Anti-smoking ads too disturbing for kids

March 29, 2007

Isn’t that the point?



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{ 2 comments }

1 Anonymous March 29, 2007 at 12:13 pm

Has anyone seen the new laryngectomee cowboy ads? The feller holds an electronic larynx up to his throat and sings things like, You don’t always die from tobacco. Sometimes they just snip out your tongue”. Distubing but teens chuckle at the ads because they cannot possibly see themselves ever having such terrible consequences.

2 Anonymous March 29, 2007 at 4:01 pm

If you want to see how adolescents react to such scare tactics checkout Denis Leary’s “Tracheotomy Man” routine.

You’ll bust a gut laughing, then feel guilty for enjoying the silly humor.

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