Thank You for Smoking

Personally, I do not think I could work in Nick Naylors position specifically. Lying and twisting the truth, especially to the public, isn't into my moral compound. Smoking, although surrounded by it in day-to-day life, whether it’s people I know or don’t, I don’t think should be encouraged. It constantly being updated, whether it’s vapes or THC/Marijuana products and new technologies are constantly being developed. My issue with this is the long-term effects it will have on this generation. Not only have vapes been introduced in the past 20 so years, but we also haven’t seen the thorough consequences and outcomes it will have on individuals and their health. Teenagers, who through media, have been influenced that smoking is “cool” and “more normalized” have started to become victims' things like popcorn lung and other horrific deadly diseases.https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/what-does-vaping-do-to-your-lungs 

Not to mention the extreme increase in lacing and harmful chemicals that come along with it. Now supporting the complete ban of cigarettes, puts me in another awkward position. As much as I believe we should steer teenagers away from the normalcy of smoking, I believe adults then have the free will to take that risk, and to pick up or continue to smoke. It does create jobs, and businesses, and for some people, keeps them in check. Nicotine is a stimulant, highly addictive I might add, that can “temporarily make someone feel alert and better able to concentrate. It can also relieve stress and anxiety and improve mood.” https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/drugs-nicotine.html But because of the short span effect, it pushes people to keep coming back for more- that's how they get you.  

When it came to the reporter and her expose on Nick Naylor and the details of his work- I think she did him dirty, but at the same time, he shouldn’t have opened that much. News is a two-way street; they’llrelease whatever information they are able to obtain. He shared too much and got the brunt end of his own consequences; simply distracted by the way she looked and talked to him. On the personal relationship between the two, she wasn’t right in what she did, their relationship quickly turned unprofessional and that was both of theirs first mistake. So, on that account, no I don’t think what she did was right, but on account that she took all the information she learned to expose them, I do believe she was right. Now, when Naylor eventually exposed her right back on live television and got her fired, she deserved that outcome. Both individuals played dirty and what went around came around. I can’t necessarily pick sides or play favourites because both characters have their pros and cons. All in all, this movie was an eye-opener to me, not only on Public Relations, but the lengths that companies will go to save themselves and their images. All for the sake of money.