It would only be fair to have complete information to make a fair judgment call. On the 30th on May 2008 the World Health Organization (WHO) called for a ban on tobacco advertising to protect youth. Dr Samlee Plianbangchang, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia stated that both direct and indirect advertising clearly increased usage and that it posed a real risk of their targets on becoming regular users. Comparatively, meat consumers targeted under misleading or misinformed marketing will result in continuous consumption or even with a possible increase, in the case leading to individual health risks or its other direct and indirect negative effects. Dr Plianbangchang noted that,” “Studies before and after advertising bans have found a decline in tobacco consumption of up to 16%.” Likewise, properly informing the public on the realities of meat consumption would also have substantial effects on its usage. (1)

(1) http://www.searo.who.int/LinkFiles/Tobacco_Free_Initiative_tfinewsletter-vol1no2.pdf