controversial anti smoking add

[JacoLesFlea]

They have been talking about this on the radio show I am listening to right now so I had to see it for myself.......my opinion....tasteless.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/...ory?id=9930540

[MIJ-VI]

Tasteless--and effective, IMO.

[JimB52]

What's so wrong with a grilled cheese sandwich?

[shadowtippy]

So...What do you "have" after the cigarette?

[RWP]

I am all for getting people to quit / not ever smoke but this is just creepy.

[TallLankyBastyd]

Originally Posted by RWP

I am all for getting people to quit / not ever smoke but this is just creepy.

What I find creepier is "Don't Forget The Bacon" underneath those photos...



As for the smoking ad... pffft... not that controversial.

[santucci218]

i didnt even connect anything to the picture till i saw what the link was about. its just stupid.

[TheDarkReaver]

Originally Posted by MIJ-VI

Tasteless--and effective, IMO.

Tbh it looks like the least effective campaign I've ever seen. The absurdity of it makes me want to laugh rather than stop smoking.

[syciprider]

I don't understand why smokers are so demonized. Alcohol abuse is a worse problem in that it affects innocents (drunk driving, domestic violence etc. etc) yet nobody's making controversial ads about Big Alcohol.

Non smoker BTW.

[SpamBot]

Originally Posted by syciprider

I don't understand why smokers are so demonized. Alcohol abuse is a worse problem in that it affects innocents (drunk driving, domestic violence etc. etc) yet nobody's making controversial ads about Big Alcohol.

Non smoker BTW.

+1. I don't smoke, I don't plan to ever smoke, and I would discourage anyone I meet from smoking........ but alcohol is a much larger problem.

In reference to the ad, it seems more inflammatory than persuasive.

[Mazatleco17]

I'm not even a smoker, never have and never will, but as syciprider pointed, the way smokers are demonized is just messed up.

[bassteban]

I'm guessing at least a kid or two will actually be encouraged to smoke by this.

[Radical Edward]

Am I the only one that finds that ad sexy?

[GeneralElectric]

Originally Posted by bassteban

I'm guessing at least a kid or two will actually be encouraged to smoke by this.

I was. Got a light?

[Jerose]

French vs. French?


Who will surrender first?!

[hbarcat]

Smoking tobacco = slavery?

All righty, then.




Why don't they just compare smoking to the holocaust and say tobacco companies are Hitler? If they're going to go this far they might as well go all the way.

[Joe Gress]

A bit much maybe.

[Tommygunn]

Originally Posted by SpamBot

+1. I don't smoke, I don't plan to ever smoke, and I would discourage anyone I meet from smoking........ but alcohol is a much larger problem.

In reference to the ad, it seems more inflammatory than persuasive.

I know someone who has 22 years in AA, and quitting took them 4 more years on top of that. And they said that quitting [chewing] tobacco was 10 times harder cause it has such an addicting affect to it. I'm sure smoking is about the same, but varies from person to person.

[Deluge Of Sound]

Personal dependency on cigarettes vary wildly. Quitting is very easy, keeping yourself from ever having another is not.

I smoke, and I enjoy it. The dirty secret to the whole situation is that smoking is awesome. Unfortunately, the health risks combined with the additives that most major cigarette brands come with make it a very risky leisure activity, and I wouldn't recommend starting.

In regards to the add--its a little tasteless, but there's definitely a lot of "slave-to-the-habit" truth to being a regular smoker.

[Deluge Of Sound]

Also, the reason they don't go after alcohol has to do with widespread use. The most-quoted statistic puts 20% of our country as smokers. Call it a guess, but I suspect that more than one in five of us drink.