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- inactive, on 07/22/2008, -1/+59I think those commercials are stupid. If you don't know by now that smoking is harmful than a commercial isn't going to help. Those commercials are a waste of money.almost 90 percent of adult smokers take up the habit in adolescence.
- phibit, on 07/22/2008, -1/+56"Kids don't smoke because a camel in sunglasses tells them to. They smoke for the same reason adults do, because it relieves anxiety and depression. And you'd be anxious and depressed to if you had to put up with these pathetic insecure striving anal yuppie parents who enroll you in college before you're old enough to know which side of the playpen smells the worst."
-- George Carlin - meshman, on 07/22/2008, -1/+47"In the Beginning There Was Candy"
I remember these from 30 years ago. They were tasty. But what kind of a retard to you have to be to not know the difference between candy and cigarettes? I loved those things but they never once made me want to smoke cigarettes.
The author lost all credibility with me for using the word "behooves" anyway. - andybex, on 07/22/2008, -3/+45Yeah or they are marketing those products to 18-25 year olds such as myself.
- Nickdotnet, on 07/22/2008, -8/+49Go cry a ***** river. Everyone makes their own decisions. If someone is going to smoke let them, a cartoon camel isn't going to make or break the deal.
- aliengoods, on 07/22/2008, -5/+42So? At 18 you're legally allowed to smoke in most countries I've been to. What's the big deal?
Also, everyone markets to teens. Clothing manufacturers, soda pop makers, and drug dealers. And if you're using the "tobacco kills you" argument, let me remind you that the number one cause of death is heart disease, not lung disease, and no one bitches when McDonald's sells "Happy Meals" to 5 year olds.
It's about personal choices and responsibility, not a nanny state. - StigNordas, on 07/22/2008, -1/+37Ah, I remember those candy cigarettes, and the gum cigarettes which blew a puff of 'smoke.'
- crxvfr, on 07/22/2008, -3/+29What company doesn't target teens? Geritol or Depends maybe, other than that, all companies try to develop lifelong customers by exploiting kids. The kids also offer companies effective leverage on their folks. Its the advertising agencies that are unethical.
- thirteenthcor, on 07/22/2008, -4/+26Free Market Economy anyone? It's not the governments job to tell us what it thinks we can or can't do, that's OUR job.
- Air420, on 07/22/2008, -3/+24Hitler was a non-smoker. ***** the Tobacco Gestapo.
- AmyWhere, on 07/22/2008, -0/+17Minor error about blunts. The reason for the name is a specific size of cigars, and usually a specific brand called Phillies Blunt. They're cheap and available at corner stores, and can be unrolled and re-rolled with ganja.
- nesagwa, on 07/22/2008, -5/+21"I'm pretty sure the anti-smoking ads made me want to smoke more because they were so lame."
Funny you should mention that.
TRUTH is funded by Phillip Morris. Reverse psychology at its finest. - captmorgan555, on 07/22/2008, -3/+17At first glance i read "How the Taco Industry Target Teens".
- Nicksname1, on 07/22/2008, -1/+15FTA:
"It’s funny that they advertise these as “blunts,” which, according to the dictionary, means it has been hollowed out and filled with marijuana. How come bongs have to be disguised as water pipes, but the tobacco industry gets to market their marijuana paraphernalia so openly? I’m not saying weed should necessarily be illegal, but … ain’t it?"
Im pretty sure it is described as "Blunt" because of the tip of the cigar, similar to the way the wood tip ones say "Wood Tip" this author is a bit mildly retarded and makes some stupid points. - esteskid, on 07/22/2008, -0/+13so they have four iron lungs total?
- JulieBrownfield, on 07/22/2008, -0/+13They still sell most of this stuff. You can get it a Powell's candy shop. They are a chain so you can search where you live. I have a pack of strawberry gum that literally says "Just Like Dad!" I've saved it as crazy memorabilia. It has a picture of good old dad smoking and a little boy looking up at him with admiration.
- cnot3, on 07/22/2008, -0/+12Nobody who buys grape philly blunts smokes the tobacco. This artilce should be titled, "How the Tobacco Industry Targets Weed Smokers."
