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The War Against Cigarettes
TV is littered with Ads against cigarettes. Truth ads giving statistics about how bad cigarettes are for you. Surgeon General ads showing disgusting images of cancer filled lungs and gooey slime dripping here and there and raspy voices and voiceboxes. Now, in New York City and Californian cities, it's illegal to smoke in bars, outside of businesses and sometimes even on the sidewalk. I'm sick of this.
By Mike 'MecH-' Eshak
Feb 3, 2009 05:01
TV is littered with Ads against cigarettes. Truth ads giving statistics about how bad cigarettes are for you. Surgeon General ads showing disgusting images of cancer filled lungs and gooey slime dripping here and there and raspy voices and voiceboxes. Now, in New York City and Californian cities, it's illegal to smoke in bars, outside of businesses and sometimes even on the sidewalk. I'm sick of this.
The first thing you should realize is I'm not a smoker. Both my parents smoke and I worry daily about how much shorter their lives will probably be because of it, and as a result, I hate smoking.
However, I do realize that this is a FREE country, and people deserve to smoke wherever the want. Businesses should be able to choose whether they want to allow smoking in their place of business as it effects their customer flow. In truth, second-hand smoke is a myth. There is NO scientific proof that it exists. Studies show that you have a 1:80,000 chance of dying of smoking related illness if you live in proximity of a smoker as opposed to 1:100,000 if you do not. Therefore, a study was printed saying how you are so much more likely to get cancer if you inhale second hand smoke, when the numbers are unrealistic.
What really annoys me is how condescending anti-smoking advertisements and companies are. Do they really think people smoke because they are UNAWARE of how bad it is for you? Not at all, especially with all their dumb commercials. People smoke because they are addicted. People realize that its bad for you before they start, but they don't really care. Whatever their reason for smoking is, they'll quit when they want to. No scare tactics in the world will change that unless they're ready to quit. So cut these annoying commercials trying to inform us of 25 year old studies.
(picture via Thank You For Smoking)
However, I do realize that this is a FREE country, and people deserve to smoke wherever the want. Businesses should be able to choose whether they want to allow smoking in their place of business as it effects their customer flow. In truth, second-hand smoke is a myth. There is NO scientific proof that it exists. Studies show that you have a 1:80,000 chance of dying of smoking related illness if you live in proximity of a smoker as opposed to 1:100,000 if you do not. Therefore, a study was printed saying how you are so much more likely to get cancer if you inhale second hand smoke, when the numbers are unrealistic.
What really annoys me is how condescending anti-smoking advertisements and companies are. Do they really think people smoke because they are UNAWARE of how bad it is for you? Not at all, especially with all their dumb commercials. People smoke because they are addicted. People realize that its bad for you before they start, but they don't really care. Whatever their reason for smoking is, they'll quit when they want to. No scare tactics in the world will change that unless they're ready to quit. So cut these annoying commercials trying to inform us of 25 year old studies.
(picture via Thank You For Smoking)
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Doesn't happen that way...that is what "addiction" is...you lose the power to think rationally and drop something which is actually injurious to your health...
I like how you care for your parents. But what I don't like is how you bring freedom into it. If I were you I would do everything in my power to make them quit because even you know it shortens their lives right? You don't need to be a slave of invisible hand theory..now that the goldman sachs saga is emerging you would realise...freedom without responsibility is a flawed concept.
and second hand smoke is not a myth. You know, a lot of people in US are sceptical even about climate change. They think its a hoax! I can't help them but I just hope you make an informed choice. And help your parents. Otherwise if something happens to them (god forbid!), you would be thinking why I didn't do this earlier.
Thanks (sorry for wall of text :D)