Posted on 02/01/2014 7:59:56 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
For the third year in a row, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is poised to deliver a bold, no-holds-barred, anti-tobacco message to the American public.
Starting Monday, the agency will launch the 2014 phase of "Tips From Former Smokers" (Tips), an ambitious annual TV, radio and print campaign.
As was the case during its first two incarnations, the upcoming Tips campaign, which will last nine weeks, will feature real people speaking in frank and often frightening terms about the high price paid for a lifetime of exposure to cigarettes.
"Over 20 million Americans have died because of smoking since 1964," said Dr. Tim McAfee, the Atlanta-based director of the CDC's office on smoking and health. "Now think about that number -- it's huge. It's the number of people in the Soviet Union who died during World War II. But when you talk about a number that big, people have no way to put their hands around it.
"So we thought that for smokers and non-smokers," McAfee added, "we needed to put a face on this. Because we felt that if we gave the American people an opportunity to get to know the suffering one person has had to go through because of smoking, it could have an enormous impact."
With that in mind, the 2012 Tips campaign was designed to grab the attention of 18- to 54-year-olds by exposing them to about a dozen audio-visual messages from former smokers who spoke in stark terms about how tobacco had crippled their health.
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When are we going to see the same type of ads about unprotected male homosexuality?
Since homosexuality is being accepted into the mainstream, you would think people would not have a problem with such ads (wear condoms, get tested, etc.).
But don’t you DARE say it’s aberrant!
I read a book about twenty-some years ago called “Saving The Planet”, which took a look at environmental issues from a conservative point of view. One of the issues discussed was asbestos, and that about 90 percent of the stuff was relatively harmless, IIRC. It was the other 10 percent that was carcinogenic.
However, if you’re constantly exposed to asbestos, you can get some lung condition called asbestosis.
Those things always make me jones for a smoke.
Back in the 70s when I used to work on vehicle brakes, a wise old-timer told me that asbestos was a problem, smoking was a problem, but the two combined were extreme negative synergy.
Guess we had the 10%.
Whenever I see one of their dumb commercials, I fire up a “roll your own.”
“Over 20 million Americans have died because of smoking since 1964,” said Dr. Tim McAfee, the Atlanta-based director of the CDC’s office”
Hey Doc, name one. I double dog dare you. Of course you can’t, but don’t let facts or truth get in your way.
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