Manikola Inc.is a beverage company.It uses humour in most of its advertisements in order to appeal its customers.One of these funny advertisements showed that an elderly person lives for 250 years after consuming a health drink manufactured by Manikola Inc.This is an example of:

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The advertisement is an example of puffery, which is a type of exaggerated or suggestive statement that is not meant to be taken literally. Puffery is legal in advertising as long as it does not make false claims and is not misleading. In this case, the claim that the health drink can lead to a person living for 250 years is obviously not true, but it is not meant to be taken literally and is used for comedic effect.