cause and effect because Dr. Novello noticed
since the introduction of Joe Camel more young people were smoking. She did not
know for a fact that was the reason why children and teens had started smoking
but she noticed a strong relationship.
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You put some really good thought into your writing. You used concrete evidence from the actual passage and put that into your own words. You noticed the importance of Dr. Novello’s educational deeds and how she used the cause and effect inductive reasoning well. I liked how you used the example of the Camel cigarettes ad because I used it in my blog too. Ads seem to make people minds a lot; it can be either good, bad, or both. Looks like we have something in common! Your short blog made me put some more extra thought into what I wrote because yours was really well written.
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