Wednesday, July 28, 2010

No Smoking Ads

Any of my NJ or NYC friends here....have you seen any of the new anti-smoking TV advertisements on the local NY channels???~~~~~~~~~BRUTAL~~~~~~~~~~~Start with a slow zoom in on a tall city street garbage can....A hand and then foot come into focus, sticking out the top of the can.....Then another garbage can with more body parts........Then lots of streets with lots of cans with lots of body parts.Then announcer:More people die every year from cigarette smoking than there are garbage cans in all of New York City(and if you have ever been to the Big Apple you will likely remember that there are at least 5 garbage cans on every street along the ritsy 5th Avenue and then probably a hundred on every street in the residential areas and God only knows how many in the garment district, etc....so, the ad definitely has punch for New Yorkers!)Another ad.....no commentary.....as body parts are shown one by one from long time smokers,stop smoking now, covered in tar and cancers and diseasein clear living color, well not sure living is the right word.... Then announcer: "If you smoke, these could be yours." And rumor has it that in NYC, cigarettes will be up to $10.00 a pack by Feb. 1 in the tourist parts of the city. Because studies have shown, that as prices go up, smoking does, in fact,smoking cessation, go down.AREN'T WE ALL GLAD THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST NOW MADE THE RIGHT DECISION AND QUIT!

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