Educaction By: Murtaza Boriyawala Effects of education on individuals? • In education, the government uses informative advertising to show the negative side effects of like smoking to teach the public about negative side effects. For example in Australia the government made it a law for cigarette companies to put side effects of the product on the carton. • The demerit good is a good that doesn’t effect the individual positively or society, so education teaches society about the consequences of the consumption of the demerit good. • Education helps as it will reduce the demand and consumption of a product as they are shown or taught the effects of consumption of certain demerit goods.