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Study: Anti-smoking ads have opposite effect on teens
Atlanta Journal Constitution ^
| Published on: 07/19/07
| ANDREA JONES
Posted on 07/20/2007 8:21:18 AM PDT by Sonny M
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Part me can't help laugh, since I've noticed, when I am at a bar, when some anti-smoking as comes on, in a almost pavlov type actions, alot of us, light up.
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posted on
07/20/2007 8:21:21 AM PDT
by
Sonny M
To: Sonny M
....they actually encourage the rebellious nature of youth. WELL, DUH!......These ads are being created and run by the "HIPPY" Generation! You'd think they know that!.......
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posted on
07/20/2007 8:25:43 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No wonder Mexico is so filthy. Everybody who does cleaning jobs is HERE!.......)
To: Sonny M
Teens are being rebellious to the “machine”? Say it ain’t so!
To: Sonny M
I'm convinced the "anti-smoking" movement is designed to get more people to smoke. Hitler was the first anti-smoking Nazi...literally. He had the power of propaganda and autocratic rule, and we know how he didn't like people going against him.
That said, statistics show that the rate of smoking in Germany INCREASED prior to World War II more than in France (where we know their whole society is about smoking). Smoking in Germany decreased as the war went on only because of the privations of war.
I think our government knows this, and is trying to increase smoking so there'll be more money into government coffers, plus with the early smoking deaths, billions of dollars will be saved on Social Security and Medicare.
To: Sonny M
Well, duh, again. Anyone who has ever had teenagers knows that in certain circumstances, and this is one, they can be hell bent to do exactly what you tell them not to do.
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posted on
07/20/2007 8:29:13 AM PDT
by
3AngelaD
(They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
To: Sonny M
So - let’s stop wasting our tax dollars on them.
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posted on
07/20/2007 8:29:29 AM PDT
by
oakcon
To: MuttTheHoople; Gabz; SheLion
I'm convinced the "anti-smoking" movement is designed to get more people to smoke. It was never about smoking, the anti-smoking movement is about
1) Control/more socialism
2) Providing employment for the unemployable
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posted on
07/20/2007 8:33:10 AM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: oakcon
Tax dollars? Nope, MSA funds paid by smokers.
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posted on
07/20/2007 8:33:31 AM PDT
by
patton
(19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
To: Sonny M
LOL! I believe it. One of my sons says he wants to try smoking, because he hears all the time about how terrible it is, and he doesn’t believe it.
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posted on
07/20/2007 8:40:56 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("A dependence on mass immigration is always a structural weakness and should be understood as such.")
To: Tax-chick
Let him try chew tobacco. He’ll puke his guts out and never try it again. (Or at least he should)
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posted on
07/20/2007 8:45:10 AM PDT
by
the anti-liberal
(OUR schools are damaging OUR children)
To: Red Badger
I knew this - I watch South Park - Where the tobacco companies plan anti smoking campaigns that are so lame the kids feel compelled to smoke.
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posted on
07/20/2007 8:46:00 AM PDT
by
Waverunner
( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
To: Sonny M
"Rather than saying, 'don't smoke,' it is better to say, "your friends are listening to this message and not smoking," she said. "It doesn't really matter what their peers are actually doing."
Teenagers are often foolish, but they are not this gullible and they are always wary of being lied to by adults. Advertisers have tried this ham-handed false peer pressure before in online communities and been badly burned.
To: 3AngelaD
The psychological term for it is “Reactance.”
We all want what we’re told we can’t have.
It’s particularly virulent in teen-agers (speaking as a father of two).
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posted on
07/20/2007 9:02:22 AM PDT
by
Arm_Bears
(Teddy Kennedy: Trust Fund Terrorist)
To: Sonny M
I’d like to see pro-non-smoking ads instead of anti-smoking. That make sense? Instead of hammering on don’t smoke, glorify general fitness. You wouldn’t even have to mention smoking in some of the ads.
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posted on
07/20/2007 9:03:03 AM PDT
by
Domandred
(Eagles soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines)
To: the anti-liberal
LOL! That would be a learning experience.
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posted on
07/20/2007 9:04:38 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("A dependence on mass immigration is always a structural weakness and should be understood as such.")
To: Sonny M
I cannot stand those ads from some group called “the truth”, where it’s some obnoxious kid with a megaphone shouting at “Big Tobacco” in some defiant “stick-it-to-the-man” voice while other kids around him engaged in some kind of faux performance art demonstration.
Rather than getting mad at Big Tobacco, I want to go have a smoke just to pi$$ off that annoying little jerk.
To: Domandred
That make sense? Instead of hammering on dont smoke, glorify general fitness. You wouldnt even have to mention smoking in some of the ads.Its a really good idea, I like it.
Then again, some idiot would argue that its promotes getting juiced.
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posted on
07/20/2007 9:16:14 AM PDT
by
Sonny M
("oderint dum metuant")
To: 3AngelaD
As a mom of 3 sons that survived the teenage years and say a big AMEN to your statement....
I think the best deterrent for bad behavior are parents. My youngest just graduated from HS. In the past 2 months two guys from his class have been involved in MVA's one is paralyzed and one is dead both involving alcohol. The city and school officials are talking about starting programs to prevent these tragedies. I knew these kids and their home circumstance and I was saddened by what happened but not surprised. These programs make the adults feel good and give kids a chance to get out of class.
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posted on
07/20/2007 9:17:56 AM PDT
by
Kimmers
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: 3AngelaD
Well, duh, again. Anyone who has ever had teenagers knows that in certain circumstances, and this is one, they can be hell bent to do exactly what you tell them not to do. I agree. Now, here's the $64,000 question: Why would it be any different with abstenence messages?
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posted on
07/20/2007 9:19:50 AM PDT
by
hunter112
(Change will happen when very good men are forced to do very bad things.)
To: Sonny M; Just another Joe; CSM; lockjaw02; Publius6961; elkfersupper; nopardons; metesky; Mears; ...
The more exposure middle school students have to anti-smoking ads, the more likely they are to smoke, according to a new University of Georgia study. Ya think????? DUH.
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posted on
07/20/2007 9:21:36 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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