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They're all moral
I don't see any of the five items immoral, and I'll explain why:
1.Breast implants - Cosmetic surgury is done when a person wants to change their physical appearance. That is in no way immoral. How is breast enlargement any different in this context from facial plastic surgury, recunstructive surgury (after an injury), or having a fake breast as a result of a cancerous tumor being removed?
2.Tobacco advertising - It is the responsibility of parents to teach their children what is good and bad to do. The issue has nothing to do with tobacco sellers. There are innumerable things for sale that can hurt people, kids included. Is it immoral to advertise alcohol? Automobiles? Horseback riding? Guns? What makes one any different from any other?
3. Choosing the sex of a baby - I'm going to assume that you mean human genetic engineering here. Is it immoral for carriers of Down syndrome to ensure that their children do not have the disease? I think that genetic engineering has enormous potential to benefit humanity. We can eliminate diseases, live longer, be smarter, be stronger, and live more easily outside of Earth's atmosphere. Should we hold back simply because we might make someone better off than someone else? No, certainly not.
4.Gay and lesbians - I don't care if people have sex with men, women, themselves, inanimate objects, or don't have sex at all. As long as they're not forcing someone to sex without that person's consent it's not a problem with me.
5.Abortion - A fetus has no more ability to live alone than a lung or a kidney does. Sentience begins at birth, and immoral killing can only be perpetrated against a sentient being. We have no qualms about killing animals (most of us, anyway), plants, or bacteria. A fetus prior to birth is no different in this case.
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