Thank you for your time and kind help! Research shows that overeating can be as harmful as smoking. Thus the advertising of certain food products should be banned as cigarette advertising. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Back in 1950s, China was in severe shortage of food. Nowadays, with the rapid development of our economy, the majority of Chinese people have been lifted out of poverty and food is no longer a problem. However, researchers have found that overeating, which is as hazardous as smoking, is looming in our society as a new threat. Some people argue that the advertising of certain food products should be limited or even banned as that of cigarettes. As far as I am concerned, this policy is not a solution to the problem of overeating. Overeating is no comparasion to nicotine addiction. Cigarette advertising is banned for certain reasons: no matter how little nicotine we take in, it is still harmful to human bodies; and if you smoke in public areas, you may cause a damaging effect on other people's health as well. However, food is a different story. We cannot live without eating and most of the food contains nutrition that is vital to human beings. Moreover, advertising is an essential part of marketing strategies. If such a policy is implemented, many food companies are projected to suffer a heavy loss and this may lead to volatility in stock markets. In addition, food companies tend to introduce the ingredients and their places of origin in advertisements of their products. If they are banned by authorities, consumers will be deprived of a main source that provides them with key information of the food they eat. However, proponents of this policy may suggest that advertisements have a bigger impact on teenagers than on adults. Thus, some young people who lack self-discipline are inclined to eat too much of certain food due to those attractive food advertisements. Therefore, I think schools and parents should give proper guidance to their children and the advertisements of certain food products should include warnings of overeating as well. I do believe as long as everyone is fully aware of the danger of overeating, there is no need to adopt such a policy.