ESPN:Killing The Habit-An editorial project highlighting the risk of tobacco in ESPN broadcasted sports. One sided.
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ESPN: Killing the Habit
When walking into my livingroom Sunday morning I notice my parents and two younger sisters flipping between reruns of the winter X Games on ESPN 2 and NASCAR on ESPN. Normally, this average American habit of channel surfing wouldn't stop my pursuit for breakfast, yet today I realize both sports are announcing tobacco companies as sponsors. Although the companies were hiding behind blinding anti-tobacco campaign slogans, this appalling presence of cigarette advertisement …
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…keeping America's youth smoke-free, that's your choice. I, and nearly 80% of a sophomore class at Kearny High School, do not. Luckily, NASCAR and Winston are already discussing plans on ending their partnership. Yet this is only a small step to preventing tobacco companies from their teenage-targeted advertisements. One large step to this prevention would be the ending of ESPN's broadcasting of tobacco company advertisements. I'm not blind to their false slogans, so why are you?
…keeping America's youth smoke-free, that's your choice. I, and nearly 80% of a sophomore class at Kearny High School, do not. Luckily, NASCAR and Winston are already discussing plans on ending their partnership. Yet this is only a small step to preventing tobacco companies from their teenage-targeted advertisements. One large step to this prevention would be the ending of ESPN's broadcasting of tobacco company advertisements. I'm not blind to their false slogans, so why are you?