- wexmajor, on 07/22/2008, -8/+20So we're not allowed to have candy that resembles cigarettes now? Buried for supporting censorship.
- MWeather, on 07/22/2008, -0/+10Funded via legal requirement. They don't control the message at all, nor do they have a choice in which anti-smoking campaign to support.
- villainousT, on 07/22/2008, -0/+10In this day and age people who want to smoke will smoke. Sure you can blame it on peer pressure portraying it as cool or even in commercials and print ads. Really that only goes so far and if someone doesn't like it then they'll obviously stop pretty quickly.
They've done everything - Ban it in public places, bars, etc..
Magically people still smoke. I do, granted it's not very often, but I love smoking.
Maybe it's because they want to? Shocking... - inactive, on 07/22/2008, -2/+11Cigarette ads are not allowed on television. Anti-smoking ads are allowed on television. Whatever happened to fair fights? I want to see a walking, talking Joe Camel!
- accelleron, on 07/22/2008, -3/+12"They smoke for the same reason adults do, because it relieves anxiety and depression."
*****. They start to smoke because it's the 'adult' and 'cool' thing to do, and because there's a perception that it relieves stress (nicotine is, in fact, a mild stimulant that makes you more stressful, not less.) They continue to smoke because of their addiction and the perceived difficulties of overcoming it.
/recent quitter - KillPenguin, on 07/22/2008, -1/+10I think that the point of those commercials is to scar children into not smoking.
- norman619, on 07/22/2008, -0/+9Umm...the law can't keep illegal drugs out of the hands of minors yet we expect it to work with tobacco?
- Animal, on 07/22/2008, -4/+12Actually I'm pretty sure that cigarettes are a very large contributor to heart disease, it's not just that they cause lung cancer. Although I agree on the nanny state comment.
- doktorrocket, on 07/22/2008, -1/+9You can have my Big League Chew when you pry it from my cold dead hands.
- tambird, on 07/22/2008, -23/+30The tobacco industry is a murderous master mind. They don't have a heart, they have two sets of iron lungs.
- thirdeyeopen, on 07/22/2008, -3/+10ummm.... smoking's bad, mmmkay?
- TsuruchiBrian, on 07/22/2008, -1/+7"Institute found that teens are three times more likely to smoke flavored cigarettes than adult smokers are. And it’s no surprise—established smokers rarely switch brands. The sweet ones are for the pink-lunged."
Well if they don't switch brands, they'd better switch flavors because you are going to be the butt (pun unintentional but still cool) of every joke if you are still smoking Jolly Rancher flavored cigarettes but the time you graduate high school.
Now for the serious stuff...
For minors:
Why does it matter what kind of advertising tobacco companies do? Shouldn't parents be in charge of making sure their kids don't smoke? Aren't there already laws making the sale of tobacco to minors illegal? Am I as an adult to be prohibited from buying and using candy flavored cigarettes because parents can't control their kids? This is a bit ridiculous.
For adults:
Adults should be able to smoke whatever the hell they want. We don't need laws to protect people from themselves. I don't care what flavors of cigarettes 18-24 year olds get hooked on. They are adults and have a right to do whatever they want to their own bodies. When you say that an 18 year old can not be trusted to make a rational decision to start smoking, then we have abandoned the fundamental construct of society that adults are responsible for their own actions.
That said, I am an adult who even as a minor chose not to start smoking. It does not bother me when other people do as long as it's not in my house. I don't mind if restaurants allow smoking because I can just choose to eat somewhere else. I definitely don't mind when people are smoking outside. We need to stop treating adults like children and place more responsibility in the hands of parents and adults in general. - algaeturd, on 07/22/2008, -6/+12Why wouldn't teenagers smoke? If I was growing up in this current political/social environment, I'd probably be smoking lots and lots of cigarettes and weed.
- silverharbinger, on 07/22/2008, -0/+6My other favorite quote that needed fixing was right at the beginning:
"Everyone that’s worth their smoke in the tobacco industry knows that the only way to keep revenue growing is to replace your clientèle—who die or quit—with fresh consumers.. the industry refers to young people as the “replacement generation”—they’re the main target of marketing campaigns"
It should read:
"Everyone that’s worth their *weight in any* industry knows that the only way to keep revenue growing is to replace your clientèle—who die or quit *using their products or services*—with fresh consumers.. *any* industry refers to young people as the “replacement generation”—they’re the main target of marketing campaigns."
