Adverts for beer, wine and spirits are now banned in many nations. This essay agrees with this idea because drinking can lead to serious health and social problems and advertisers can often influence people to drink more then they should. Advertising alcoholic drinks should be banned because alcohol is harmful to a person's health. Drinking too many causes several conditions including liver cancer, diabetes and brain damage. This puts a huge strain on the health service and not only causes suffering to the patients, but also to their families. For example, Russia had a huge problem with alcoholism and many men were dying from alcohol-related diseases, but after they decided to stop companies promoting alcoholic beverages on TV and in print ads, it resulted in a huge reduction in such cases. Another reason why the promotion of alcohol should be prohibited is the the fact that it influences people unfairly to buy that product. The main goal of any advertising campaign is...