jackthedog Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 The current anti-smoking campaign with the cigarettes full of lard is truly disgusting. But do you think it's a waste of time? Will it actually affect anybody's decision to smoke or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosherchik Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 I agree! the lard dripping cigs ad, bit on the gross side, but remarkably enough I still went out and bought a packet of fags (still seething cos I dropped a brand new pack of 20s somewhere) To be honest giving up cigs is not about patches and gum or any other little devices its mainly about willpower and you have to really want to give up. No adverts about gungy arteries and people with lung cancer are going to really stop me. I knew about all the risks before I started smoking and my dad is a 40 a day man. I only smoke about 10 in a week so not quite at his level yet...but hopefully dont intend to get that bad! (but then neither did he!) When I feel the need to stop I will do as I stopped a while ago for a good year but started again *bad girl* and no shock tactic adverts are really going to persuade me either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidla Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 I just flick the channel or minimise my TV window if that advert comes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxx Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 I smoke and it doesn't put me off. Waste of time if you ask me. I will give up smoking when I want and am ready to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Smoking has a way of making you give up anyway. Terminally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Maiden Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 I wonder if anyone has any figures relating to deaths from smoking. Most of the people I know have got ill after they have given up smoking. The ads don't seem to bother my husband, nor do the ever larger statements on the packets. Moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackthedog Posted February 4, 2004 Author Share Posted February 4, 2004 The one warning on the fag packs i've seen, which made me chuckle, was something like "smoking makes your willy smaller". Maybe some TV ads based on this theory would be quite successful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimicraze Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 well the signs on the fag packets and the ads did it for me, i wanted to quit anyway but they pushed me to doin it for defo. thay are awful, i cant watch em cos theyre gross but they work. its been a month now, cold turkey! the only way to do it i think. god i feel so much better for it aswell! its amazing.gotta warn u though, the awful stuff i was coughing up for about 2 weeks when i stopped. I was so ill. but feel ten times better for it now. linds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lickable Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I think it helps non smokers stay that way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin_s Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 In a burst of irony, I'm cutting back on the level of fatty and junk foods I'm eating because that fatty stuff has to come from somewhere right... Never smoked in my life but I could almost hear National Heart Foundation screaming blue murder that the anti-smoking lobby used that idea before they could... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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