There. It doesn't sound like such a conspiracy anymore, does it? - fiberspy, on 07/22/2008, -3/+9Those truth ads made me start smoking....I just really needed one after seeing those fags all over my tv all day
- charlesray, on 07/22/2008, -2/+8Wait, this new bill wouldn't ban flavored cigars/cigarillos, would it? I love those.
- h4k0r, on 07/22/2008, -0/+6Breaking News: Big Tobacco companies are still doing what they have been doing for 50 years!!!!!!
- socialdork, on 07/22/2008, -0/+5Nope just crack pipes.
- PSotter, on 07/22/2008, -3/+8Remember candy cigarettes where you blew into them and "smoke" came out? Those were awesome- and they're still around! Who says marketing cigarettes to kids is bad?!
- Sackula, on 07/22/2008, -1/+6The government needs something better to do with its time. Let us make our own decisons and you go do what we elected you to do in the first place.
- theonlywizdum, on 07/22/2008, -1/+6Really? I am in this generation and I can't ***** afford to buy cigarettes or weed.
- kevdotbadger, on 07/22/2008, -2/+7.... SMOKE ........
.... SMOKE ........ - kevdotbadger, on 07/22/2008, -0/+5(fags = cigarettes, not gay guys.)
- cnot3, on 07/22/2008, -2/+6And Rob Reiner is a saint. A fat ***** saint.
- MWeather, on 07/22/2008, -1/+599% of the stuff market to kids is unhealthy. Even the damn lead-filled toys.
- ReeferChiefer42, on 07/22/2008, -4/+8Smoke to get high, not to die.
- scallon, on 07/22/2008, -2/+6Idea: say no to the advertisements. I know "Holy *****!" right? Stick with me kid and I will blow your mind.
- MWeather, on 07/22/2008, -2/+6"You don't see the obvious flaw in legitimizing cigarettes to children by presenting candy facsimiles?"
Less so than legitimizing gunfights to children by presenting them with plastic facsimiles of guns.
Unless of course you teach them about real vs make-believe.
Your kids must be retarded if this is what you worry about. - Maelfyn, on 07/22/2008, -1/+5I'm more concerned about religious organizations that target children. It's more hazardous for your health than tobacco.
- skipdog172, on 07/22/2008, -1/+5Yeah you could put a tax on anything that sells in large quantities and the government will make a lot of money. I'm not sure what your point is.
- bincoder, on 07/22/2008, -0/+4People who attempt to decide for me whether I can or should smoke and how much I have to pay to the bottomless rathole called taxes in order to pay for the support and breeding of illegal aliens because i'm evil and a bad person for smoking only succeed in making me smoke more.
- gilbes, on 07/22/2008, -1/+5What a poorly researched article.
1. Candy cigarettes targeted kids in a different day and age when less was know. hey do not currently "target" teens with this anymore. However, the title of the article may make you think otherwise.
2. Sweet, falovored tobacco is nothing new and not neciserrily target at teens, the article strains to make that weak connection without proof. The fact is fruit flavored tobacco has been what hooka smokers have done for a very long time. There are dozens of small specialty tobacco makers that make fruit and candy flavored cigarettes. These are hardly marketed and certainly not marketed at kids. Flavoring tobacco is nothing new and does not prove its aimed at kids.
3. The old racist black people smoking menthols BS, with a new twist that it is aimed at black kids. While it is true (according to studies) that most black smokers (kids or not) smoke menthols, tobacco companies sell more menthol cigarettes to white people than black. So it follows that cigrette marketing to black people would focus on menthols, but that does not mean all menthol marketing is targeted twords black people, and it so happens that it is not. Since when are any kids going gaga for the flavor of mouthwash mint anyway? Mint isn't a flavor typically associated as the most popular with children or any race. - WhiskeyWrites, on 07/22/2008, -0/+4I do that often too... It's a good reason not to drink and digg.
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