It is true that in Britain, where cigarette commercials on television were banned in 1965, sales of cigarettes, after an initial drop, have increased by about two per cent over a five-year period in spite of the ban, and that this increase has approximately matched the growth of the adult population of Britain
Daily smoking prevalence in 2020/21 was 9.4% (95%CI: 8.7-10.1%) representing an estimated 387,000 people
Instead, it's a mess that either does harm to an important antagonist, or sinks in its own irrelevance
The use of tobacco, which is the plant from which cigarettes are made, dates back to thousands of years ago, and the way it has evolved into the cigarettes we know today is an interesting story to tell
This is not a minor communications problem