people.РIt aims to persuade people that buying a product will make them happier. Advertisers focus on selling a brand image.РThey use glamorous, essful people. We now live in a consumer culture.РWe are persuaded to follow the latest trends.РWe are encouraged to associate certain brands with a higher status. Advertisers often aim their marketing at children.РChildren can easily be influenced by advertisements. Children put pressure on parents to buy them things.РOpinions about AdvertisingРAdvertising should be regulated.РAdvertising aimed at children should be controlled or even banned. Unhealthy foods should not be marketed in a way that attracts children. Products that can be a risk to health should display warnings.РIn some countries it is illegal to advertise cigarettes on television.Р5